“This decision will slow the rate of our economic recovery from COVID-19, particularly for the manufacturers along the Northern Border in the North Country,” Stefanik said in a statement Friday.

Forty-six of the 49 have recovered and three are in isolation.

Norfolk's fire chief says the mobile home at 128 River Road was engulfed in flames when firefighters arrived.

Inspector General Letizia Tagliafierro said her investigation into the police probe revealed a lack of controls over the New York Drug Enforcement Task Force.

The Sue Day Memorial Golf Tournament is the JRC Foundation’s biggest fundraiser and this year the plan is to hold it safely.

The lawsuit cites financial fraud from some high-ranking executives, but a local NRA member isn't buying it.

There was a hint of fall in the air Friday morning.

Angie Graves was working at the Subway at White’s Travel Center along Interstate 81/64 on Thursday morning when she spied country music star Kane Brown.

If kids go back to school in the fall, they just can't hop on the bus or walk into the classroom. They first need to be screened for COVID-19. Who is going to do that? The answer depends on the district.

A former Lowville school teacher is denying allegations that he sexually abused a student 40 years ago. Meanwhile, lawyers for the alleged victim heard from another person claiming to have been sexually assaulted by the teacher in the 1970s.

The words are so vile we have to black out most of them. It was a private message to Potsdam Presbyterian’s Instagram account - full of racial slurs against Blacks and whites who aid them.

North country congresswoman Elise Stefanik again claimed this week that her Democrat opponent, Tedra Cobb, has told supporters she wants to ‘defund the police.’ Her campaign offered no direct proof.

Jefferson County reported 12 new cases of COVID-19 on Thursday. That’s the highest single-day number since the pandemic began.

If you miss going to the gym to stay in shape, you’ll likely have to wait a bit longer.

Jefferson County Board of Legislators Chairman Scott Gray says local governments are facing a "perfect fiscal storm."

With 3 confirmed cases of Eastern Equine Encephalitis in Jefferson County, health officials are hoping to attack mosquitoes that spread the virus from the air.

The long-awaited Canton Village Park Fountain restoration has begun.

The part of the former Concentrix call center on Arsenal Street that won't be used by the YMCA's Community and Aquatic Center will be marketed.

It took some digging, but in the end, two history markers stand to recognize 6 Depauville women.

St. Lawrence County sheriff’s deputies say they executed a search warrant at a home on Churchill Street in the town of Canton Wednesday afternoon.

The lawsuit filed Thursday by Attorney General Letitia James followed an 18-month investigation into the NRA.

A Cornwall Island man is accused of trying to smuggle more than a quarter million dollars in cash into Canada.

The last of three men accused of pushing a shopping cart full of nearly $1,500 in electronics out of the Potsdam Walmart in December has been arrested.

So far, Lewis County has had a new case of the coronavirus each day this week.

Both events are scheduled for Saturday, August 15.

A homecoming for an injured firefighter drew first responders from all across St. Lawrence County Wednesday.

Maximum security prisons in the state started welcoming back visitors Wednesday. Other prisons will allow visitors starting Saturday.

Under New York's reopening plan, the mall could have opened a few weeks ago but was still waiting for new air filters the state requires.

Michael Schepis is a special education teacher at Indian River who has a side business called Mike and Mike's Rustic Carpentry.

Public Health officials in St. Lawrence County say congregants who attended services at the Christian Fellowship Center on Court Street between 10 a.m. an 11 a.m. on Sunday have a potential risk for exposure.

A lawsuit filed in State Supreme Court says a man, who was both a Lowville school teacher and church choir director, sexually abused a student from 1979 to 1981.

Don't look for the road ahead to be less rocky between Watertown and the city fire department's union, especially after the mayor's comments Monday night.

There was a line-up of local Republicans on hand to pledge allegiance to the police and throw a few bombs in the direction of Democrats.

The state Department of Environmental Conservation is cleaning up abandoned, polluted properties so they can be put on the real estate market and sold.

She does support some extra unemployment coverage from the federal government.

Two more horses in Jefferson County have tested positive for the deadly virus Eastern Equine Encephalitis (EEE). The Jefferson County Public Health Service said the horses showed symptoms and were euthanized.

There were 2 new cases of coronavirus to report in the tri-county region Wednesday.

There have been questions about whether or not schools will have to administer COVID-19 tests to students once the academic year begins. On Wednesday, the governor's office offered some clarification.

State Senator Patty Ritchie has run unopposed for reelection since 2014. But this year, an Oswego man says it's time for him to step up to the plate.

Internationally known author Ellen Marie Wiseman, who happens to live right here in the north country, appeared on 7 News at Noon on Wednesday to talk about her newly released book, ‘The Orphan Collector.’

New rules are in effect now

One of the U.S. companies working on a COVID-19 vaccine has released an anticipated price range for doses.

Jefferson Community College is cutting the costs for its active-duty military students. JCC calls it the Military Sparks Voucher.

At Wratten’s RVs in Adams, sales are on pace for a record year.

The National Governors Association is meeting virtually Wednesday and the current chair, Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan, is expected to hand the reins to Cuomo, who has been serving as vice chair.

In early April, nearly 800 New Yorkers were dying from COVID-19 each day.

The advice is in the wake of recent cases of Eastern Equine Encephalitis in Jefferson County.

Kids may be going back to school soon and, if they do, they’ll have to wear face masks.

The city's planning board is asking for changes to a proposed two-story building on Watertown’s Washington Street.

Crews quickly knocked down a house fire at 25401 Bonney Road in the town of Brownville overnight.

A hospital spokesperson says CFO Kelley Tiernan will be replaced by an interim financial officer.

A Back the Blue parade in Waddington last month was St. Lawrence County’s first and it was controversial. Now a second one is planned for Potsdam August 15.

School districts may have to test students for COVID-19 directly - something that school officials say caught them off guard.

Six new cases of COVID-19 were reported in Jefferson County on Tuesday.

Local attorney Marcy Robinson Dembs, a partner with the law firm of Barclay Damon, appeared on 7 News at Noon on Tuesday to talk about New York's new power of attorney statute.

A teenager is accused of giving a 4 year old an electronic cigarette and posting video of it on social media.

Officials said the staff member, who had been in a training program at the nursing home, has been asymptomatic and was unaware they had the virus.

It's a Watertown corner condemned. First, a single building. Now, its much smaller neighbor.