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Survivors of childhood sexual abuse delivered an emotional appeal to state senators Wednesday after they learned that the Senate did not put the Child Victims Act into their budget plan. The measure would offer more opportunities for survivors to gain justice in the court system.

Students across the North Country plan to walk out of their classrooms Wednesday morning to protest gun violence. It's a part of a national walkout prompted by last month's school shooting in Parkland, Florida.

In many parts of the North Country, ski conditions are pretty perfect right about now. When the snow was starting to pick up last Friday, Zach Hirsch snuck out of the office to hit the trails at Gore Mountain in North Creek.

A federal jury found Governor Andrew Cuomo's former top aide Joe Percoco guilty on three counts of bribery and conspiracy to commit honest service fraud, in Manhattan courtroom on Tuesday.

Imagine you're a North Country farmer in the 1870s. The Ford Model-T is decades away from being sold, a large dairy farm might have 10-20 head of cattle, and your access to the outside world is limited.

Members of the 10th Mountain Division's First Brigade Combat Team returned to Fort Drum yesterday from a six-month deployment to Cameroon. They were part of a mission to support the Cameroonian military's counter-terrorism efforts.

Regulators are working hard to avoid a repeat of last year's flooding on Lake Ontario and the St. Lawrence River. And so far, the weather is cooperating.A relatively cold winter has created a stable blanket of ice on the St. Lawrence River in front of the hydropower dam in Massena. And that means regulators were able to push a record amount of water downstream during the month of February.

State police yesterday arrested Queensbury's town supervisor and his wife. Democrat John Strough and his wife Christianne Strough are accused of misdemeanor charges of election fraud.The charges stem from Strough's effort last year to also run on the Conservative Party ballot line.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo wants to impose a tax on manufacturers of prescription opioids to help pay for state programs that assist people who are addicted to them. But some say it will be patients who ultimately will have to pay the price.

As a jury continues to deliberate in the bribery trial of Gov. Andrew Cuomo's former top aide, Cuomo has been keeping his focus on other matters, including appearing with former Vice President Al Gore to talk about energy and the environment.