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First Micro Bird bus officially completed at new Plattsburgh manufacturing facility

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Stefanik and Lawler are in a governor’s race staredown. Who will blink first?

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Gillibrand says rescission likely to pass, cutting public media funding

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Hochul unveils impacts of Trump’s “Big Beautiful” legislation

All New York’s GOP Congressional Representatives Voted for These Cuts July 11, 2035 – Gov. Hochul News Release – Governor Kathy Hochul today released new data showing the devastating impacts of the Republicans’ “Big Ugly Bill” on New York State. The data show the enormous scale of the recently-enacted law, including draconian cuts to Medicaid, […]

Canada relies on US trade. Here’s how the country is reacting to high tariffs

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New York ranger found dead after 8 days missing: Petition demands safety reform

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Pasquale’s Restaurant and Bar seeking pizza makers and line cooks

North Country leaders are laying the groundwork for nuclear power plant pitch

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Showers and thunderstorms are likely this afternoon

Showers and thunderstorms are likely this afternoon as a surface trough drags a boundary across the region. Showers will develop off the Greens around noon and slowly drift eastward across Vermont with additional chances in northern New York and the Champlain Valley. The main concern will be heavy rain and localized flash flooding.

Ogdensburg man charged in fatal 2023 car vs. Amish buggy crash

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North Country at Work: protecting the region’s soil and water

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Here’s what $1 trillion in US Medicaid cuts will mean in the North Country

“The cuts to Medicaid will have an outsized impact on the North Country, where 28% of the population relies on the federal program for health insurance. Local healthcare groups and officials have warned that Medicaid cuts will have devastating impacts here in the region.” Click here for the NCPR story 

New Alstom contract with MTA to bring jobs to Plattsburgh plant

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Revolutionary War Training Camps for teens

Four free camps for boys and girls from 12 to 16 In commemoration of the 250th anniversary of the American Revolution, the Clinton County Historical Association in conjunction with the Kent-Delord House Museum is excited to announce that we are offering four Revolutionary War Training Camps at the Kent-Delord House Museum during the months of […]

Adirondack Coast Visitors Bureau Launches BattleofValcour.com

Your Front Row Seat to 1776 and the region’s commemoration for America250th Plattsburgh, NY – America is turning 250, and there’s no better place to celebrate than the Adirondack Coast a region that helped shape our nation’s story! From the Revolutionary War to the Battle of Plattsburgh in 1814, this historic stretch of Lake Champlain […]

Norsk Titanium secures new contracts

Customers are U.S. Gov. contractors, one from DOD Click here for the Sun Community News story 

Multiple crews responding to fire on Leggett Road in Champlain

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COMMENTARY: Rescues, Roads, and Wilderness

Times Union article reported that two rangers argue that their job is made more difficult by state policy, chiefly the state’s decision to render old roads impassible to motorized vehicles.  Click here for the Adirondack Almanac story 

IKEA is coming to Destiny USA in Syracuse

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Homesteading and Woodworking Weekend at the Babbie Museum

Assemblyman Billy Jones: Statement on Big Beautiful Bill

”I am deeply concerned with how the Big Beautiful Bill will impact the North Country. Without a doubt, our medical system will suffer under the cuts in this bill. Our rural hospitals, nursing homes, community health centers, disability support services, and all other local healthcare providers will bear the brunt of the cuts. Even those […]

Facing declining enrollment and financial headwinds, Burlington’s Champlain College reshapes its academic programs

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Strawhatters performing in Peru on Tuesday, July 16

CVPH Blood Drive Drive in Peru on Monday July 7

Peru – CVPH Donor Center Blood Brive, Monday, July 7,  from 3 p.m. to 6:30 p.m., at St. Augustine’s Parish Center, 3030 Main St. in Peru. The blood collected by the Donor Center provides more than 95% of the blood used at CVPH and is used to supply other hospitals in Elizabethtown, Malone, Massena, Saranac […]

Canadian Visitation Down, Local Businesses Respond: Adirondack Coast Survey Reveals Impact and Action

Plattsburgh, NY – July 2, 2025 – As the summer tourism season gets underway, a recent survey conducted by the Adirondack Coast Visitors Bureau, a division of the North Country Chamber of Commerce, reveals that local businesses continue to feel the ripple effects of reduced Canadian travel to the region. This survey, completed in June, […]