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The prosecution and defense offered two very different versions of events in the trial of Governor Cuomo's former top aide Joe Percoco and three business associates in Federal District Court in Manhattan Tuesday. Much of the prosecutor's case will hinge on testimony of another former, associate Todd Howe who pleaded guilty to several felonies and will be the government's star witness.

Watertown is looking for a new city manager. The city council voted 4-1 on Monday not to renew manager Sharon Addison's contract.

New York State's medical marijuana program is now in its third year, and the program has grown since cannabis capsules and tinctures first hit the shelves. The state is starting to let companies advertise. There are new eligible conditions, like PTSD and chronic pain.That's been a boost for the North Country's dispensary in Plattsburgh, Columbia Care, and Etain LLC, a growing operation in the southeastern Adirondacks. But a major policy change at the federal level could throw a wrench into the works.

The USS Little Rock, a Navy ship that was commissioned in Buffalo in December, is still waiting for a clear path to the ocean. And it may be mid-March before the ship can leave Montreal, where it waits in port.

Amidst the chaos in Washington over the federal shutdown and "dreamers" and disaster relief funding, a big issue for the North Country is practically invisible. That's the massive $10 billion a year Farm Bill, which expires at the end of the year.

The chair of the Warren County board of supervisors says it may be time to replace a historic Adirondack rail line with a recreation trail. The move comes as controversy continues to surround the Saratoga North Creek Railway over a plan to store mothballed industrial tank cars inside the Park.

The international energy company that's been planning to build a large wind farm in St. Lawrence County has decided to cut the town of Parishville out of its plans.

Jurors have been chosen in the public corruption trial of Governor Cuomo's former top aide Joe Percoco and told to report back at 9:15 am Tuesday morning for opening statements.

There's a big red brick box of a building on Lawrence Street in Glens Falls, covered in different windows and looking like a factory from a century ago. That's because it is. The building used to be the McMullen Leavens Shirt Company, a successful shirt and dressmaking factory that employed hundreds of people. Its high-fashion clothing made it into magazines like Vogue in the 1930s and '40s.

Lawmakers in Washington continue to point fingers over the partial government shut down that continues this morning. In an interview with North Country Public Radio over the weekend, Congresswoman Elise Stefanik, a Republican who represents the 21st district, laid blame for the impasse on Democrats in the Senate.