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Elizabeth "Lizzie" Boolukos cuts hair for a living, but she’s an artist at heart. Her salon, Beehive Beauty, is located in her house on Cumberland Head, a peninsula on Lake Champlain northeast of Plattsburgh. She’s less than a mile from the ferry to Vermont, and the lake is a stone’s throw away from her backyard.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo and State Comptroller Tom DiNapoli delivered some bad news Monday - the state has a $2.3 billion budget deficit.

"Lush Lands," a collection of new landscape paintings by Georgeanne Gaffney, will be on display at the Adirondack Artists Guild in Saranac Lake, NY through February 28.

ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) A coalition of parents, teachers, providers and faith leaders is asking state leaders in Albany to increase funds for child care assistance.

WEBB, N.Y. (AP) Police say a snowmobile driver is dead after he got off of his vehicle in upstate New York and another snowmobile driver struck him.

By David Klepper, Associated Press ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) In New York state government news, lawmakers have set three upcoming hearings on a landmark climate change bill that would require the state's electrical grid to get off fossil fuels.

BURLINGTON, Vt. (AP) The Burlington Police Department says sub-zero temperatures and inadequate clothing likely contributed to the death of a 19-year-old University of Vermont student found lying in a parking lot.

Dollar General stores are popping up all over country, an average of three stores opened every day in 2018. For many shoppers in the North Country, the discount chain stores are a cheap and convenient place to go for groceries.

For thousands of elderly veterans, long term care means living in a nursing home or institutional care setting. But some have found a much homier option.

Elizabeth "Lizzie" Boolukos cuts hair for a living, but she’s an artist at heart. Her salon, Beehive Beauty, is located in her house on Cumberland Head, a peninsula on Lake Champlain northeast of Plattsburgh. She’s less than a mile from the ferry to Vermont, and the lake is a stone’s throw away from her backyard.

If you liked "The Godfather: Part II" or "Rocky II" or the second Lord of the Rings film, you will not like The Carrington Event: Part II. In fact, no matter what film you love best, you will hate the second installment of The Carrington Event, because when the sequel does show up, no one will be able to watch movies for several months, and possibly years.

The man who made Tim Horton’s a household name in Canada and introduced the brand to the world died Thursday at age 88.

The man who made Tim Horton’s a household name in Canada and introduced the brand to the world died Thursday at age 88. Ron Joyce partnered with Tim Horton in 1964 to open the first Tim Horton Donuts location Hamilton, Ontario. Joyce was born and raised in Tatamagouche and Westville, Nova Scotia.

Dollar General stores are popping up all over country, an average of three stores opened every day in 2018. For many shoppers in the North Country, the discount chain stores are a cheap and convenient place to go for groceries.

President Trump is threatening once again to declare a state of emergency in order to divert funding and manpower to build a wall on the U.S.-Mexico border. He told the New York Times yesterday he might act as early as mid-February. This comes after Trump triggered the longest government shutdown in U.S. history, in a failed bid to pressure Democrats in Congress to fund the border wall. North Country Congresswoman Elise Stefanik spoke in-depth with Brian Mann about this fight. Stefanik, a Republican, says the government shutdown caused real pain here in our region.

ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) County officials from around New York state are asking Democratic Gov. Andrew Cuomo and state lawmakers to approve state funding for early voting now that it's the law.

ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) State officials say 13 people were injured last year in hunting accidents involving guns. Three of them died.

MONTPELIER, Vt. (AP) Vermont Attorney General T.J. Donovan has announced his support for a bill taxing and regulating the sale of recreational marijuana.

Snow has been falling regularly this week around the region. Northern Herkimer County picked up at least 4-6 overnight, with even more in Lewis and Jefferson counties, meaning breaking trail on Saturday will be more difficult across the Western Adirondacks.