State Sen. Dan Stec, R-Queensbury, has joined his Republican colleagues in asking the federal government to take over the vaccine distribution program in response to the allegations that a health aide to Gov. Andrew Cuomo called county leaders to gauge their support for the embattled ...

MALONE — Franklin County is planning on hosting two points of distribution this week after a vaccination clinic was held at the Franklin County Courthouse in Malone Monday. According to Franklin County Manager Donna Kissane, one point of distribution is scheduled to take place in ...

MASSENA — August Regents examinations have been canceled and, if a request for a waiver from the U.S. Department of Education is denied, only four of the June 2021 Regents exams will be administered. Also, if a U.S. Department of Education waiver is denied, only one session of the ...

SARANAC LAKE — It’s been a year and a day since people danced in the streets in Saranac Lake. The occasion was the village’s annual St. Patrick’s Day parade on Main Street and Broadway, and in the 12 months since then, there hasn’t been much dancing, or any such public gathering for ...

PLATTSBURGH — COVID-19 lingo — The ‘Rona, New Normal and WFH — will intrigue historians, wordsmiths and adulted coronababies decades from now. In the present, Elizabeth Cohen savors and analyzes pandemic words as a poet, memoirist, essayist, short story and nonfiction ...

LONDON (AP) — Irish health officials on Sunday recommended the temporary suspension of the AstraZeneca vaccine after reports of serious blood clotting after inoculations in Norway. Dr. Ronan Glynn, Ireland’s deputy chief medical officer, said the recommendation was made after Norway’s ...