The Capital Region is ready to start Phase 1 of reopening with manufacturing, construction and curbside retail businesses to open up this week as soon as more contract tracers are identified. Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced Sunday that Western New York and the Capital Region — which reaches ...

INDIAN LAKE — An Elizabethtown contractor was charged Sunday for allegedly taking about $110,000 from a victim and not performing the work. State Police said 33-year-old Edward H. Bessette Jr., of B&B Construction, did not complete the construction in Blue Mountain Lake. The ...

At Yushak’s Market on Main Street in Shushan, business has tripled since the coronavirus hit, Debbie Yushak said. “Because people are shopping local,” she said. Customers are worried about going to supermarkets where it’s busier. When home is a hamlet with less than 1,000 ...

New York has more than 700 testing sites where all individuals who will return to the workplace under the state’s Phase 1 reopening plan can get tested for the virus. Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced Sunday that the state has doubled testing capacity to reach 40,000 diagnostic tests per day. ...

LAKE PLACID — The Ironman Lake Placid triathlon, originally scheduled for July 26, was postponed on Friday and is hoped to be held later in the summer season. In a 27-second video clip on the Regional Office of Sustainable Tourism Facebook page Friday afternoon, ROOST’s Lake Placid ...

North Country businesses are preparing for Phase 1 of the state’s plan to open regions of economies amid the coronavirus pandemic. Some are celebrating, some are struggling, and some say that even if the state gives them the green light to reopen, they will not be able to yet. As long ...