ASHEVILLE, N.C. (AP) — Hikers are being told by the agency that oversees the Appalachian Trail to postpone plans to cover the nearly 2,200-mile distance this year due to COVID-19. The Appalachian Trail Conservancy made the suggestion because it feels the pandemic makes long-distance ...

SARANAC LAKE — The Saranac Lake Middle School — grades six through eight — will be learning remotely through the rest of the week, starting today, according to a robocall from Superintendent Diane Fox on Sunday night. Fox said after two members of the middle school community tested ...

PLATTSBURGH — The dearth of childcare options are leaving many parents and their children out in the cold. Presently, there are approximately 4,400 licensed slots in about 210 programs in Clinton, Essex and Franklin counties. “In the past 12 months, we have lost 542 slots, so that ...

ALBANY — Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s administration will allow basketball, football and other higher-risk sports competitions to proceed beginning Feb. 1 so long as county health departments sign off on it. The state issued updated COVID-reopening guidelines Friday for sports and recreational ...

Two residents of a senior home in Willsboro have died after contracting COVID-19, and three other Essex County residents also died this week of the disease. There is a coronavirus outbreak at the Champlain Valley Senior Community. At least 30 people connected to the assisted living ...

SARANAC LAKE — Franklin County Public Health logged 62 new cases of COVID-19 on Friday. The number of active cases of COVID-19 has now swelled to 309, far beyond what this county has ever experienced at one time before. There are two outbreaks in Franklin County, both at state ...