Cape Vincent wind power meeting message to BP: "Go Home!"
Town officials and community members from the Jefferson County towns of Cape Vincent and Lyme gave energy company BP a clear signal at a meeting last night in Cape Vincent: a wind farm isn't welcome...
View ArticleKids study water levels' effects on invasive species at Eel Bay
Construction of the giant hydropower dam near Massena in the 1950s forever tamed the once wild St. Lawrence River. It allowed engineers to harness the river’s natural ebb and flow for energy production...
View ArticleJobs were top issue for audience at Doheny-Owens debate
In northern New York, a large audience showed up for the debate televised on YNN was held in the contentious race between Democrat incumbent Bill Owens and Republican challenger Matt Doheny.
View ArticleVillage of Chaumont votes against dissolution
Voters in Chaumont, in Jefferson County, knocked down a ballot measure to dissolve the village, by a vote of 145 to 102.
View ArticleMilitary Moral Code
Transcript LINDA WERTHEIMER, HOST: Marital fidelity is a sensitive subject for many in the military. Relationships are often strained by distance, frequent moves, the dangers of war. Gen. David...
View ArticleSoldiers, families reflect on fidelity in wake of Petraeus's affair
Marital fidelity is a sensitive subject for many in the military. Relationships are stressed by distance, frequent moves and the dangers of war. Gen. David Petraeus's admission that he had an...
View ArticleIBM grant recognizes Clarkson smart grid researcher
Gov. Andrew Cuomo recently announced New York would invest $250 million to develop smart grid technologies to modernize the state's energy grid. At Clarkson University, the highly regarded science and...
View ArticleInformation technology improves health care in the North Country
While lots of industries turned to information technology long ago to improve efficiency, accuracy and collaboration, until now, health care has lagged behind. Now, a big project has aimed to leverage...
View ArticleSchumer may play key role in Hagel nomination
New York's Senator Charles Schumer is emerging as a key player in the controversial nomination of Chuck Hagel to be the Obama administration's next defense secretary.
View ArticleSoldiers say Army instills reverence, respect for weapons
Speaking to soldiers about firearms, no matter what their individual views are on gun control, one thing becomes clear: they take them seriously.
View ArticleFather, daughter Fort Drum soldiers will deploy together to Afghanistan
An unusual pair of “battle buddies” is about to deploy to Afghanistan from Fort Drum. Michael and Miranda Mogg are a father-daughter pair of soldiers with the 10th Combat Aviation Brigade of the Army's...
View ArticleClayton Hotel development underway
A big redevelopment project is getting underway in the village of Clayton. The first pieces of equipment have been at work on the former Frink Snowplow Factory site in recent weeks. This represents the...
View ArticleVA Secretary Shinseki helps celebrate anniversary of medical center
Veterans Affairs Secretary Eric Shinseki is in Syracuse today to celebrate the 60th anniversary of the city's VA Medical Center.Yesterday, he met with Syracuse Mayor Stephanie Miner and other community...
View ArticleRally against NY SAFE Act draws crowd in Lewis County
People climbed up the bleachers in the grandstand at the Lewis County Fairgrounds in Lowville on Saturday for a rally opposing the New York SAFE Act. More than 400 people turned out to condemn the...
View ArticleSequester may mean more cutbacks at Fort Drum
Fort Drum may be facing personnel cutbacks as a result of the federal budget reductions known as sequestration. The post submitted recommendations to the Department of the Army about how it would want...
View ArticleChildren's Clinic closes temporarily under financial hardship
When Dan Wasneechak took the helm of the North Country Children's Clinic in August, he had no idea that less than two months into his tenure, he'd be announcing its temporary closure. But he did that...
View ArticleUPDATE: North Country Children's Clinic gets last-minute rescue
A last-minute deal was struck Thursday to rescue a long-standing health care safety net for needy north country children. The North Country Children's Clinic in Watertown announced Tuesday that it...
View ArticlePublic helps shape state study on health patterns near Air Brake site
Earlier this week, a researcher from the state Health Department met with Watertown residents from the neighborhood near the New York Air Brake plant. The Health Department has agreed to study the...
View ArticleLocal food craze hits booze market, too
The local food trend in the North Country is starting to fill a new niche: alcoholic beverages. And not only are brewers and winemakers crafting their products there, but they're also taking advantage...
View ArticleFall in Pulaski brings thousands of salmon, and fishermen out to catch them
Each fall, thousands of salmon swim upstream along the Salmon River and nearby creeks, trying to return to the state's Salmon River Fish Hatchery in Altmar, where they were born. The fish head home to...
View ArticleWinter crows invade Watertown
Every winter, Alfred Hitchcock's classic horror movie, “The Birds” gets a replay in Watertown. But not on the silver screen. Thousands of crows fly in from the countryside to roost overnight. The...
View ArticleStranded drivers find welcome at Jefferson County hotels, homes
The last portions of Route 81 between Watertown and North Syracuse are open again, after lake-effect storms closed much of the highway down.Through the storms, hardy North Country natives have been...
View ArticleWatertown Stream call center's parent company selling to rival
The Stream Global Services call center in Watertown will change hands when its parent company is bought by a rival, according to Reuters. It’s not clear what effect that might have on the 700 employees...
View ArticleSyracuse professor building case against Syrian human rights abusers
A few weeks ago, David Crane got a call. The Syracuse University law professor was asked to join a team who would be examining a collection of tens of thousands of gruesome photographs. They appeared...
View ArticleFort Drum among four locations to be studied for East Coast missile defense site
The Defense Department has named Fort Drum as one of four military installations to house a possible East Coast missile defense facility.
View ArticleUnited Way donations down, looking to St. Lawrence County for help
The United Way is one of America’s largest charitable organizations, helping to sustain thousands of small nonprofits that in turn help millions of people. But the Northern New York chapter of the...
View ArticleArmy officers anxious as they await word of cuts
In any company town, when the major employer is planning layoffs, people get worried. How will they earn a living if they lose their job? How will they remake their identity?This is the picture for...
View ArticleBP killing Cape Vincent Wind Farm
After battling local residents for years, energy company BP says it’s killing its proposal for the Cape Vincent Wind Farm. Some of the project’s most vocal critics are dancing on its grave.
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