NEW YORK — Gov. Kathy Hochul signed two pieces of legislation Tuesday to expand transparency in government and ensure an open process at the state and local levels, including a significant amendment to the state’s Open Meetings Law.
The latest congressional financial statements are out, showing Congresswoman Elise M. Stefan…
People incarcerated in New York state prisons have one more reason to get vaccinated against…
WHITE PLAINS — After 10 years as the New York Power Authority’s president and chief executive officer, Gil C. Quiniones has resigned to take another position, according to the agency Thursday.
MALONE — The definition of high-speed broadband, according to the Federal Communications Commission, calls for download speeds up to 25 megabits per second and an upload speed of 3 Mbps. Due to the pandemic and the drastically increasing number of people depending on the internet, improved i…
WASHINGTON — As the nation’s land borders remain closed to nonessential traffic, a contingent of northern border state representatives are pushing the Biden administration to at least develop a plan for reopening.
ALBANY — New York voices are growing louder in protest to statewide COVID-19 mandates with up to 1,000 parents and caregivers of school-aged children rallying outside the Capitol over the weekend demanding face masks be a personal choice for each family when classes resume next week.
POTSDAM — The 1844 House in Potsdam will be closing its doors after 15 years as a local dining location.
NORTH RIVER — Former U.S. speedskater and child victims advocate Brigid “Bridie” Farrell is running for Congress in New York’s 21st Congressional district.
WATERTOWN — A blanket of haze is lingering over North America as wildfires rage this week.
POTSDAM — For the seventh time in 13 years, the convicted killer of Katherine M. “Katy” Hawelka has been denied parole.
ALBANY — State lawmakers on Monday passed legislation to add a Corrections Law provision that prohibits double bunking in prison dormitories.
SARANAC LAKE — Advance crews had already unbolted the steel rails and cut them with a blowtorch on either side of road crossings. That set the stage for another crew to pull out the train tracks — which is now happening in Saranac Lake.
POTSDAM — Katherine Mary “Katy” Hawelka — she was the peacemaker.
From his father’s recollections of the Korean War and the life of a Panama Canal Pilot, to collectible Simpsons merchandise, William D. LaRue has first-class writing range.
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By AARON CERBONE
Voter turnout across New York’s 21st Congressional District was high this year.
While absentee ballots remain to be counted, it appears Republican incumbent Rep. Elise M. Stefanik, R-Schuylerville, has won her bid for re-election to 21st Congressional District.
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The two candidates vying to replace Betty Little representing the 45th Senate District in the state Legislature combined to spend more than $200,000 in roughly a three-week stretch entering the final days of the campaign.
Health care is once again a big issue in the race for the NY-21 Congressional District seat, as the nation grapples with a pandemic and the U.S. Supreme Court is about to hear a case that could strike down the Affordable Care Act.
PLATTSBURGH — Assemblyman Dan Stec, R-Queensbury, and Clinton County Treasurer Kimberly Davis, D-Plattsburgh, strongly differ on whether the next North Country state senator should be in the Republican minority or Democratic majority.
PLATTSBURGH — Much was made over the word “banning” during the second and final debate between U.S. Rep. Elise Stefanik, R-Schuylerville, and Democratic challenger Tedra Cobb hosted by NBC5 at the Strand Center Theatre on Wednesday night.
U.S. Rep. Elise Stefanik, R-Schuylerville, has three times as much money in the bank as her Democratic challenger, Tedra Cobb, as the candidates head into the final sprint to the election.
WATERTOWN — Tedra L. Cobb, the Democratic candidate for the 21st Congressional District race, said health care is personal for her, and she continues to focus on that issue as she runs for the North Country’s House seat a second time.
WATERTOWN — Rep. Elise M. Stefanik, R-Schuylerville, said she’s been hearing multiple concerns from constituents about COVID relief legislation, jobs, health care and the economy these past few months.
The border between the United States and Canada will remain closed to nonessential travel until at least Nov. 21, officials on both sides of the border said via Twitter on Monday.
WATERTOWN — The candidates for New York’s 21st Congressional District, Rep. Elise M. Stefanik, R-Schuylerville, and her Democratic opponent Tedra L. Cobb, faced off for the first time this election season in a contentious debate Monday afternoon.
State Senate candidate Dan Stec says the state Legislature will need to make some difficult budget decisions in the coming year, especially due to the COVID-19 pandemic, and he has a list of what he would like to cut and what he would like to save if elected.
By AARON CERBONE
The two candidates vying to succeed retiring state Sen. Betty Little had spent roughly the same amount on their respective campaigns as the 20202 election season entered its final month.
The campaign to re elect Rep. Elise M. Stefanik, R-Schuylerville, is at odds with the campaign of her Democratic opponent Tedra L. Cobb over statements published in an Adirondack Daily Enterprise story on Oct. 3 wishing death on President Donald J. Trump.
ELLENBURG – State audits of Northern Adirondack Central School District criticized the district’s previously heavy reliance on its unexpended fund balance to pay for school operations.
MASSENA — Negotiations to settle the decades-long land dispute over lands in Franklin County claimed by the St. Regis Mohawk Tribe are nearly at a breaking point, with only one sticking point left to hash out.
Food pantries and dairy and produce giveaways are part of our COVID-19 new normal. But the numbers of folks applying for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program has been holding steady, at least in Franklin and Essex counties.
WATERTOWN — The House of Representatives adjourned last week so members could return to their home districts to campaign as the election season wraps up, even though congressional Democrats and White House officials have yet to come to an agreement on the next coronavirus relief package.
Consumers displeased with potential monthly increases to their utility bills provided commentary this week to state officials weighing controversial rate hikes as families and businesses face financial hardship through the coronavirus pandemic.
MOIRA — Federal court documents filed following the arrest of a Plattsburgh man for his alleged role in the armed kidnapping of a Moira couple reveal that the couple were held hostage in exchange for either 50 kilograms of cocaine or $3.5 million.
CANTON — Canopy thinning, bark splits and signature snake-like tracks are key signs of an emerald ash borer infestation.
North Country U.S. Rep. Elise Stefanik said on Tuesday she supports President Donald Trump and the U.S. Department of Justice’s plan to cut federal funding from New York City; Portland, Oregon; and Seattle, Washington –– three cities the DOJ designated as “anarchist jurisdictions” earlier th…
DANNEMORA — Speaking across the street from the Clinton Correctional Facility entrance Friday, Assemblyman D. Billy Jones, D-Chateaugay Lake, and the union representing correctional officers voiced support for measures they say would help ensure the safety of those who cross that threshold e…
One day after the death of Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, political representatives from across the state — including in the North Country — took time from a busy campaign season to mark her passing. But as a tense Election Day looms, Republican leaders are already talking of Pre…
MASSENA — The parties appear to be growing closer to a settlement in the decades-long land claim dispute between the St. Regis Mohawk Tribe, Franklin County and St. Lawrence County.
Adirondack Daily Enterprise
WATERTOWN — The Northern New York weather forecast for the next several days: sunny and cool with an excellent chance of high-altitude smoky haze.
Intelligence officials remain unable to verify that Russia offered Taliban-linked militants cash rewards for killing American and allied forces in Afghanistan.
School-age children in the North Country have long looked forward to snow days as a bright spot during the dark days of winter, but they may become a thing of the past this school year, and possibly into future years.
DRESDEN — A month after the second known infestation of the invasive hemlock woolly adelgid was reported in the Adirondacks, the state Department of Environmental Conservation and its partners have developed a treatment plan, set to be implemented this fall.
A day after tapes on which the president is heard saying he downplayed the coronavirus pandemic surfaced, Tedra L. Cobb on Wednesday called for her Republican opponent to resign from her position as co-chair of the president’s New York re-election campaign.
SARANAC LAKE — In a back room of Tri-Lakes Center for Independent Living on Broadway in downtown Saranac Lake, what was once a conference room is now a PPE station. Paper bags loaded with masks, gloves and bottles of hand sanitizer fill a table like kids’ lunches at a crowded school. Boxes o…
The emerald ash borer may have only just been discovered in Warren County, but it appears the invasive species has been living in the Adirondack Park for longer than previously thought.
