Do you think some version of the Saranac Lake Winter Carnival would be safe and feasible if the COVID-19 situation does not improve by February? Total votes: 1,118 Yes: 378, 34% No: 680, 61% Undecided: 60, less than 1% --- This week’s Straw Poll: Are you shopping locally for ...

VALLEY — to a record number of active positive COVID-19 cases in Franklin County. At least some of them have been traced to Thanksgiving gatherings, and the timing is also right when a spike was predicted to come from Thanksgiving meals. While there may be other ways the coronavirus spread, ...

Racial minorities have been hit far harder than white Americans by COVID-19. Throughout the epidemic, that has been a constant. But why? Theories abound. One is that African-Americans, whose average incomes are lower than those for whites, do not benefit from as high a quality of health ...

This week’s Straw Poll: Do you think some version of the Saranac Lake Winter Carnival would be safe and feasible if the COVID-19 situation does not improve by February? - This poll is not scientific, and its results represent only the opinions of Internet users who have chosen to ...

U.S. Food and Drug Administration officials and scientists are in a race against death. It is one they must undertake in a cautious sprint. Two COVID-19 vaccines appear nearly ready to go. Before doses already on the production line can be distributed, the FDA has to approve ...

What kind of a hometown would any of us have if our local businesses went away? That question is less hypothetical and more serious now than it has been in generations. The COVID-19 pandemic has upended the national economy, and many small businesses have been closed or on life support for ...