Travel is banned throughout Suffolk County as of 9 p.m. Sunday night, as the region braces for a major winter storm heading up the coast that’s expected to drop up to 23 inches of snow on Long Island.

The environmental impact analysis for a proposed motocross track on River Road was scoped out by Riverhead Town during a hearing this week.

A winter storm the National Weather Service is now calling “potentially historic” is forecast to drop 16-24 inches of snow across the region, with moderate to locally major coastal flooding and ...

Riverhead Police are asking for the public’s help locating Nahomy Ireny Osorio Cruz, 15, who left her Riverhead residence late Feb. 20, 2026. Anyone with information is asked to call (631) 727-4500.

A winter storm emergency has been declared in Riverhead as of 9 p.m. Saturday, for a major storm expected to bring heavy snow and strong winds to the area Sunday and Monday.

Jessica Zablocky Altieri died Feb. 18, 2026. She was 35 years old. Born June 28, 1990, she lived in Trumbull, Connecticut, Charlotte, North Carolina, and Cutchogue.

The weather service said blizzard conditions are expected, with total snow accumulations between 13 and 18 inches and wind gusts as high as 55 mph. Visibilities may drop below a quarter-mile in ...

OLA of Eastern Long Island asked the Riverhead Town Board to consider legislation aimed at public safety during ICE activity.

Gerard (Jerry) Nightingale of Riverhead, died Feb. 18, 2026, at the Kanas Center for Hospice Care. He was 82 years old.

Esaul Cordova Garcia, a father of three young children, was detained and removed by federal agents Wednesday after leaving the county courthouse in Riverside.

Suffolk County Community College paramedic students have begun a hospice-specific rotation at East End Hospice’s Kanas Center, described as a New York first.

The fire suppression system at BJ’s gas station in Riverhead was accidentally activated this morning, coating customers, vehicles and much of the site with a dry chemical agent that’s used ...