Oneida County

Oneida County Executive Anthony Picente announced the program with the goal to encourage municipal savings.

There was a 27% increase in overdose deaths in Oneida County from 2020 to 2021. So the Oneida County Opioid Task Force has declared the call to action with a goal of reducing overdose deaths by at least 10% by the end of the year.

The Oneida County Executive said the community hasn’t been this poised for growth since 1950.

County leaders are recommending central New Yorkers hunker down and use the tools they have available to fight COVID-19, as the Omicron variant causes the number of positive cases to spike.

Oneida County is one of few central New York counties to enforce the statewide temporary mask mandate.

At-home covid testing is becoming growingly popular across the country and here in New York. However, this method is starting to complicate contact tracing in the region.

Oneida County officials are asking everyone to take precautions after the county logged its highest COVID-19 case numbers since January.

A major outreach effort is underway in Oneida County to make sure diverse communities have access to COVID-19 vaccines and information.Enthusiastic…

Oneida County hopes an app-based vaccination incentive boosts coronavirus vaccination numbers that have plateaued.The Boost Oneida County program is the…