Eric Hopkins has worked in radio for over 20 years, including stops in Colorado, New York City, Connecticut, and Hudson Valley, NY. He currently hosts mid-days on 101.5 WPDH in the Mid-Hudson Valley area of New York, and 107.7 WRKR in Kalamazoo/Battle Creek southwest Michigan. He moved to New York after previously living in Houston, Texas, and a number of other states across the country. He has been an on-air personality, including a four-and-a-half-year stint on TownSquare Media's national syndication platform for Classic Rock. Hopkins also once served as Production Director, and is well versed in editing and audio. He loves to cover a variety of topics such as; sports, beer, dogs, weather and astronomy, to offbeat topics and even the paranormal.
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Yikes! Do You Know What New York’s Official State Reptile Is?
REPTILE: New York is known for being resilient and bold, so what better animal to represent the state than one that can live for up to 60 years in the wild?
New York State Man Allegedly Used Molotov Cocktails to Destroy Mailboxes
MOLOTOV: Authorities say the suspect hired two Amish men to build a sugar shack for him. Guess the job won't get done now.
Truck Crashes Into Amish Buggy in New York State, Killing a 22-Year-Old Woman
AMISH: Be careful on the roads. Not everyone you encounter may be traveling in the relative safety of a motorized vehicle.
Meow. Armed Robbery in New York Leads to Stolen Kitty Litter, T-Shirt
CAT LITTER: Police are searching for a suspect they say robbed a Family Dollar Store at gunpoint. What the alleged thief ran off with though is not exactly what you'd expect.
How Did a Beloved Weave Get Lost Outside a Favorite Hudson Valley Target?
LOST & FOUND: Finding a lost hair piece of any sort kind of takes things to a whole other level. It also raises quite a lot of questions.
Weird: New York Man Given Summons For Using a Mask?
OOPS: As many of you will be traveling around the state here in the coming weeks, you might want to keep this story in mind if you're heading to certain parts of New York. You have to give this particular guy some points for creativity though.
New York Man Charged With DWI After Plowing Through School Field
DWI: An alleged drunk driver's insane outing started in a Wendy's parking and ended after plowing his vehicle through a chain link fence at a nearby school.
Humpback Whales Recorded Singing Off the Coast of New York
HUMPBACKS: Humpback whale sightings have been increasing in recent years in the waters off the coast of New York, but until now there had never been an account of the underwater "songs" these giant mammals are capable of.
Have You Heard About This Strange Law That Exists in One Hudson Valley Town?
WEIRD: Did anyone know this was a thing? Who'd actually enforce this?
Heinz Offering $25k ‘Dream Job’ to Hudson Valley Burger Lovers
HEINZ: Help wanted! If you like to eat, travel the world, make some serious cash, and then eat even more, then you may have landed the ultimate "dream job".
POLL: Majority of New York Wants One COVID-era Mandate To Continue
POLL: The people have spoken. A new survey conducted says that a majority of New Yorkers want one particular service to continue indefinitely.
New York Man Accused of Breaking Into Empty Cockpit For Sinister Reason
COCKPIT: Police say a New York man went on a crime a spree that took him all over the Northeast, and then eventually ended when he allegedly boarded an empty cockpit at an airport. But it's the reason for sneaking onto the commercial plane the suspect gave officials that has some quite disturbed.