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Updated: 2 hours ago
|By Scott Atkinson
Watertown YMCA officials are promising a new lap pool to replace the one they closed after 109 years.
Updated: 2 hours ago
|By 7 News Staff and The Associated Press
Assemblyman Mark Walczyk (R. - 116th District) said Gov. Kathy Hochul “failed miserably to have legislation ready to debate.”
Updated: 35 minutes ago
|By Brendan Straub
The feds raised the reimbursement rate from 58 and a half cents a mile to 62 and a half cents a mile starting July 1.
Updated: 2 hours ago
|By Jeff Cole
If you attended the Concert in the Park in Watertown Thursday night, you probably noticed a change to an annual tradition.
Updated: 50 minutes ago
|By Brendan Straub
Tents pop up every 4th of July season, selling an assortment of different types of so-called “fireworks” for everyone to enjoy. So what's legal and how do you stay safe?
Updated: 3 hours ago
|By 7 News Staff
It was set to close Friday unless it found a new home - and a new home it has found.
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Updated: 2 hours ago
|By 7 News Staff
This week on Blast From the Past, we go back to July 2002 for a goose drive.
Updated: 5 hours ago
|By The Associated Press
A legislative committee was expected to meet Friday to begin the process of passing the amendment.
Updated: 6 hours ago
|By The Associated Press
Under the new system, the state wouldn’t authorize permits for people with convictions within the past five years for driving while intoxicated, menacing or third-degree assault.
Updated: 4 hours ago
|By JAY REEVES
The prospect of the high court challenging additional freedoms concerns LGBTQ couples.
Updated: 8 hours ago
|By 7 News Staff
Town of Watertown business and residents affected by a water main break earlier this week no longer have to boil their water.
Updated: 8 hours ago
|By 7 News Staff
Confidence dropped more than 6 points from the first quarter of 2022 to the second quarter.
Updated: 12 hours ago
|By Emily Griffin
Boating around the St. Lawrence River, it’s hard to miss Heart Island. Its manicured grounds and massive castle are like something out of a fairytale.
Updated: 11 hours ago
|By Rob Krone
The Watertown Rapids were back in action at the Alex T. Duffy Fairgrounds Thursday.
Updated: 12 hours ago
|By Mel Busler
The Watertown Red & Black are looking to defend their Empire Football League championship when their season opens a little over a week from now.
Updated: Jun. 30, 2022 at 3:21 PM EDT
|By 7 News Staff
A 66-year-old Cape Vincent man was killed in a crash in the Lewis County town of Watson Wednesday night.
Updated: Jun. 30, 2022 at 4:15 PM EDT
|By Sean Brynda
Norwood police are investigating the theft of tens of thousands of dollars of lumber in a case that has stretched far beyond the village.
Updated: Jun. 30, 2022 at 5:18 PM EDT
|By 7 News Staff
The YMCA’s lap pool in downtown Watertown is now drained and permanently closed due to structural issues.
Updated: Jun. 30, 2022 at 5:57 PM EDT
|By Zach Grady
The number of people considered homeless in Jefferson County quadrupled from May of 2021 to May of this year.
Updated: Jun. 30, 2022 at 4:50 PM EDT
|By Brendan Straub
Summer can be pretty quiet at Jefferson Community College as campus leaders get ready to bring students back this fall.
Updated: Jun. 30, 2022 at 4:04 PM EDT
|By Scott Atkinson
The race for the 116th state Assembly District seat isn’t over yet.
Updated: Jun. 30, 2022 at 2:33 PM EDT
|By Zach Grady
Children ages five or younger in the north country got their first chance to get vaccinated against Covid-19 as North Country Family Health hosted its first kids’ vaccination clinic.
Updated: Jun. 30, 2022 at 2:58 PM EDT
|By John Pirsos
Preventing teen suicides and sextortion. That’s the goal of a St. Lawrence County youth ambassador program.
Updated: Jun. 30, 2022 at 4:21 PM EDT
|By 7 News Staff
The free Lewis County Covid-19 community testing program at Lewis County Health System will close on Friday.
Updated: Jun. 30, 2022 at 1:20 PM EDT
|By 7 News Staff
State police say a Sandy Creek man shot and killed his neighbor with a pistol.
Updated: Jun. 30, 2022 at 11:22 AM EDT
|By The Associated Press
The court had previously turned away health care workers in Maine, who filed a similar challenge.
Updated: Jun. 30, 2022 at 5:53 PM EDT
|By MARK SHERMAN
In a blow to the climate-change fight, the Supreme Court has limited the EPA’s regulation of carbon dioxide emissions from power plants.
Updated: Jun. 30, 2022 at 12:34 PM EDT
|By The Associated Press and CHRIS MEGERIAN
Biden’s statement was the latest indication that, if the party picks up a few more seats in the midterm elections in November, Democrats could seize the opportunity to pass legislation creating a nationwide right to abortion.