Cortland County salons are preparing plans to reopen during Phase 2, changing much of how they operated. Tattoo shops are doing the same, even though they don’t know when they’ll be able to open. “I am so excited,” said Desarae Edwards, who owns Roots Hair Salon in Cortland. ...

DORAL, Fla. (AP) — Some furloughs at a Trump golf resort in South Florida are becoming permanent layoffs. A notice that the Trump National Doral Miami filed with the State of Florida last week says it is permanently laying off 250 workers out of 560 employees who were furloughed in ...

WATERTOWN — Traffic across the three international bridges in the North Country plummeted more than 60 percent in April compared to April 2019 following the March 21 closure of the U.S.-Canadian border due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The Ogdensburg-Prescott International Bridge saw the ...

TORONTO — Canada and the U.S. have agreed to extend their agreement to keep the border closed to non-essential travel to June 21 during the coronavirus pandemic. Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Tuesday the border is a source of vulnerability, so the agreement will be extended ...

ALBANY — Shawn Weber, a partner in a popular restaurant business in Niagara Falls, says if the pandemic-driven shutdown of eateries and bars continues much longer, Wine on Third may have to stay closed for the remainder of the year. “If this keeps going until mid-July or August, ...

SARANAC LAKE — Black Mountain Architecture, a Saranac Lake-based design firm that specializes in energy-efficient, green building practices, has been recognized by New York state for its work on the country’s largest market-rate net-zero apartment complex. The New York State Energy ...