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The Democratic candidates for governor - incumbent Andrew Cuomo and challenger Cynthia Nixon - have different views on spending money on the state’s schools.

President Trump's trade announcement drew mixed reactions in the North Country yesterday. For some leaders, the fact that Mexican and U.S. negotiators worked out their differences is encouraging. It's a sign that the U.S. and Canada will be able to do the same. But others say the deal with Mexico could be disastrous for the U.S.-Canada relationship.

Earlier this summer Paul Seward, a long-time emergency physician who retired last year, published a memoir called "Patient Care: Death and Life in the Emergency Room." Dr. Seward spent his childhood at the North Country School - the boarding school in Lake Placid - and returned to work in the Adirondacks from 2000 to 2017, including time spent as the Director of the Champlain Valley Physicians Hospital and Adirondack Medical Center.

His book draws from his experiences working as an emergency room physician all over the country. When he entered the field, it was still young, having been pioneered by a few hospitals in the 1960s.

Gardens have a distinctly different look as August winds down. There's usually a lot of browned-out foliage to clean out (if you've been away or been too busy).

But whether it's vegetables or flowers, there are some old, and new favorites that really come into their own. Home grown tomatoes, of course, and the strong colors of zinnias and black-eyed susans. Cooperative Extension's Amy Ivy is enjoying pole beans now, too, and sweet peas - the flowers, that is!

New York State's Education Commissioner is blasting a plan to use federal funds to arm school teachers. The idea was floated last week by Education Secretary Betsy DeVos.

The Department of Veterans Affairs’ crisis line fields about 2,000 calls per day. It provides counseling to distressed and suicidal veterans - and has hired hundreds of additional counselors to meet the demand.

Expect some morning valley fog, and a slight chance of showers or thunderstorms, but we're in for more great weekend weather. Enjoy it now, because more hot and humid weather is on the way next week.

There are a lot of ways to get to Santanoni, the great camp near Newcomb in Essex County that boasts some of the most remarkable architecture in the Adirondacks.

You can't go by car, but you can ski and snowshoe in winter. In summer or fall you can hike or take a horse-drawn wagon that takes visitors each day into the historic area. But one of the most fun, easiest ways is by bicycle.

There are three weeks until primary day in New York, and the Democratic underdog for governor, Cynthia Nixon, is laying out her plans for the final stretch of campaigning, saying there is a potential path to victory.

The Plattsburgh airport now offers regular service to Washington, DC. The new United Express flights, operated by SkyWest Airlines, will run seven days a week.

The airline has funding from a federal program that subsidizes flights at smaller airports.

State and local officials celebrated the first DC flight on Wednesday.