ALBANY — On Wednesday, Gov. Kathy Hochul, with the state Department of Environmental Conservation, announced a drought warning for 12 counties in the Adirondack and Southern Tier regions and a drought watch that was expanded to include six counties in the Susquehanna region. New York State ...

PAUL SMITHS -- Roger Brubaker was working in his home office on Easy Street Friday morning when he looked out his window and saw a homicide suspect walking down the street. Anthony G. Bechand, 53, has been the subject of a 12-day manhunt across the Brighton-Paul Smiths area. He is suspected ...

RAY BROOK — State Police captured Anthony G. Bechand, the 53-year-old Cohoes man wanted in connection with the Sept. 13 stabbing death of his girlfriend, on Friday morning. Troopers received two tips from civilians about a “suspicious individual” walking near Paul Smith's College on ...

LAKE GEORGE — Phil Sexton remembers a time not too long ago when brine was viewed with near universal skepticism as an alternative treatment to granular salt in winter. Speaking at the 10th annual Adirondack Champlain Regional Salt Summit on Wednesday, Sexton said things have changed a ...

LAKE PLACID — Despite concerns about the economic cost of a dip in Canadian visitors, Lake Placid businesses are reporting a successful tourism season on-par with the average. At last week’s village board meeting, Trustee Marc Galvin, who is also the president of the Lake Placid ...

PLATTSBURGH — As Brent Davison embarks on his bid for the 115th Assembly District seat in the upcoming special election, he now does so with the support of several high-ranking state Republican leaders. Assembly Republican Minority Leader Will Barclay, R, C-Pulaski, made the four-hour ...