The U.S. Postal Service plans to increase the cost of sending mail next week. This will include the fifth price hike for Forever Stamps since 2021, from 66 cents to 68 cents starting Jan. 21. These price increases have been blamed on inflation, but that’s just one part of the story: The ...

Gov. Kathy Hochul revealed her executive budget on Tuesday. This massive $233 billion spending plan includes packages to address everything from the housing crisis to swimming pools, but left out one of the state’s major problems: Government transparency. When Hochul, a Democrat, took ...

This week’s Straw Poll: Should Franklin County contribute $135,000 toward housing for the Jamaican bobsled team? --- This poll is not scientific, and its results represent only the opinions of Internet users who have chosen to participate.

When there has been such a loss in our community, what is there to say? Lake Placid’s Dmitry Feld died at the age of 68 on Wednesday after leukemia, which had gone into remission years prior, reemerged, and he developed RSV and pneumonia. He leaves behind a wife, Linda, and son, Dima, as ...

Rep. Elise Stefanik, in a show of spectacular hypocrisy, is among House Republicans who are pushing for the impeachment of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas over his handling of the migrant crisis at the U.S.-Mexico border. This call for an impeachment of a Cabinet secretary is ...

Hundreds of functions in the North Country depend on volunteers. People are fed and clothed, the ill and injured are cared for, fires are extinguished, artists’ work is promoted, libraries are maintained, events are planned and the natural environment is curated by volunteers. In March, as ...