Tarryn Mento
News DirectorTarryn Mento is an award-winning digital, audio and video journalist with experience reporting from Arizona, Southern California, Guatemala and the Dominican Republic. She most recently led daily coronavirus coverage in one of America's largest cities at KPBS, San Diego's NPR and PBS station. The Syracuse native also served as TV segment producer and web editor at New York City's PBS station and was a Pulliam Fellow at The Arizona Republic.
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Researchers in upstate New York are working to rehome some tiny, rare snails. Understanding their decline could help mitigate broader climate changes. -
City officials need to find almost $6 million of funding after two non-taxable properties were included in property tax estimates. -
More Central New Yorkers could be experiencing breathing problems and other symptoms as wildfires in Canada send harmful smoke to the region. -
By 2030, three dozen New York counties will have almost a third of their population aged 60 or older. -
The lake is seeing more water flow in from seasonal snowmelt up north, and less water flow out a dam on the New York-Canadian water border. -
The substance xylazine, a veterinary tranquilizer, is a growing concern across the country and has been appearing in a small but increasing number of deaths in Central New York. -
Local health experts share difficulty in identifying if xylazine plays a part in the rising number of opioid overdoses. -
Health officials say a key maneuver may help save lives amid the increasing presence of xylazine in the community. -
As the rate of opioid overdoses linked to xylazine are on the rise across the country, including in Central New York, the Biden administration announced it will create an action plan. -
The primary election isn't until June but elections officials are making voters aware that the location to drop their ballot may have changed.
