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Later today, officials in St. Lawrence County will kick off a new campaign to get more people to install solar panels.

Researchers from the southern tip of Lake Michigan have a big job: trying to keep Asian carp out of the whole Great Lakes system, ultimately including the St. Lawrence River. Proposed Trump budget cuts could limit their work.

St. Lawrence County will not be raising the minimum age to buy cigarettes and other tobacco products within its borders.

Governor Andrew Cuomo unveiled some new technology yesterday to try to keep flood waters from Lake Ontario at bay.It's called an aqua dam, and the state has installed one along 140 feet of shoreline in Greece, a Rochester suburb that has been hit hard by flooding.

Advocates for legalizing marijuana rallied at the State Capitol this week, hoping for action as the legislative session draws to a close.Supporters say the public backs legalizing marijuana and it would provide needed revenue for the state through regulation and taxes.

A sex crime sting mounted by the Warren County sheriff's office, the FBI and state police has led to twelve arrests.Those arrested this week allegedly believed that they were responding to on-line enticements offering sex with young children.

A joint U.S.-Canadian body that helps regulate the flow of water on Lake Ontario and the Saint Lawrence River is trying to bring some additional relief to property owners along the shorelines.

A village on the Rideau Canal in rural Ontario, southwest of Ottawa, will kickoff another summer season of art, architectural history, and tourism this weekend.

An Adirondack community action group is doing its part to promote better awareness of pollinators - like bees and butterflies - in the region. AdkAction executive director Brittany Christenson says the Adirondack Pollinator Project's mission is to inspire individual and collective action to help pollinators thrive.This summer there will be a series of lectures, workshops and garden demonstrations, including how weeding the garden by hand and buying local produce can benefit bee habitat.Christenson says the Adirondack Pollinator Project grew out of a successful Monarch project that AdkAction began in 2014.

There are more details today about the probe into the death of Steven Holcomb. The Olympic bobsledder was found dead in his room at the Olympic Training Center in Lake Placid on May 6. His former sled team now says lab tests found alcohol and a prescription sleep aid in Holcomb’s system.