Archive for 'National News'
May 17, 2025 – Veterans of North Country Honor Flight #61
Steven “Steve” Bacon – US Air Force 1972-1999 Vietnam, Cold War One year out of high school, and after numerous jobs, Steve was looking for career stability. He would enter the Burlington recruiter’s office, seeking a unique experience away from being a farm kid from Vermont. The Army recruiter wasn’t there that day, so Steve would […]
Posted: May 18th, 2025 under Adirondack Region News, City News, Community Events, General News, Honor Flights, National News, Northern NY News, Peru/Regional History, Veterans' News.
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Famous Rochester museum loses $500,000 in Trump cuts to federal grants
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Posted: May 16th, 2025 under Arts and Entertainment, Corruption in Gov't., National History, National News, Upstate New York, Youth News.
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Report unveils new details in fatal shooting of Border Patrol agent David ‘Chris’ Maland
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Posted: May 15th, 2025 under Border News, Law Enforcement News, National News, Regional NY-VT News.
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Proposed Cuts to Essential Air Service would significantly impact North Country
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Posted: May 15th, 2025 under Adirondack Region News, Business News, Congressional News, Corruption in Gov't., National News, Northern NY News, Political News.
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Pulaski NY manufacturer lays off 32 as Trump’s tariff threats exceed payroll: ‘Uncertainty is terrible’
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Posted: May 14th, 2025 under Business News, National News, Political News, Upstate New York.
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Audubon chapter rejects offer from The Hartford to reinstate coverage
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Posted: May 9th, 2025 under Adirondack Region News, Environmental News, National News, Northern NY News.
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Social Security office finds ‘dead’ people in Upstate NY who aren’t really dead
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Posted: May 9th, 2025 under Corruption in Gov't., National News, Political News, Social Issues.
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Trump’s ‘skinny’ budget would cut these major North Country programs
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Posted: May 9th, 2025 under National News, Northern NY News, Peru/Regional History, Political News.
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Robert Francis Prevost elected first American pope
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Posted: May 8th, 2025 under National History, National News, Religious News.
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North Country airports brace for proposed $300M cut of EAS
Schumer calls on Stefanik to join Congressional pushback Click here for the Sun Community News story
Posted: May 7th, 2025 under Adirondack Region News, Business News, Congressional News, National News, Northern NY News, Peru/Regional History, Political News.
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N.Y. is largest state with bell-to-bell smartphone restrictions
Schools will have individualized implementation plan Click here for the Sun Community News story
Posted: May 7th, 2025 under Education News, Heathcare News, National News, Peru/Regional History, State Government News, State Legislator News, Statewide News.
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North Country Chamber Endorses Call for Interim Tariff Relief for Small Business
The North Country Chamber of Commerce has joined a call by the U.S. Chamber for three immediate forms of tariff relief: Immediate exemption of small business. If SBA sectoral definitions are used, this would include manufacturers with 500 or fewer employees. Goods that are not produced in the U.S. Restoration of a process to […]
Posted: May 6th, 2025 under Business News, Corruption in Gov't., National History, National News, Northern NY News.
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Prison guard who helped beat cuffed New York inmate to death pleads guilty to manslaughter
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Posted: May 6th, 2025 under Law Enforcement News, National News, State Government News, Upstate New York.
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Slashed federal funds shake up New York state museums’ plans for the future
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Posted: May 5th, 2025 under Corruption in Gov't., National History, National News, Northern NY News.
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Feds cut more AmeriCorps programs, jeopardizing 200 positions in Vermont
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Posted: May 1st, 2025 under Congressional News, National History, National News, Political News, Regional NY-VT News.
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Benjamin Greenwood: Vermont’s drug crisis doesn’t stop at the city line
Addiction here is not some distant statistic; it’s an unrelenting force that has a corrupting grip on neighbors, classmates and loved ones. Click here for the VTDigger story
Posted: April 27th, 2025 under Adirondack Region News, Law Enforcement News, National History, National News, Northern NY News, Regional NY-VT News.
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Onondage County refuses to release Micron’s huge impact report. Public record experts say it should
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Posted: April 27th, 2025 under Business News, Corruption in Gov't., County Government News, Environmental News, Law Enforcement News, National News, Statewide News.
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Market 32 and Price Chopper Offer Year-Round Drug Takeback Program
More than 8,800 pounds of medication returned to NY, MA, and VT pharmacies since program started B-roll and Photos Available at this Link SCHENECTADY, NY, April 25, 2025– This National Prescription Drug Take Back Day, April 26, 2025, Market 32 and Price Chopper are reminding guests that they don’t have to wait for a designated date […]
Posted: April 26th, 2025 under Adirondack Region News, Business News, Heathcare News, National News, Regional NY-VT News, Upstate New York.
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Three Mid-State corrections officers plead guilty inmate beating
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Posted: April 25th, 2025 under Law Enforcement News, National News, State Government News, Statewide News.
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US Border Patrol arrests 8 migrant workers at Berkshire dairy
The incident constitutes the largest immigration enforcement action against migrant workers in Vermont in recent memory. Click here for the VTDigger story
Posted: April 23rd, 2025 under Agricultural News, Border News, Community Events, Law Enforcement News, National News, Regional NY-VT News.
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Pope Francis passes away at age 88
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Posted: April 21st, 2025 under National News, Peru/Regional History, Religious News.
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60 MINUTES – NEWSMAKERS Bird flu, feared as a possible pandemic, poses growing risk to people as pathogen spreads, scientists warn
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Posted: April 21st, 2025 under Agricultural News, Business News, Education News, Environmental News, Heathcare News, National History, National News.
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March Champlain car crossings down by 31% compared to last year, truck crossings up 12%
North country Chamber Of Coommerce Press Release “We now have the border crossing numbers for Champlain for March and, as anticipated, car crossings were down 31% compared with March 2024,” reports Garry Douglas, President of the North Country Chamber of Commerce. “Visitation was down 16% in February but we knew March was the month that […]
Posted: April 17th, 2025 under Border News, Business News, National History, National News, Northern NY News, Political News.
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NY-21 Rep. Elise Stefanik reportedly eyeing run for governor of New York
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Posted: April 16th, 2025 under Community Events, National News, Northern NY News, Political News, State Government News, Statewide News, Upstate New York.
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SUNY chancellor worries about chilling effect after Plattsburgh student set for deportation
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Posted: April 16th, 2025 under Education News, Law Enforcement News, National News, Northern NY News, Political News, Regional NY-VT News.
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