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NY State is operating under an emergency appropriations plan to keep running without a new budget.

Elizabethtown Community Hospital Nurses have agreed to a new contract after bargaining for months.

April is Donate Life Month and thousands of state residents are waiting for organ and tissue transplants.

The New York State spending plan is late again this year and will require a budget extender officials say.

The Essex County Emergency Services HazMat Team took part in training at a Lake Placid ORDA facility.

The NY State Gaming Commission is looking for comments on draft measures to stop youth gambling.

Money from the DEC will be coming to the North Country to fight aquatic and terrestrial invasive species.

The state budget deadline will be missed again this year due to a debate on the cost of green energy.

Plattsburgh Public Library continues the monthly "Lifelong Learning for All" series tomorrow evening.

Trout season starts this week and the Department of Environmental Conservation has been busy stocking.

Thirty community spirited people from the North Country were given a Kindling award.

The second of two Maple Weekends takes place this weekend in the North Country and across the state.

The drought warning has been lifted for the North Country and the status has been returned to "Normal".

Sunday is Vietnam Veterans Day as declared by the NYS Assembly Veterans Committee earlier this week.

The lack of childcare options and funding for a state assistance program were addressed in Albany.

CVPH has a display that traces local medical history as part of the hospital's centennial celebration.

Area bars and restaurants can now buy a limited quantity of alcoholic beverages from local retailers.

A CVPH program that takes advantage of the healing powers of nature will start next month in Plattsburgh.

An expansion of New York's Childcare Assistance program is on hold as enrollment outpaced funding.

Starting March 21st area stores must allow customers to pay in cash and not charge more for doing so.

The 2025 hunting season was the safest in New York's recorded history according to the DEC.

The NYS Department of State Division of Consumer Protection warns that springtime can be scam time.

Electric rates in the city of Plattsburgh are going up next month and each year after that for six years.

The New York State maintained limited access roads and snowmobile trails are temporarily closed.

It's pothole season in the North Country and the DMV has a hotline for reporting the road hazards.

The University of Vermont Health Network has financial advocates available on Wednesday in Plattsburgh.

As Spring officially gets underway springtime allergy causing pollen will soon be in the air.

Several factors are pushing up fuel prices, in Clinton County the price of gas has significantly increased.

The DEC wants hunters to harvest more antlerless deer so changes to regulations have been proposed.

A public hearing on an application for a howitzer test range in the Adk Park has been postponed...again.

A NY state agency is being asked for documents regarding green projects receiving preferential treatment.

A huge wind guest was measured at the top of Whiteface Mountain researchers in the observatory report.

The town of Moriah will get Millions of dollars from the state for a Port Henry makeover town officials say.

The SUNY Plattsburgh mascot has moved on to round two of the Mascot Madness competition.

So far, the only announced candidate in the 115th Assembly district race is the incumbent Michael Cashman.

Paul Smith's College received money to undertake a study on making the visitor center more accessible.

The NYS burn ban is in place until May 14th according to the Department of Environmental Conservation.

The firefighters legislative advocacy day was held in Albany and Clinton County was well represented.

The Department of Environmental Conservation is again warning hikers to avoid the ADK backcountry.

The NY Beef Council's 10th annual Best NY Burger contest is underway with voting to start next week.

Data is in from the State Police showing more tickets were given out this past holiday vs the pervious year.

ORDA is reporting a study shows Lake Placid will have reliable weather for winter sports for years.

An independent state prison oversight group has suggested a technical upgrade is needed in NY.

The Town of Plattsburgh wants taxpayers to know a change in postal service may cause late payments.

Local Assemblymember Michael Cashman is now on the Assembly committee on aging in Albany.

Reportedly felt on both sides of Lake Champlain

Suspect vehicle located in Franklin County, New York.

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Tyler J. Hart, 30, arrested on multiple charges.