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A new location for a Potsdam business, that has a mission in mind.

Delicate repair work is underway on the weathervane removed from Watertown's First Baptist Church earlier this month.

Just off State Route 26 in the town of Martinsburg, you’ll see a marker. It’s a dedication to a Lewis County abolitionist who helped slaves escape to the Underground Railroad.

One north country school is warning parents about a social media challenge. This one called, the “One Chip Challenge.”

For the first time in months, the Centers For Disease Control is recommending mask wearing in Jefferson County because COVID levels are “high.”

This week on Blast from the Past, we go back to 1998 for a cheerleading competition.

A portion of Arsenal Street in Watertown was closed to traffic Friday after a chain-reaction crash involving three vehicles.

District Attorney Gary Pasqua is using the case to call on state lawmakers to change the law.

It’s kind of a guilt-free sort of dessert.

It’s the 43rd annual Autumn Festival for the Minna Anthony Common Nature Center at Wellesley Island State Park.

A lawyer challenging provisions of New York’s new gun law argued that the state restricts people from carrying weapons in too many places.

State regulations being crafted by the end of the year would require 35% of new vehicle sales to be zero-emission vehicles in 2026, 68% by 2030, and 100% by 2035.

High school football and girls’ high school soccer were on the slate Thursday.

The day’s off to a chilly start. Much of the north country was near or below freezing.

Two Watertown streets will be closed to traffic Friday.

Rhonda’s Footeworks and The Love Michaela Foundation are teaming up for Colors of Cancer, a celebration of dance in honor of cancer awareness.

Coming soon to Jefferson Community College: a multi-sport turf field.

Reinforcements arrive in the battle over Blind Bay as local and federal officials speak out against Customs and Border Protection’s continued effort to build a new station there.

Do this past summer’s pool attendance numbers justify the cost of opening a third pool in Watertown at a cost of $4 million?

Workers at Sysco, a major food supplier in Syracuse, are on strike and it’s having ripple effects in the north country.

Who owns the fire equipment? It’s the latest debate between Copenhagen village officials and the fire department they voted to disband.

Thursday marked a new era for the Dwight D. Eisenhower Lock in Massena as U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg kicked off an $8.4 million project to renovate the visitor’s center there.

The Jefferson County Public Health Service is hosting two clinics to vaccinate people who are at risk of contracting monkeypox.

Nancy Berger allegedly stole $73,725 by writing village checks to herself between 2018 and 2022.

The National Weather Services has issued a freeze warning for early Friday morning in Lewis County and southeastern St. Lawrence County.

Some 903 applications came in before the deadline passed Monday, the state Office of Cannabis Management tweeted.

The one-mile, noncompetitive walk is Saturday, October 1 at Gouverneur Village Park.

Parts of two streets will be closed in downtown Watertown Thursday.

After being strictly takeout during the pandemic, Pasta for CASA is back to an in-person, family-friendly event.

The Indian River girls’ tennis program is becoming one of the best in the Frontier League.