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State police are investigating a death in the village of Gouverneur. Police gave no additional information.

Like many people in the North Country, Roy Johnson had multiple jobs. His son David Johnson calls him “a working fool.” Growing up around Alexandria Bay in the sixties and seventies, David watched his father ply his trade as the region’s “preacher-trapper,” and even got to help Roy with his third profession, “flag cutting.”

Plattsburgh mayor Colin Read, a Democrat, is facing two challengers in Tuesday's primary election: restaurant owner Tenzin Dorjee and Clinton County legislator Christopher Rosenquest. The three met recently for a televised debate hosted by Mountain Lake PBS and a panelist of reporters including Emily Russell.

A new documentary tells the story of so-called “refugee taxis” in Plattsburgh. They’ve transported thousands of refugees seeking asylum at the Canadian border via a dead-end in Clinton County called Roxham Road.

With the help of families, the North Country Children's Museum, in downtown Potsdam, should have a new colorful mural ready to unveil by the middle of next month.

The weather looks promising, although be aware that afternoon thunderstorms are in the forecast. There is no safe space outside during a thunderstorm, but they are especially dangerous on open water and above tree line - check the weather frequently this weekend.