VALLEY — to a record number of active positive COVID-19 cases in Franklin County. At least some of them have been traced to Thanksgiving gatherings, and the timing is also right when a spike was predicted to come from Thanksgiving meals. While there may be other ways the coronavirus spread, ...

Racial minorities have been hit far harder than white Americans by COVID-19. Throughout the epidemic, that has been a constant. But why? Theories abound. One is that African-Americans, whose average incomes are lower than those for whites, do not benefit from as high a quality of health ...

This week’s Straw Poll: Do you think some version of the Saranac Lake Winter Carnival would be safe and feasible if the COVID-19 situation does not improve by February? - This poll is not scientific, and its results represent only the opinions of Internet users who have chosen to ...

U.S. Food and Drug Administration officials and scientists are in a race against death. It is one they must undertake in a cautious sprint. Two COVID-19 vaccines appear nearly ready to go. Before doses already on the production line can be distributed, the FDA has to approve ...

What kind of a hometown would any of us have if our local businesses went away? That question is less hypothetical and more serious now than it has been in generations. The COVID-19 pandemic has upended the national economy, and many small businesses have been closed or on life support for ...

It’s amazing that New York state still has races that are undecided some three weeks after the Nov. 3 election. It’s no wonder state Sen. Michael Gianaris, D-Astoria and Democratic deputy majority leader in the state Senate, has introduced legislation to speed up the counting of absentee ...