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Updated: 3 hours ago
|By Diane Rutherford
Two Watertown women are accused of welfare fraud for allegedly stealing a combined $60,000 in benefits.
Updated: 3 hours ago
|By Emily Griffin
It’s a new chapter for The Little Bookstore. The Clayton shop has a new location in Watertown.
Updated: 6 hours ago
|By 7 News Staff
Gov. Kathy Hochul announced Thursday that someone in Minnesota who tested positive for the variant was recently at a convention in New York City.
Updated: 5 hours ago
|By 7 News Staff
Portions of Public Square will be closed this afternoon in advance.
Updated: 1 hour ago
|By MICHELLE L. PRICE
The cases of the COVID-19 omicron variant in Colorado and Minnesota were confirmed one day after the first case in the U.S. was discovered in California.
Updated: 5 hours ago
|By 7 News Staff
Despite the hats, they’re not Santa Claus. But they are carrying toys in their sacks.
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Updated: 9 hours ago
|By Associated Press
New state health commissioner Mary Bassett stepped into her role Wednesday, at a time when COVID-19 hospitalizations are on the rise in New York.
Updated: 1 hours ago
|By ZEKE MILLER and ALEXANDRA JAFFE
The Biden administration views widespread adoption of booster shots as its most effective tool for combating COVID-19 this winter.
Updated: 12 hours ago
|By 7 News Staff
The call at Hilltop Towers on West Main Street came in after 6 p.m. Wednesday.
Updated: 11 hours ago
|By Emily Griffin
Watertown’s Small Business Development Center is heading downtown.
Updated: 10 hours ago
|By Rob Krone
It was a busy Wednesday on the high school hardwood with both boys’ and girls’ action taking place.
Updated: 9 hours ago
|By Mel Busler
The Lowville volleyball team is off to a 1-0 start with a 3-games-to-1 victory over Carthage Monday night.
Updated: Dec. 1, 2021 at 4:20 PM EST
|By Lexi Bruening
When Watertown’s Samaritan Keep Home had a deadly COVID outbreak in October, it called on New York state for help, but didn’t get it.
Updated: Dec. 1, 2021 at 3:41 PM EST
|By 7 News Staff
St. Lawrence County broke a record Wednesday when it comes to its daily COVID report.
Updated: Dec. 1, 2021 at 5:24 PM EST
|By Jeff Cole
Jefferson Community College is set to bring a presence to downtown Watertown.
Updated: Dec. 1, 2021 at 5:39 PM EST
|By Keir Chapman
Jefferson Community College’s addition to downtown Watertown is creating excitement among nearby businesses.
Updated: Dec. 1, 2021 at 2:41 PM EST
|By MICHAEL BALSAMO and ZEKE MILLER
Dr. Anthony Fauci told reporters that the person was a traveler in California who returned from South Africa on Nov. 22 and tested positive Nov. 29. Fauci said the person was vaccinated for COVID-19 but had not received a booster shot and was experiencing “mild symptoms.”
Updated: Dec. 1, 2021 at 3:07 PM EST
|By 7 News Staff
The Lewis County Sheriff’s Department confirms a 26-year-old Glenfield man, who was hurt in an October ATV crash, has died from his injuries.
Updated: Dec. 1, 2021 at 2:47 PM EST
|By Jeff Cole
A plot of land in Jefferson County, once home to a paper mill, could become a site for solar power - putting it back on the tax rolls.
Updated: Dec. 1, 2021 at 4:01 PM EST
|By Brendan Straub
A Jefferson County firefighter who pledged half his life to the fire service was laid to rest Wednesday after passing away from COVID complications last month. Steven Garceau leaves behind a powerful legacy.
Updated: 23 hours ago
|By Scott Atkinson
The numbers are against the Democrats, but candidate Matt Putorti says there's a way to win.
Updated: Dec. 1, 2021 at 1:37 PM EST
|By Keith Benman
Potsdam students learned Wednesday how to retire Old Glory from those who know it best and, in the process, found out more about the military.
Updated: Dec. 1, 2021 at 12:33 PM EST
|By 7 News Staff
The Toys for Tots campaign is underway. Local donations are crucial so every kid can have a happy holiday.
Updated: Dec. 1, 2021 at 4:43 PM EST
|By Keir Chapman
Through December, Vito’s Gourmet in downtown Watertown’s Paddock Arcade is selling a raspberry cheesecake latte, calling it “Care-A-Latte.”
Updated: Dec. 1, 2021 at 2:47 PM EST
|By Associated Press
The wild movements are partly the result of investors struggling to handicap how much damage the newest coronavirus variant will do to the economy.
Updated: Dec. 1, 2021 at 6:13 AM EST
|By Emily Griffin
Some Harrisville Health Center patients are accusing a town supervisor of acting on a conflict of interest and changing his constituents’ medical care without their consent.
Updated: Dec. 1, 2021 at 6:51 AM EST
|By 7 News Staff
North Country Congresswoman Elise Stefanik continues her push to get more Republican women elected to office.
Updated: Dec. 1, 2021 at 9:14 AM EST
|By Mel Busler
The high school winter sports season is getting underway with plenty of action on the docket Tuesday night.