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It’s fall foliage time and the leaves are peak or near peak across most of the region, and about half way changed at the southern periphery of the Adirondack Park and along the Lake George and Lake Champlain Valleys.

Former North Country Assemblyman Chris Ortloff will be a free man today, according to the Federal Bureau of Prisons. Ortloff was arrested in 2008 during a police sting operation, after he tried to arrange a sexual encounter with two girls age 11 and 12. He was sentenced to twelve years behind bars.

Fall is apple picking season. And here in the North Country there’s plenty of orchards to go around and have fun picking New York State’s official fruit straight from the source.

A bus monitor accused of not intervening in a racially motivated attack involving children on a school bus in Gouverneur has pleaded not guilty. 28 year-old Tiffany Spicer was charged with endangering the welfare of a child after the incident last month.

Three Fort Drum soldiers are charged with stealing guns and ammunition from two gun shops in St. Lawrence County. If convicted, the three could face up to 10 years in federal prison.

As political tensions heighten over the inquiry into impeaching President Donald Trump, a new poll finds that New Yorkers believe people in the state are more partisan than ever.

State officials have confirmed that two additional forest rangers will begin patrolling the Adirondack High Peaks beginning in February. In total now, eight rangers will serve in the popular hiking area.

Ogdensburg Free Academy is hosting an art show of favorite works by art teachers. The annual North Country Art Teachers Association's Exhibit is up in the Montpelier Gallery at OFA this month. Many of the works in the show - from ceramics to wood block prints - are examples of what's being taught in art classes.

The farm saying, “get big or get out” may be truer than ever, according to the U.S. secretary of agriculture. Speaking at the World Dairy Expo in Wisconsin Tuesday, Secretary Sonny Perdue said there may not be a future for the small family dairy farm. His comments were broadcast on Wisconsin’s News 3 Now.