RAY BROOK — The federal prison here is showing its largest numbers of staff and inmates testing positive for COVID-19 ever. Data from the Federal Bureau of Prisons Wednesday evening shows 85 inmates and 17 staff testing positive at the Federal Correctional Institute in Ray ...
ALBANY — The closure of the border between the United States and Canada to non-essential travel is now extended until at least Feb. 21, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Tuesday. The restrictions have had an impact on tourism-related businesses in New York’s North ...
WATERTOWN — Hospital occupancy increased last week across the North Country with some facilities reporting serious influxes of patients, including an uptick of COVID-19 hospitalizations. For the week beginning Jan. 1, an average of 462.6 adult inpatient beds were in use out of 765.9 ...
SARANAC LAKE — Saranac Lake students in grades 7 through 12 are going remote Thursday and Friday, Superintendent Diane Fox said in a call to parents at around 4:15 p.m. Wednesday. Fox said a member of the middle-high school community had tested positive for COVID-19 but did not specify ...
ALBANY — New York state expanded COVID-19 vaccine distribution Tuesday to people 65 and over, increasing access to an already short supply of doses being distributed through an overtaxed system some users have found time consuming. The state had already dramatically expanded vaccine ...
ALBANY — The closure of the border between the United States and Canada to non-essential travel is now extended until at least Feb. 21, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Tuesday. The restrictions have had an impact on tourism-related businesses in New York’s North ...