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Investigators say there was no foul play in the death of a man at a Plattsburgh beach this summer. Beach walkers discovered the body of 57-year-old Joseph F. Williams, floating in Lake Champlain, back in June. The death has been ruled an accident.

Martha Foley and Dr. Curt Stager talk about stars and the very clever ways we can tell their distance from the earth.

A growing number of school districts across the North Country are hiring armed guards and police to deter a potential school shooter. In the City of Plattsburgh, district officials are hoping to hire two retired police officers. The district is also in the process of hardening access points and updating security protocols.

BluSeed Studios in Saranac Lake is hosting an international traveling exhibition designed to bring the world's plastics crisis into focus.

The National Defense Authorization Act for 2019 gives troops their largest pay increase in nearly a decade and starts laying the groundwork for the president's proposed Space Force.

Military families move a lot, which makes it hard for service members' spouses to maintain steady careers - especially if they need a professional license. Licensure requirements vary from state to state, and transferring your license takes a lot of time and money. Most states have laws that are supposed to make it easier, but that doesn't always happen.

Fort Drum is making final preparations for its first presidential visit since Barack Obama came to the Army base near Watertown in 2011.

There's a string of islands that run across Lake Champlain from the top of New York State to Vermont, and on one causeway, there's an old motel called the Sandbar Inn. It was built in the 1950s and closed in the early 2000s. Now it sits empty, dilapidated, and it looks a little haunted.But for three nights this summer, it came to life. A group called Overnight Projects invited artists to use the motel and its rooms for an exhibition called "From Away." Zach Hirsch had a chance to see it before it disappeared.

Cornell Cooperative Extension Horticulturist Amy Ivy says now is the time to start thinking about next year's garlic crop. Her advice, if you're planning to use your own seed garlic, is to put aside a few of your largest, healthiest bulbs to plant later this fall. Amy Ivy shares more garlic growing and storing tips with Todd Moe.