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12/21/2024

Roughly 100 community members braved slick roads and frigid temperatures to gather at Willsboro Town Hall Friday evening to mourn the late Miranda R. Wade (Mero) and Karen A. Lindsay (Besaw).

The candlelight vigil featured prayer and reflection, with mourners noting how the women would have wanted those gathered to continue to smile and laugh even amidst the somber occasion. (Ben Rowe/Press-Republican Photo)

12/19/2024

Canada Post has warned that there are likely to be delays for weeks as workers sort through the piles of undelivered mail and packages that have sat since Nov. 15. Private parcel services like FedEx and UPS have filled the gap for many Canadians looking to send or receive packages during the work stoppage.

(Via Watertown Daily Times)

The Canada Post workers strike has ended and post service across the northern nation resumed Tuesday, after nearly a month-long work stoppage while the postal workers union negotiated raises and

12/19/2024

"People want to hear the good, old-time Christmas songs, anyway. And, that’s what we’re going to be doing a lot of the old stuff.”

The show is 7:30 p.m. Friday. Dec. 20, and tickets $25/$35/$45 can be purchased online at www.strandcenter.org.

The Gibson Brothers Holiday Show is 7:30 p.m. Friday. Dec. 20, at the Strand Theater, 25 Brinkerhoff St. Plattsburgh. Tickets $25/$35/$45 can be purchased online at www.strandcenter.org.

12/19/2024

“We will do justice for Karen and for Miranda and for their families."

PLATTSBURGH — Clinton County District Attorney Andrew Wylie called the recent murder of two Plattsburgh women the “most horrific homicide we’ve had,” in his 19 years on the job.

12/17/2024

During the active investigation into missing individuals, State Police members were informed Sunday of a fire at 2 Birch Street in the town of Plattsburgh, at the residence of the two missing women.

On Monday, New York State Police members actively searched surrounding areas, leading them to locate human remains.

Anyone with information regarding this incident is asked to call State Police at 518-873-2776.

PLATTSBURGH — On Dec. 12, at approximately 8:30 p.m., New York State Police members were informed of two missing women.

12/14/2024

Clinton Community College Administrator in Charge Ken Knelly sits down to discuss the future of the college with its planned move to the SUNY Plattsburgh campus, its recent reaccreditation through the Middle States Commission on Higher Education and who was recently behind the Calvin the Cougar mascot mask.

Clinton Community College Administrator in Charge Ken Knelly sits down with Editor-in-Chief Joe LoTemplio and Night Editor Ben Rowe to discuss the future of the college with its planned move

12/14/2024

State Assemblyman Billy Jones (D-Chateaugay Lake) confirmed that some county Democratic chairs in the 21st Congressional District have urged him to run in the upcoming special election for the seat that will be vacant when U. S. Rep. Elise Stefanik (R-Schuylerville) resigns to became Ambassador to the United Nations.

“I’m still contemplating what I am going to do,” Jones said, in a telephone interview on Friday.

PLATTSBURGH — State Assemblyman Billy Jones (D-Chateaugay Lake) confirmed that some county Democratic chairs in the 21st Congressional District have urged him to run in the upcoming special election for

12/12/2024

Happy Holidays from all of us at the Press-Republican! We got our Merry on today. Work family= team work.

12/12/2024

“He left a legacy of public service in this area that will never be matched. It is a tremendous loss.”

PLATTSBURGH — One of the North Country’s most visible and well-known public figures, Clinton County Clerk John Zurlo, died Wednesday at home with family and friends by his side after

12/11/2024

As previously reported by the Press-Republican, police apprehended Thibodeau, 52, on Feb. 13 after receiving a call from a relative of his that he was on his way to University of Vermont Health Network — Champlain Valley Physicians Hospital in Plattsburgh and believed to be in possession of loaded fi****ms.

PLATTSBURGH — The Plattsburgh man convicted of making threats to Champlain Valley Physicians Hospital management last winter was sentenced to eight years in prison Wednesday.

12/11/2024

12/02/2024

American Legion Post 1619 members raised $5,000 at a fundraiser raffling off a camper, and the Sons of the American Legion donated $500 on top of that.

PLATTSBURGH — Veterans of the North Country raised $5,500 to support the Battlefield Memorial Gateway project fund to honor the veterans who served and fought in the North Country.

12/02/2024

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden pardoned his son, Hunter, on Sunday night, sparing the younger Biden a possible prison sentence for federal felony gun and tax convictions and reversing his past promises not to use the extraordinary powers of the presidency for the benefit of his family members.

President Joe Biden has pardoned his son, Hunter, sparing the younger Biden a possible prison sentence for federal felony gun and tax convictions and reversing his past promises not to

11/26/2024

The decision was inevitable, since longstanding Justice Department policy says sitting presidents cannot face criminal prosecution. Yet it was still a momentous finale to an unprecedented chapter in political and law enforcement history, as federal officials attempted to hold accountable a former president while he was simultaneously running for another term.

Federal prosecutors have moved to abandon two criminal cases against Donald Trump, acknowledging that Trump’s return to the White House will preclude attempts to federally prosecute him for retaining classified

11/26/2024

The first flight to Myrtle Beach out of Plattsburgh will leave May 15, but it can’t come any sooner for Clinton County Legislator and chairman of the airport committee, Bobby Hall, who said he has been trying to get an airline to fly to Myrtle Beach for two years.

PLATTSBURGH — Direct flights to Myrtle Beach are coming to Plattsburgh International Airport next May.

11/26/2024

Micro Bird plans to invest $38 million into capital expenses and training and create 350 full-time jobs over five years, a news release said. Empire State Development has agreed to support this project with up to $9.825 million in performance-based Excelsior Jobs Program tax credits and a $2.5 million capital grant, recommended by the North Country Regional Economic Development Council.

PLATTSBURGH — A major school bus manufacturer is buying the Nova Bus plant in Plattsburgh, potentially saving more than 300 local jobs.

11/22/2024

Trump, who has falsely claimed that the US ranks last in education, has repeatedly vowed to eliminate the $79 billion US Department of Education. “I’m dying to get back to do this,” he said in September. Whether he succeeds will depend on whether he has congressional support.

(Via New York Focus)

— This story first appeared in New York Focus, a non-profit news publication investigating New York state politics. Sign up for their stories at nysfocus.com/newsletter.

11/22/2024

On Tuesday, Nov. 26 the train arrives at Port Henry Amtrak Station at 5:10 p.m. and leaves at 5:35 p.m., stopping at Plattsburgh Amtrak Station at 7:20 p.m. and departing at 7:50 p.m. for a final U.S. stop at Rouses Point Junction on Pratt Street from 9 p.m. until 9:30 p.m

PORT HENRY — The Canadian Pacific Holiday Train is coming to Port Henry, Plattsburgh and Rouses Point to bring live entertainment and holiday cheer.