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 a…
DANNEMORA — Speaking across the street from the Clinton Correctional Facility entrance Frida…
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.
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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.
WATERTOWN — U.S. Sen. Kirsten E. Gillibrand, D-NY, visited the city’s post office on Labor Day to talk about disruptions in mailing and to advocate for a $25 billion infusion to the U.S. Postal Service.
SARANAC LAKE — Of 35 cats that Tri-Lakes Humane Society manager Lena Bombard helped remove from a house outside of St. Regis Falls on Aug. 21, 16 are now ready for what in the rescue community are called “forever homes.”
Tedra Cobb, the Democratic candidate for the NY-21 House seat, said she is disgusted by how President Donald J. Trump has talked about veterans and those who have died while at war. The campaign of her opponent, incumbent U.S. Rep. Elise Stefanik, defended the president and called reports of…
QUEENSBURY — A northern New York man charged in the high-speed chase last September that caused the death of a Brant Lake man will face a jury in November — the first Warren County trial to take place since the COVID-19 pandemic.
The effects of the COVID-19 pandemic continue to hammer the Franklin County economy, as the unemployment rate in July jumped more than full percentage point after having been stable for the preceding two months.
The morning after U.S. Rep. Elise M. Stefanik spoke at the Republican National Convention, her Democratic challenger in the race for the 21st Congressional District condemned the speech.
North County Community College will receive an $89,700 Northern Border Regional Commission grant to develop a water and wastewater operator certification program, the North Country’s representatives in Congress have announced.
On Tuesday, the campaign to re-elect U.S. Rep. Elise M. Stefanik, R-Schuylerville, relaunched a website attacking her Democratic opponent, Tedra L. Cobb.
Stefanik to speak at Republican National Convention next week, to discuss ‘far-left’ legacy of Biden
U.S. Rep. Elise M. Stefanik, R-Schuylerville, will be delivering a prime time address at the Republican National Convention next week.
U.S. Rep. Elise Stefanik, R-Schuylerville, and Democratic challenger Tedra Cobb disagree on many things, including the schedule for their televised debates.
PLATTSBURGH –– North Country congresswoman Elise Stefanik voiced support for presidential memoranda signed by President Donald Trump and increased funding for the U.S. Postal Service during media availabilities at two Plattsburgh events recently.
SARANAC LAKE — You may have seen signs lately at the local banks and credit unions, even the Walgreen’s and Hannaford’s, warning of coin shortages and asking for surplus coins like a kid with an empty piggy bank. Banks and some grocery stores and drug stores are so low on the stuff that they…
Tedra Cobb, Democratic nominee in the election for the NY-21 House of Representatives seat, hosted a digital roundtable conversation recently with constituents on veterans issues.
Local leaders expressed chagrin and disappointment after U.S. and Canadian officials announced Friday that the closure of the border between the countries will remain in place for at least an additional 30 days.
Both candidates running for the North Country’s congressional seat Nov. 3 spoke this week on immigration and border issues. Both support funding to secure the U.S. borders, although incumbent Republican Rep. Elise Stefanik says her Democratic opponent, Tedra Cobb, doesn’t.
CHESTER — The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation announced last week that the emerald ash borer has been confirmed in Warren County.
OGDENSBURG — When the COVID-19 pandemic took hold in New York five months ago, child care providers became “the essential workers behind the essential workers,” U.S. Sen. Kirsten E. Gillibrand told about 40 people at a news conference Friday outside the Dobisky Visitors’ Center overlooking t…
Justin Trudeau’s government will hit the U.S. with retaliatory tariffs after President Donald Trump announced plans to impose duties on Canadian aluminum.
WATERTOWN — U.S. Sen. Charles E. Schumer says he is looking for clarity regarding the “uneven enforcement” of rules for boats that travel between U.S. and Canadian waters on the St. Lawrence River but never reach land or anchor.
Inmates in at least two area correctional facilities have had their efforts to win release because of the COVID-19 pandemic rejected by the courts.
U.S. Rep. Elise Stefanik’s campaign has made several inaccurate claims this week regarding health care, immigration and her rival Democrat Tedra Cobb’s positions on these issues. Cobb has also released some inaccurate statements on the Republican Stefanik’s Medicare votes.
By ELIZABETH IZZO
Early Thursday morning, President Donald J. Trump sent a tweet suggesting that the date of this year’s presidential election should be delayed “until people can properly, securely and safely vote.”
Essential services will be slashed in next year’s state budget without federal aid to local governments, Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo said Wednesday, pleading in a letter to New York’s federal delegation to ensure $500 billion for localities as lawmakers negotiate the next coronavirus relief bill in…
MALONE –– North Country Community College unveiled a $14.4 million budget for the 2020-21 academic year on Thursday, a decrease in planned spending of about 4% from the 2019-20 year.
The blow that Franklin County’s employment took from the COVID-19 pandemic hung on in June, with no change in the county’s unemployment rate from May.
The United States Postal Service has been in financial trouble for years, and some are concerned that it may shut down because of the significant spike in costs due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
By CARA CHAPMAN
Assemblyman D. Billy Jones, D-Chateaugay Lake, has been appointed to serve as co-chair of The Council of State Governments’ Eastern Regional Conference’s (CSG East) Canada–U.S. Relations Committee through 2022.
Roger Stone, a self-proclaimed political “dirty trickster” and adviser to President Donald Trump’s 2016 campaign, accused North Country Rep. Elise Stefanik on Wednesday of advising Trump against granting him clemency, which Trump did July 10.
LONG LAKE — A study published in the journal Wetlands documents an invasion happening in the Adirondacks: The black spruce, tamarack and other boreal species are being overcome by trees normally found in warmer, more temperate forests.
By KATHLEEN MOORE
LAKE PLACID — State Department of Environmental Conservation staff killed a black bear on Monday following what the department described as “a documented escalation of the bear’s aggressive behavior since 2018.”
Many representatives from border states have begun to push U.S. and Canadian officials to develop a reopening plan for the northern border.
U.S. Rep. Elise Stefanik, R-Schuylerville, said she is focused on the illegality of the leaks regarding the revelations last week that a Russian intelligence agency offered Taliban-linked militias cash rewards to kill American troops in Afghanistan.
OGDENSBURG — The Diocese of Ogdensburg has been named in 20 additional child sexual abuse complaints under the New York Child Victims Act.
The two candidates for New York’s 21st Congressional District seat — incumbent Republican Elise Stefanik and returning Democratic contender Tedra Cobb — support two different police reform bills passed by the House, but despite increased pressure to pass police reform legislation following w…
Congresswoman Elise M. Stefanik, R- Schuylerville, was included in a White House briefing Monday regarding the recent revelations that Russian operatives offered cash bounties to the Taliban for killing coalition forces, including Americans, in Afghanistan.
MALONE –– Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo’s decision to exclude YMCAs from the list of facilities that will be allowed to reopen at the beginning of phase four could threaten the organization’s future, the head of the Ys in Malone and Plattsburgh said Wednesday.
