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Beautiful photos accompany this story! Source: A subzero full moon ski up Whiteface Mountain | NCPR News

Source: Rangers in the Adirondacks recover the body of missing Connecticut hiker | NCPR News

Source: Search underway in the Adirondacks for missing hiker near Colden | NCPR News

Source: North Country Chamber’s 63rd Irish Person of the Year announced | Sun Community News PLATTSBURGH | The North Country Chamber of Commerce held its 63 annual St. Patricks Day Breakfast Thursday, March 17 to announce the Irish Person of the Year.

“But not only can a Republican and a Democrat work together in Warren County, they can even sit in the same room and laugh together.   “I don’t recall any problems between the two of us,” said Republican William VanNess. “Nope,” replied Democrat Beth McLaughlin.” Source: Warren County election officials cross party lines to help high […]

Hospital one of many options throughout the community  PLATTSBURGH, NY (3/17/2022) – With the demand for COVID-19 testing in the community significantly declining, The University of Vermont Health Network-Champlain Valley Physicians Hospital (CVPH) is transitioning its testing program to the Main Campus, located at 75 Beekman Street, beginning Saturday, March 26. COVID-19 testing currently taking […]

The New York Daily News published an op-ed from New York State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli today. The full op-ed is below: Diagnosing Team Cuomo’s nursing home failures: The state comptroller explains his audit of the former governor’s COVID performance New York City just marked the two-year anniversary of the first confirmed death from COVID-19 […]

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Source: Foster pleads guilty to first-degree murder | Sun Community News PLATTSBURGH | On the morning of trial March 16, accused killer Craig Foster pleaded guilty to top-level murder and kidnapping charges in connection with the violent July death of a Lyon Mount

Source: Downtown business owner Jimmy Williams elected mayor of Saranac Lake | NCPR News

The North Country Chamber of Commerce is welcoming news that Canada has decided to drop its current requirement of a negative antigen COVID test for vaccinated Americans to enter Canada at the land border and for vaccinated Canadians to return home even after short U.S. visits. “This is the major step we and so many […]

Source: Digging into Native Americans’ history in the Adirondacks – – The Adirondack Almanack

Source: Nearly $2M to YMCA to transform former Wellness Center | Sun Community News PLATTSBURGH | It’s been a record few years for the Plattsburgh YMCA after not only surviving the pandemic with impressive growth, but officials also opened the doors of a second lo

Source: Plattsburgh man faces assault charge in connection with shooting

Centralized clinic to benefit patients and staff  PLATTSBURGH, NY (3/16/2022) – Beginning Tuesday, March 22, outpatients at The University of Vermont Health Network-Champlain Valley Physicians Hospital (CVPH) Rehabilitation Services will have a newly renovated, centralized space to receive the care they need. The new facility, located in Suite 101 at 210 Cornelia Street, will serve […]

Source: CVPH nurses call for ‘fair contract’ | News | pressrepublican.com

Source: CVPH can’t you see: This is a healthcare emergency | Sun Community News PLATTSBURGH | “It’s more and more frequent that patients are being held in the ER for over 72 hours sometimes waiting for beds upstairs, and most times it’s 15 to 20 patients we’re hol

Safety of patients, staff and visitors prompted lockdown  PLATTSBURGH, NY (03/15/2022) – Access to the University of Vermont Health Network – Champlain Valley Physician Hospital (CVPH) Main Campus has been restored and Medical Office Buildings at 206, 210 and 214 Cornelia St. reopened after the hospital and office buildings were locked down earlier today. The […]

Father Clyde Lewis of St. Mary’s Church in Champlain, NY announced on Friday that after two years of postponing their annual Bazaar, the event will happen this year on Sunday, May 29, 2022. “This event has always shown how our neighborhoods come together to support each other. And I believe the community has greatly missed […]

Source: Police: 1 injured in Town of Plattsburgh shooting

Source: Sizable police presence in Town of Plattsburgh following ‘incident’

March 14, 2022:  Grade 4 Champion: #17 Calen Duso, Boquet Valley Central School District Grade 5 Champion: #19 Elsa Isecke, Peru Central School District Grade 6 Champion: #6 Ethan Thomas, Peru Central School District Grade 7 Champion: #2 Charlotte Isecke, Peru Central School District Grade 8 Champion: #23 Grace Kullman, Boquet Valley Central School District […]

Issued at 1:15 p.m. on March 15 PLATTSBURGH, NY (03/15/2022) – The following is a statement from Michelle LeBeau, RN, BS, MHRM, President of Alice Hyde Medical Center and Champlain Valley Physicians Hospital (CVPH) regarding today’s temporary lockdown of the CVPH Main Campus:  “We are temporarily limiting access into our main campus while we care […]

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