ALBANY — Air quality conditions improved across much of the state on Thursday, although particulate material still hung in the air in regions …

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ALBANY — New Yorkers felt the smog around them even more strongly on Wednesday, as air quality indexes across the state climbed to high and ha…
ALBANY — The legislative session in the Capitol is coming to a close Thursday, and state Sen. Mark C. Walczyk, R-Watertown, has a few more bil…
ALBANY — The legislative session in Albany is ending June 8, and legislators are beginning their final pushes to pass what bills they can befo…
SCHOHARIE — Nauman A. Hussain, the owner of the limousine that crashed in 2018, killing 20 people including a Watertown couple, will spend at …
WASHINGTON — Less than half of all eligible people over age 60 make use of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP, and Sen. Ki…
WASHINGTON — The north country’s House representatives both voted yes on a bill to lift the nation’s debt ceiling and limit some spending over…
ALBANY — One in nine girls, and one in 20 boys under age 18 are thought to experience sexual assault or abuse in the U.S., but in New York, wh…
ALBANY — 10th Mountain Division leadership and familiar north country faces filled the state Capitol Tuesday for this year’s annual Fort Drum Day.