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State officials are again warning that unhealthy, smoky air from multiple wildfires burning in Canada will drift over New York beginning today, officials gathered Tuesday to place an historical marker in Durand Eastman Park near what’s called “White Lady’s Castle,” and Rochester City Schools may see the youngest school board member in the district’s history this year.

The superintendent of East High School in Rochester is leaving to take a job with the University of Rochester, a crypto-mining company continues to operate in the Finger Lakes as it appeals the DEC’s decision to refuse its air permits, and New York State officials have extended air quality advisories for the entire state through at least today.

The former Hickey Freeman factory in Rochester is getting a new owner, the Strong Museum of Play is opening its massive video-game themed expansion today, and the entire state of New York has unhealthy air conditions heading into a long weekend that is characterized by plenty of outdoor activities.

Canandaigua is under a flood watch again today, an international commission has upheld the Onondaga Nation's right to pursue claims against the United States and New York state for unjustly taking indigenous lands two centuries ago, and the city is launching a one-year pilot program at its rec centers in an effort to boost the emotional health of Rochester's children.

A Brockport connection to the Boston Tea Party will be celebrated later this morning, Rochester’s Pride celebrations are underway and we learn why our city celebrates in July, and parts of Canandaigua are cleaning up this morning after devastating flooding Sunday afternoon.

Some leaders say divisions in the local Democratic Party were apparent in this year’s primary, Mayor Malik Evans has once again extended the city’s gun violence state of emergency, and the cleanup continues after flash flooding caused major problems in various parts of the state, especially in the Canandaigua area.

Monroe County’s public health commissioner says as long as there are wildfires in Canada, local residents will need to navigate air quality issues; New York state is trying to encourage more people to work in state government by dropping fees for taking Civil Service exams; and a local nonprofit is counting on its biggest fundraiser of the year to support a growing number of refugees in Rochester.

Arm-wrestling is riding a new wave of popularity, and WXXI’s David Andreatta visited the epicenter of it in Rochester; a proposal to provide emergency housing for the homeless in a former hotel at the edge of the Corn Hill neighborhood has hit a snag; the 20th edition of the CGI Greater Rochester International Jazz Festival is in the books; and the Rochester Public Library says it's eliminating daily fines on overdue materials for both children and adults.

As the Dryden Theatre honors the late actor and Fairport native Philip Seymour Hoffman, WXXI’s Daniel J. Kushner spoke to Hoffman’s niece about his legacy; New York drivers could see a digital driver’s license on their smartphones by the end of the year; a pedestrian bridge in the High Falls area of Rochester is closing this week for a major rehab project; a proposal from Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand would make it easier to file an extreme risk protection order, better known as a "Red Flag" petition; and one of the people who worked to bring the semiconductor manufacturer Micron to central New York says the state's commitment to renewable energy was one of the selling points.

Two hospitals in the Finger Lakes will now be affiliated with the University of Rochester Medical Center; consumers across New York state were feeling a bit less optimistic about the economy in the second quarter, and a native of Afghanistan has launched a new food business - aimed at the growing Afghan refugee community.