RiverheadLOCAL

A mosquito sample collected June 24 is Suffolk County's first to test positive for West Nile virus this year, health officials reported Thursday.

The National Weather Service has extended an extreme heat warning for Riverhead through 9 p.m. Saturday.

A pedestrian suffered life-threatening injuries when he was struck by a pickup truck on Route 58 east of Ostrander Avenue Wednesday night, Riverhead police said.

Heat index values up to 112º are expected Thursday and Friday. Air quality will be unhealthy for sensitive groups. An extreme heat warning is in effect through Friday night with an extreme heat watch posted for the 4th.

Residents are asked to place all waste curbside by 5 a.m. Thursday and Friday, as pickup will being one-hour earlier due to expected extreme heat.

Riverhead officials say the Community Preservation Fund has enough money to retire the town’s remaining land-preservation debt five years early.

Shake Shack opened its first East End location today at Tanger in Riverhead, with opening-day sales supporting a local food pantry.

Riverhead High School Key Club members turned a safety concern along the Peconic River into a service project.

A federal judge on Monday dismissed the challenge to New York’s Even Year Election Law, throwing out the government plaintiffs’ claims.

Riverhead resident Evelyn Hobson-Womack, a U.S. Army Reserve veteran and retired town police detective, was honored by Suffolk County.