MALONE — Franklin County logged 192 active cases of COVID-19 Tuesday.

NEW YORK — Upstate hospitals have suffered a greater reduction in available beds than downstate health facilities as health experts in Albany continue to test for the omicron COVID variant not discovered in New York as of Monday, Gov. Kathleen C. Hochul said.

MALONE — The University of Vermont Health Network’s Alice Hyde Medical Center has been on the receiving end of a full year of community support and generosity throughout 2021 and is extending its gratitude.

SARANAC LAKE — As part of National Home Care Month in November, a local home care agency met with two assemblymen and one state senator representing the North Country.

MALONE — Franklin County Public Health officials reported one new death due to COVID-19 on Monday.

CHATEAUGAY — The time to get a holiday tree is now.

ALBANY — The state Health Department can limit non-essential, elective hospital procedures under New York’s new state of emergency that returned Friday as new COVID-19 infections reach transmission levels from the early days of the pandemic and global health officials identified a new highly…

MALONE — The Downtown Artist Cellar will host an open house and book launch event in December.

Advocates and prison staff continue to clash over the catalyst stoking spiking violent assaults in state facilities, increasing pressure on officials to take action after correction department leaders threatened incarcerated New Yorkers with additional consequences this week to curb assaults.

MALONE — With Thanksgiving now in the rearview, the time of cheerful music, snow, decorated trees and holiday shopping is now upon us.

MALONE — Citizen Advocates held an early Thanksgiving celebration for members of local social clubs Wednesday.

MALONE — Franklin County Public Health has announced that COVID-19 vaccination clinics will be held every Thursday throughout December.

MALONE — Students of Franklin-Essex-Hamilton BOCES provided 10 families in the area with full Thanksgiving meals this week.

MALONE — After holding their first meeting, members of the village’s Youth Council, helped pack Thanksgiving meals for area residents following a village workshop Wednesday morning.

ST. REGIS FALLS — The instrumental music teacher at St. Regis Falls Central School, Joseph Ianaconi, was commended on Oct. 13 by the New York State School Music Association with the Early Career Achievement Award.

MALONE — Franklin County Public Health officials reported 233 active COVID-19 cases on Wednesday.

Federal and state leaders praised President Joseph R. Biden’s decision Tuesday to tap millions of gallons of fuel from the national reserve to lower energy prices. The move came as the leading Republican nominee in New York’s 2022 gubernatorial race started a lengthy tour demanding the gover…

MALONE — The Franklin County Agricultural Society on Monday announced the first entertainment lineup for the 2022 county fair.

MALONE — Franklin County Public Health officials reported 262 active COVID-19 cases on Tuesday.

MALONE — Meeting with the village’s code enforcement officer about 14 Harison Place Monday evening, village trustees agreed on the building’s emergency status and discussed a quote for the building’s removal.

MALONE — Amid the challenges of a season impacted by the U.S.-Canadian border closure, Malone’s golf course still had a positive summer, according to the course’s president.

ALBANY — An attorneys’ report released Monday revealed new evidence that former Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo allegedly groped a staffer’s breast in the Executive Mansion last year, and confirms he misrepresented COVID-19 nursing home death data and used state resources to help publish his pandemic m…

MALONE — An announcement was made Monday by Franklin County District Attorney Craig Carriero that police agencies across the county will be working with STOP-DWI coordinators in special efforts to bring awareness to the dangers of impaired driving.

MALONE — A fixture of the Franklin County Court, a judge elected to the bench in 1987, is retiring in December.

MALONE — Volunteers gathered at Arsenal Green to kick off the holiday season by decorating the park off East Main Street Saturday morning.

ALBANY — Legislative leaders will discuss COVID-19 vaccine protocols for the upcoming 2022 legislative session and the test-out option for members in both chambers, officials said.

MALONE — Franklin County Public Health officials reported 296 active COVID-19 cases Saturday.

MALONE — During a Franklin County meeting Thursday, District 7 Legislator Lindy Ellis provided updates on the existing momentum for better internet access in more rural areas across the county.

Former Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo’s attorney demanded state Attorney General Letitia A. James recuse herself from future decisions related to the former governor’s sexual harassment investigation and related evidence on the heels of the release of the transcripts of witness interviews last week an…

MALONE — The University of Vermont Health Network has launched a network-wide program to provide low- and middle-income patients — in facilities such as Alice Hyde Medical Center in Malone — with prescription medications at no cost.

AKWESASNE — The White House Tribal Nations Summit was held Tuesday for tribal leaders, such as St. Regis Mohawk Tribal Chief Beverly Kiohawiton Cook, to participate in an administration listening session with senior government officials.

MALONE — Franklin County Public Health officials reported 291 active COVID-19 cases on Thursday.

New York will receive at least $27 billion to resuscitate its aging infrastructure, and millions of dollars to bridge the digital divide plaguing upstate, rural communities and low-income New Yorkers as part of the federal infrastructure package signed into law this week, officials said Wednesday.

MALONE — With a feasible plan up for consideration, the village Board of Trustees is looking to expedite the removal of 14 Harison Place.

BURKE — Foothills EMS Ambulance Services initiated full operational status as a corporation in June after two years of planning and preparation.

MALONE — Franklin County Public Health officials reported 282 active COVID-19 cases on Wednesday.