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The former St. Lawrence County legislator captured 56% of the vote on Tuesday night, according to unofficial figures from the state Board of Elections.

In central New York Syracuse University professor Dana Balter won the 24th congressional district Democratic primary over Juanita Perez Williams and will face incumbent republican John Katko in November.

Even though Tedra Cobb won the primary, one of her challengers will still be on the ballot in November. Katie Wilson has an endorsement from the Working Families Party.

So it is now official. Tedra Cobb will face Republican Elise Stefanik and Green Party candidate Lynn Kahn in the November election. Cobb beat a crowded Democratic field handily. But she has a long way to go to beat Stefanik and she has just four months to get there.

It's always funny how incredibly awkward people get whenever someone asks them about their musical taste. Just being in charge of playing music on a long car ride is enough to get anyone anxious.Michael Paulino set out this week to see the unscripted reactions of locals faced with answering just what it is they listen to.

The High Peaks Wilderness is growing with new waterways and mountains to explore. Critics say a state plan for managing visitor recreation falls short.

Do you have a gun at home that you've been meaning to get rid of? The New York Attorney General's office will pay you for it at an event in Plattsburgh Tuesday morning, as part of a statewide effort to prevent gun violence and accidents at home.

James "Jim" Evans tried his hand at a lot of things from trapping to a family tackle shop to operating a go-cart track and chicken & biscuit business. But probably what he's most widely known for was his turn as a muskie guide from the 1960s through the '90s. He brought curious visitors out on the St. Lawrence River and showed them how to reel in muskies, the nickname for muskellunge, a freshwater fish found in the northern United States and Canada.

The Republican candidate for governor, Marc Molinaro, says he agrees with incumbent Democrat Andrew Cuomo that President Trump's policy of separating immigrant children from their parents is very wrong, but he says there are issues with caring for children in the State of New York that Cuomo is ignoring.

The issue has been a flashpoint in some Democratic primaries. Not here.