WATERTOWN — Kinney Drugs opened COVID-19 vaccination appointments for people aged 65 and older Wednesday afternoon, but the slots quickly filled up. The pharmacy website opened at about 2:30 p.m. Just before 5 p.m., a notification was released that the available slots were ...

SARANAC LAKE — Doonesbury cartoonist Garry Trudeau has released his poster design for the 2021 Saranac Lake Winter Carnival. Using this Carnival’s designated theme, “Mask-erade” — which Trudeau spells with the more traditional “Masquerade” — the poster shows multiple ...

What vaccines have been approved? Currently, two COVID-19 vaccines have been approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration and New York state’s independent Clinical Advisory Task Force: one that was developed by Pfizer and BioNTech, and another that was developed by Moderna. ...

NEW YORK — The federal government must speed the delivery of COVID-19 vaccine doses to New York as appointments are snapped up as quickly as they go online, Gov. Andrew Cuomo and New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio said Wednesday. “At the end of the day, this is a supply issue and we ...

RAY BROOK — The federal prison here is showing its largest numbers of staff and inmates testing positive for COVID-19 ever. Data from the Federal Bureau of Prisons Wednesday evening shows 85 inmates and 17 staff testing positive at the Federal Correctional Institute in Ray ...

ALBANY — The closure of the border between the United States and Canada to non-essential travel is now extended until at least Feb. 21, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Tuesday. The restrictions have had an impact on tourism-related businesses in New York’s North ...