ALBANY — New York State Department of Environmental Conservation Commissioner Amanda Lefton Feb. 13 announced the release of proposed changes to coolwater sportfish regulations that will help protect fish while spawning, increase the reproductive capacity of walleye in Lake Ontario’s ...

WASHINGTON, DC — Nonprofit OurStoryBridge Inc. is excited to announce support from three foundations and a state council that recognize the value of OurStoryBridge: Connecting the Past and Present (www.ourstorybridge.org) as a resource and tool kit for producing crowdsourced, community ...

LAKE PLACID — John Brown Lives! welcomes all to join in a 2.23-mile snowshoe at the John Brown Farm State Historic Site on Feb. 21 to remember 25-year-old Ahmaud Arbery who was killed while out for a jog on a quiet neighborhood street by a white father-son duo in Georgia. We will gather ...

CORTINA D’AMPEZZO, Italy — Ashley Farquharson crossed the finish line, looked at the giant scoreboard at the end of the track and then immediately began to cry. A happy cry, at that. A very happy cry. USA Luge has its seventh Olympic medal — one that came from a slider who never ...

SARANAC LAKE — The Gazette News Group Inc. will welcome the Lake Placid News and the Adirondack Daily Enterprise to its family of publications, the group announced Tuesday, Feb. 10. “These newspapers exemplify the very best of community journalism, with a deep commitment to keeping ...

WILMINGTON — A Georgia man died while skiing at the Whiteface Mountain ski center on Feb. 4. State Police said that Michael E. Vacek Jr., 44, of Atlanta, Georgia, was reported missing around 10 a.m. to the Whiteface Mountain Ski Patrol by the group of friends he was skiing with after he ...