ALBANY — Both houses of the state Legislature passed companion bills Thursday that would make more lower-income families eligible for the Family Health Plus program by removing depreciation of business assets from income eligibility calculations, Se

SARANAC LAKE — With pharmaceutical companies coming under fire in recent years for excessive out-of-pocket costs to consumers, Franklin County legislators accepted a private proposal to help their residents save a little bit of money on their prescr

TUPPER LAKE — Almost all of the 47 nurses at Sunmount DDSO, who are all members of the Public Employees Federation, rallied with more than 100 other union members on the lawn in front of Sunmount’s administrative building Thursday afternoon to prote

SARANAC LAKE —The Adirondack Medical Center has made the honor roll of the 2008 New York State Hospital Report Card for a better than average rate of postoperative infection; however, AMC fell below the mark when it came to the mortality rate of con

WASHINGTON — The House of Representatives on Friday passed a $601 billion military budget, not including funding for wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, that includes $2 million for Trudeau Institute in Saranac Lake. Trudeau’s funds would come through t