The owner of the Saratoga North Creek Railroad says the tourist train will not operate this summer unless state and local officials purchase a section of track in the Adirondack Park. The price tag could run as high as $5 million.

Last year, flooding along Lake Ontario caused millions of dollars in damage to homes and businesses. And in some areas, it drove people from their homes for months.One neighborhood in Hamlin, NY, was hit particularly hard. Now, residents in the community near Rochester say they fear another harsh flood season.

Yup. If the snow is gone and the ground is fairly firm, we can get outside for some judicious yardwork now. Cooperative Extension's Amy Ivy spent Saturday raking. Gently.

Ogdensburg Free Academy's Spring Art Show is on display in the Montpelier Gallery through June. The exhibit showcases some of the best art created this year in grades K-through-12. Art teachers in the district choose a theme, and students spend the year creating around it using paint, clay, prints, fiber and found objects.

It's a big election year and the North Country's Republican congresswoman, Elise Stefanik, faces seven Democratic challengers. That's unprecedented.She often sees protests and rallies outside her offices here in the 21st district. In a season where progressive and liberal activists have been energized by their opposition to Donald Trump, Stefanik, a rising star in the GOP, has chosen to embrace the President. Just last week she invited him to visit the North Country.While controversial issues grab a lot of attention, Stefanik spends most of her time working on smaller, less glamorous issues, everything from tweaks to the Farm Bill to more funding for the US-Canada border. That work will make her hard to beat in November.

State lawmakers hoped to begin to pass budget bills Thursday night, even though some major issues related to the spending plan are still not resolved. They need to finish by mid-day Friday so legislators and staff can get home for the Passover and Easter holidays.

Expect a variety of conditions this weekend including rain, snow, high winds and cold temperatures.

Why does the moon look bigger when it's on the horizon, than it does when it is high in the sky? Curt Stager shoots down all of Martha Foley's theories.There are a couple ways it could be a trick of the mind, but why then doesn't it work all the time? After physics, optics, geometry and psychology, what are you left with? "Wow, big moon."

More than a hundred people came to Clarkson University Wednesday for a panel about U.S. Border Patrol's interactions with the North Country's universities. The conversation was organized by the diversity officers of the four colleges in Canton and Potsdam. Most panelists acknowledged President Trump's increased attention to immigration issues has put campuses on edge.

Budget talks are stalled shortly before a self-imposed deadline of March 30 by Gov. Andrew Cuomo and the state Legislature. Meanwhile, groups left out of the deal expressed their dismay.