Tu Prensa Local
CollaborationTu Prensa Local is a Spanish language nonprofit, non-partisan media organization serving Latinx communities in Suffolk County, NY. Launched in 2020, we specialize in community-led, public service journalism, seeking to foster civic engagement while building a more inclusive local media.
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Suffolk County Health Commissioner Dr. Gregson Pigott announced Wednesday that Babylon High School officials alerted the Department of Health Services after more than 80 students were out sick on Friday, March 17. -
New York State Department of Environmental Conservation Commissioner Basil Seggos announced that the state's annual ban on residential brush burning begins March 16 and ends May 14. -
The municipalities of East Hampton, Southampton, Southold and Shelter Island prepare to see how they will solve the housing crisis and need the public's help. -
“Chisme” is the name by which the Salvadoran artist José Campos, known in the art world as “Studio Lenca,” decided to call a collection of life-size wooden figures representing Latino immigrant workers. -
After a series of fires destroys the homes of several Brentwood families, the Student Advocates of Long Island Group, created by Latino students from different school districts in Suffolk County, decided to get down to work and join forces to help. -
The United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has proposed an increase in fees for several of its immigration procedures. -
The New York State Department of Health announced Monday that the COVID-19 XBB.1.5 variant is now the dominant strain in the state, accounting for more than 50% of COVID-19 infections in New York. -
Hundreds attended a wake and prayer service at St. John the Evangelist Catholic Church in Riverhead to honor and remember Sister Margarita Smyth, whose indomitable spirit, tenacity and devotion touched the lives of many throughout the region, igniting a flame that It will continue to burn for generations to come. -
The Atlantic Marine Conservation Society (AMSEAS) responded on Sunday to Napeague State Park, in the vicinity of Amagansett, after the discovery of a deceased humpback whale. -
New HIV cases on Long Island rose nearly 17% in 2021, the region with the highest increase in the state outside of New York City, according to the latest HIV/AIDS Surveillance report issued by the Department of Health on the eve of World AIDS Day, which every year falls on Dec. 1.
