NEW YORK (AP) — Travelers to New York from other U.S. states will no longer be required to quarantine starting April 1, Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced March 11. Cuomo, who has been easing coronavirus restrictions amid calls for his resignation over sexual harassment allegations, said the ...

Another Essex County resident has died after contracting COVID-19. The resident, whose death was confirmed by the Essex County Health Department on Friday, March 12, was the second county resident to die after contracting COVID-19 last week. The health department did not provide details ...

SARANAC LAKE — The last year of Adirondack Health CEO and President Sylvia Getman’s 30-year career has been marked by the largest health care emergency in decades. The COVID-19 pandemic increased the importance of the health care organization’s role in the community, and at the same ...

LAKE PLACID — Lake Placid News Editor Andy Flynn interviewed North Country School Director Matt Smith about the Lamb Watch program. The school has a working farm, including barn animals, and ninth-grade students spend nights in the barn this time of year to monitor the pregnant ewes and see ...

ALBANY — Some New Yorkers are driving hours to get the COVID-19 vaccine because they are unable to find appointments closer to home through a state website. Residents of the Albany and Buffalo areas in particular have complained on social media and to their local lawmakers that they have ...

LAKE PLACID — Lake Placid schools are going remote Friday, Feb. 12 for the half-day of classes left before the Presidents Day holiday after an elementary school student, a middle-high school student and a support staff member tested positive for COVID-19 on Thursday. In a message to ...