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Child Victims Act tears open North Country's history of sexual abuse

Lawsuits filed last week under the Child Victims Act claim children were targeted by abusers and pedophiles over a period of decades in dozens of communities across the North Country. The Boy Scouts...

Cuomo proposes domestic terrorism law to include hate-inspired mass shootings

Governor Andrew Cuomo proposed legislation Thursday to impose a penalty of life in prison without parole for acts of domestic terrorism, including mass shootings.

Massena Memorial Hospital to close Brasher Falls clinic

A health clinic in St. Lawrence County is shutting down.

Poetry slam in Canton to launch discussion of criminal justice

An upcoming conference in Canton is taking a unique approach to talking about the issues surrounding prisons.

Author conversation: Rick Henry's new novel, "Letters (1855)"

A new novel by SUNY Potsdam English professor, Rick Henry, is set in central New York State in the mid-nineteenth century. The novel is written entirely in letters between James, a doctor, and his...

JCOPE settles sexual harassment cases against former legislator and staffer

The state ethics commission has settled with a former Assembly member and a former senate staffer in two cases involving sexual harassment.

Two dead, three injured in crash near Wilmington

A two-car collision on the narrow highway between Lake Placid and Wilmington left two people dead on Saturday, with two others left in critical condition.

New York State Fair set to being its 13-day run

SYRACUSE, N.Y. (AP) The New York State Fair is about to start its 13-day run to wrap up summer.

Report: NY police reject all immigrant detainer requests

NEW YORK (AP) The New York Police Department in the year ending June 30 has rejected all requests from the federal government to hold detained immigrants past their release date.

"Crazy worms" threaten North Country forests and soils

More invasive pests threaten North Country woods and soil. We look at invasive Asian worms, whose voracious appetite and rapid breeding strip forest soils of leaf litter and nutrients

Summer skies

Driving from Potsdam to Saranac Lake the other day, the westerlies were shipping an unending convoy of cumulus clouds through a bluebird sky. It was one of what I think of as iconic North Country...

World threshing record set in Ontario village

243 threshing machines operated for five minutes to capture Guinness title.

Adirondack murderer Jeffrey Glanda dies in state prison

One of the most notorious murderers in recent Adirondack history has died while in state prison in Dutchess County. Jeffrey Glanda, age 69, was pronounced dead Wednesday morning at Green Haven...

How Paul Smith's College is training the next generation of loggers

When you think of loggers, you probably think of brawny men hacking down trees with an axe and crying "timber!" But today, logging is a highly skilled profession requiring huge machines and technical...

North Country Roman Catholic diocese hit with 14 lawsuits under Child Victims Act

Law firms representing victims of child sexual assault have filed fourteen lawsuits against the North Country’s Roman Catholic Diocese of Ogdensburg.

State DEC reopens Cape Vincent Fisheries station

The state Department of Environmental Conservation is reopening its fisheries station in Cape Vincent.

This weekend in the Adirondacks, 8/16/19

The fire danger across much of the Park has been raised to Moderate, so use caution with open fires.

Beekmantown man found guilty in murder of grandmother

A Clinton County man was found guilty yesterday of murdering his grandmother. Gustavo Segundo-Clark, 25, had been living with his 73 year-old grandmother, Ginger Clark, in Beekmantown just north...

Steve Bannon loses his appeal of his contempt of Congress conviction

A three-judge panel upheld the former Trump adviser's conviction for criminal contempt of Congress. The case is related to Bannon's refusal to cooperate with a House panel probe of the Jan. 6 riot.

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