SARANAC LAKE — Ski conditions in the Tri-Lakes received a much-needed boost this weekend after several days of steady snow brought the region several inches of powder. “Things are looking pretty great,” Dewey Mountain Recreation Center Groomer Matt Snizek said Friday from Saranac ...

LAKE PLACID — As North Elba Park District employee Lee Jopling was shoveling several inches of fresh snow off the ice slides near the top of the Lake Placid Toboggan Chute Friday morning, a woman standing on the Parkside Drive sidewalk shouted a question to him. “Are you guys going ...

LAKE PLACID — As North Elba Park District employee Lee Jopling was shoveling several inches of fresh snow off the ice slides near the top of the Lake Placid Toboggan Chute Friday morning, a woman standing on the Parkside Drive sidewalk shouted a question to him. "Are you guys going to be ...

TUPPER LAKE — More than 14,600 acres of land near Tupper Lake are set to be permanently protected by the state in a $9.3 million sale, Gov. Kathy Hochul announced Tuesday. The agreement between the state government and the Nature Conservancy, a nonprofit that focuses on land protection, ...

WASHINGTON — Nearly half of the world’s migratory species are in decline, according to a new United Nations report released Monday. Many songbirds, sea turtles, whales, sharks and other migratory animals move to different environments with changing seasons and are imperiled by habitat ...

LONG LAKE — The Long Lake Kid & Adult Ice Fishing Derby is a go today, despite the warm winter wreaking havoc on ice around the North Country. Long Lake Fish and Game Club President Bruce Jennings said that the bays of Long Lake and Lake Eaton both have between 10 and 12 inches of ice, ...