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State prepares for next year’s difficult budget

ALBANY Next year’s New York state budget may be a difficult one to balance, and state officials are already preparing for lower tax revenues and higher costs for social services programs in the upcoming 2026-27 state spending plan. On Thursday, the state Division of the Budget sent out a ...

Set on jets

LAKE CLEAR — The Harrietstown council, in a 3-2 vote on Thursday, decided to recommend the federal government contract with SkyWest Airlines at the town-owned Adirondack Regional Airport. The U.S. Department of Transportation will make the final decision on which of four airlines it will ...

Fire destroys home on Cedar Street in Tupper Lake

TUPPER LAKE — A structure fire Sunday morning destroyed the single-family residence at 66 Cedar St. The homeowner was able to make it out on her own without injury. There were no injuries to firefighters, although two cats who lived there died. Firefighters attempted to revive the two ...

State seeks to buy majority of Whitney estate

Gov. Kathy Hochul has expressed a desire to purchase the majority of acreage of Whitney Park, the 36,600-acre tract of vast forests and lakes in the Adirondacks. Hochul wrote to the trustees of the estate of John Hendrickson, who died in 2024, about the future of the property Hendrickson ...

Kids meet their heroes and helpers

TUPPER LAKE — Usually, when you’re in a police station, standing in front of a blank backdrop and having a law enforcement officer take your photo, you’re in trouble. This was far from the case Wednesday evening at the Tupper Lake Emergency Services Building, as 30 kids of all ages ...