WASHINGTON — The Federal Communications Commission has voted to establish a program that will provide a $50 monthly stipend for broadband internet access to individuals struggling during the pandemic. Read More ⇒

WATERTOWN — No deaths from COVID-19 complications were reported Saturday as the total number of positive virus cases grew by 71 in Jefferson and St. Lawrence counties. Read More ⇒

NEW YORK — Gov. Andrew Cuomo praised New Yorkers on Saturday for staying the course as coronavirus infection rates continued to decline to fresh, nearly three-month lows. Read More ⇒

SARANAC LAKE — Some people get COVID-19 and have mild symptoms, or none. Others catch the virus and end up hospitalized, or dead. What determines how it will go? Experts say one factor is how much of the virus one has in one’s body. Read More ⇒

LOWVILLE — The nursing home that’s part of the county-owned Lewis County Health System had people calling, frustrated with their inability to connect with their loved ones and convinced they weren’t being told what was “really” going on in the facility. Read More ⇒

WATERTOWN — Two deaths from COVID-19 complications were reported Friday in St. Lawrence County as the total number of positive virus cases grew by 74 across the region. Read More ⇒

OSWEGO — Oswego County Public Health Director Jiancheng Huang announced Friday, Feb. 26, that 15 additional residents have tested positive for COVID-19. This brings the total cumulative number of positive cases since the county began monitoring for COVID-19 in March 2020 to 6,281. There are … Read More ⇒

WATERTOWN — In late November the U.S. Food and Drug Administration granted emergency use authorization to use monoclonal antibodies in the outpatient setting with people who have mild to moderate COVID-19 symptoms, and who are at high risk of progressing to severe disease, hospitalization or… Read More ⇒

POTSDAM — COVID-19 surges at the Associated Colleges of the St. Lawrence Valley earlier this month are now reflecting dozens of recoveries and fewer new active cases. Read More ⇒

WATERTOWN — One death from COVID-19 complications was reported Thursday in St. Lawrence County as the total number of positive virus cases grew by 130 across the region. Read More ⇒

OSWEGO — Oswego County Public Health Director Jiancheng Huang announced Thursday, Feb. 25, that 12 additional residents have tested positive for COVID-19. This brings the total cumulative number of positive cases since the county began monitoring for COVID-19 in March 2020 to 6,266. There ar… Read More ⇒

OSWEGO — The free transportation program for residents who need a ride to COVID-19 testing and vaccination appointments within the county has been expanded to include Saturdays. Transportation is now available Monday through Saturday between 6 a.m. and 7 p.m. Read More ⇒

OSWEGO — Oswego County Public Health Director Jiancheng Huang announced Wednesday, Feb. 24, that 20 additional residents have tested positive for COVID-19. This brings the total cumulative number of positive cases since the county began monitoring for COVID-19 in March 2020 to 6,254. There a… Read More ⇒

WATERTOWN — No deaths from COVID-19 complications were reported Wednesday in the tri-county area as the total number of positive virus cases grew by 93 across the region. Read More ⇒

OSWEGO — The Oswego County Health Department has partnered with Pulaski Urgent Care to provide Oswego County residents free COVID-19 testing in Oswego on Tuesday, March 2. Read More ⇒

MASSENA — With additional coronavirus vaccine doses having arrived this week in St. Lawrence County, new clinics are now scheduled. Read More ⇒

OSWEGO — The Oswego County Health Department will host a COVID-19 vaccination clinic Saturday, Feb. 27 for certain individuals eligible under Phase 1B of the vaccine roll-out. Read More ⇒

WATERTOWN — The Jefferson County combined COVID-19 vaccination clinic, scheduled for Friday, filled all 400 of its available appointment slots within 45 minutes Tuesday. Read More ⇒

OSWEGO — Oswego County Public Health Director Jiancheng Huang announced Tuesday, Feb. 23, that 15 additional residents have tested positive for COVID-19. This brings the total cumulative number of positive cases since the county began monitoring for COVID-19 in March 2020 to 6,234. There are… Read More ⇒

WATERTOWN — Four deaths from COVID-19 complications were reported Tuesday in St. Lawrence County as the total number of positive virus cases grew by 78 across the tri-county region. Read More ⇒

WASHINGTON — COVID-19 deaths in the United States surpassed 500,000 on Monday, the latest desolate way station in a once-uncharted landscape of loss. Read More ⇒

OSWEGO — Oswego County Public Health Director Jiancheng Huang announced Monday, Feb. 22, that 45 additional residents have tested positive for COVID-19. This brings the total cumulative number of positive cases since the county began monitoring for COVID-19 in March 2020 to 6,219. There are … Read More ⇒

WATERTOWN — One death from COVID-19 complications was reported Monday in St. Lawrence County as the total number of positive virus cases grew by 86 across the tri-county region. Read More ⇒

Americans may still have to wear masks in 2022, the country’s leading infectious disease expert said Sunday, though he said life could resume a semblance of normalcy by the fall or winter. Read More ⇒

WATERTOWN — No deaths from COVID-19 complications were reported Sunday as the total number of positive virus cases grew by 50 across the tri-county region. Read More ⇒

Almost a month after U.S. vaccination campaigns ramped up to give COVID-19 shots to more than a million people a day, their second doses are coming due, straining state rollouts and and leaving some without complete immunizations. Read More ⇒

NEW YORK — New York’s COVID-19 infection rate has reached a new low since a holiday resurgence in cases. Read More ⇒

POTSDAM — A study co-authored by Clarkson University Associate Professor of Physical Therapy and Biology Ali Boolani suggests that grit — one’s personality associated with perseverance and passion for a long-term goal — determines lifestyle behaviors during the COVID-19 pandemic. Read More ⇒

LOS ANGELES — A year ago this month, during the early days of the pandemic, Susan Hernandez, a cashier at Food 4 Less in North Hollywood, found herself in a sea of panic-buying shoppers. Read More ⇒

WATERTOWN — One death from COVID-19 complications was reported Saturday in Jefferson County as the total number of positive virus cases grew by 93 across the tri-county region. Read More ⇒

ALBANY — The state Health Department will allow visitation in congregate facilities using rapid COVID-19 testing, officials said Friday, before department Commissioner Dr. Howard Zucker defended a controversial order at the heart of a six-month battle for coronavirus fatality data in New Yor… Read More ⇒

ALBANY — Next week’s federal deliveries of the COVID-19 vaccine are expected to face additional national delays because of persisting snow storms, ice and frigid temperatures impacting several U.S. states, officials said Friday. Read More ⇒

MASSENA — A positive COVID-19 case has temporarily closed the Nicandri Nature Center. Read More ⇒

WATERTOWN — No deaths from COVID-19 complications were reported Friday as the total number of positive virus cases grew by 95 across the tri-county region. Read More ⇒

OSWEGO — Oswego County Public Health Director Jiancheng Huang announced Friday, Feb. 19, that 24 additional residents have tested positive for COVID-19. This brings the total cumulative number of positive cases since the county began monitoring for COVID-19 in March 2020 to 6,174. There are … Read More ⇒

LOWVILLE — Lewis County officials have taken the constantly revolving and evolving COVID-19 vaccination registration into their own hands. Read More ⇒

WATERTOWN — Two deaths from COVID-19 complications were reported Thursday in Jefferson County as the total number of positive virus cases grew by 127 across the tri-county region. Read More ⇒

WATERTOWN — The Jefferson County centralized COVID-19 vaccination site will not be offering doses this week after weather conditions in Texas disrupted supplies. Read More ⇒

OSWEGO — Oswego County Public Health Director Jiancheng Huang announced Thursday, Feb. 18, that 18 additional residents have tested positive for COVID-19. This brings the total cumulative number of positive cases since the county began monitoring for COVID-19 in March 2020 to 6,150. There ar… Read More ⇒

ALBANY — About 1,000 COVID-19 vaccines will be distributed per day at four federal mass sites upstate set to open in the coming weeks, Gov. Andrew Cuomo said Wednesday, including in Western New York, the Capital Region and the Finger Lakes. No federal vaccination site with be opening in the … Read More ⇒

WATERTOWN — One death from COVID-19 complications was reported Wednesday in Jefferson County as the total number of positive virus cases grew by 105 across the tri-county region. Read More ⇒

OSWEGO — Oswego County Public Health Director Jiancheng Huang announced Wednesday, Feb. 17, that 21 additional residents have tested positive for COVID-19. This brings the total cumulative number of positive cases since the county began monitoring for COVID-19 in March 2020 to 6,132. There a… Read More ⇒

For the first time since October, the Alice Center nursing home in Malone is officially without any active cases of COVID-19. Read More ⇒

POTSDAM — COVID-19 cases at north country colleges have swelled over the last two weeks, with a combined 144 confirmed positives across the four Associated Colleges of the St. Lawrence Valley active as of Tuesday afternoon. Read More ⇒

MALONE — A Malone woman was the recipient of the 15,000th vaccine administered at Potsdam’s vaccination site. The clinic in St. Lawrence County opened in January. Read More ⇒

OSWEGO — Oswego County Public Health Director Jiancheng Huang announced Tuesday, Feb. 16, that 69 additional residents have tested positive for COVID-19. This brings the total cumulative number of positive cases since the county began monitoring for COVID-19 in March 2020 to 6,111. There are… Read More ⇒

WATERTOWN — Three deaths from COVID-19 complications were reported Tuesday — two in Jefferson County and one in St. Lawrence County — as the total number of positive virus cases grew by 62 across the tri-county region. Read More ⇒

WATERTOWN — Roughly 1,500 COVID-19 vaccines set to arrive in Jefferson County to accommodate clinics scheduled for later this week have been delayed, in turn disrupting the week’s scheduling until further notice. Read More ⇒

HANNIBAL — The Oswego County Health Department has partnered with Pulaski Urgent Care to arrange for free COVID-19 rapid testing in Hannibal on Feb. 23. Read More ⇒

LOWVILLE — The COVID-19 testing site at the Maple Ridge Center will be closed Wednesday in anticipation of the predicted severely cold weather and wind. Read More ⇒