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A heat dome is slated to hit the Tri-Lakes region at the start of next week

SARANAC LAKE — It’s looking like a sweltering start to next week as temperatures throughout the Tri-Lakes are forecasted to soar to roughly 20 degrees Fahrenheit above normal, according to the National Weather Service’s Burlington, Vermont office, which serves northeastern New ...

Creating a ca-new community

SARANAC LAKE — After a long weekend of paddling classes, special presentations and community building on and around the water, more than 50 participants left the Adirondack Paddling Symposium with a new set of skills and friendships. Put on by Northwest River Supplies and hosted by the ...

Lake Placid proposes $7.4M budget

LAKE PLACID — The tentative budget for the village of Lake Placid’s 2025-26 fiscal year includes a proposed $7,463,288 in expenditures and a tax levy that meets the state tax cap. There will be a public hearing for the tentative budget on Thursday, June 26 at 5 p.m. The tentative budget ...

Gillibrand visits Adirondack Health

SARANAC LAKE — About a third of the North Country’s population is enrolled in Medicaid, a federally subsidized health care program. President Trump wants to slash Medicaid funding and limit who’s eligible for the program. U.S. Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand visited Adirondack Medical Center ...

A guide to what the Juneteenth holiday is and how to celebrate it

It was 160 years ago that enslaved people in Galveston, Texas, learned they had been freed — after the Civil War’s end and two years after President Abraham Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation. The resulting Juneteenth holiday — its name combining “June” and “nineteenth” — ...

Third Thursday ArtWalks begin this week

SARANAC LAKE — Third Thursday ArtWalks return this summer, starting this Thursday, June 19. Organized and hosted by Saranac Lake ArtWorks and the Saranac Lake Area Chamber of Commerce , the 2025 ArtWalks series will be held along the streets of downtown Saranac Lake from 5 to 7:30 p.m. on ...