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Thursday, April 04, 2013  State Police in Alexandria Bay, Jefferson County, noticed fire and smoke in the distance while on routine patrol near County Route 2 in the Town of Orleans.

Tuesday, March 05, 2013  The international agency that operates a bridge linking the U.S. and Canada in northern New York plans to spend hundreds of thousands of dollars to finish a project aimed at preserving a landmark in the Thousand Islands region on the St. Lawrence River.

Sunday, February 10, 2013  State Police in Alexandria Bay say a man has died after a fire at his home on County Route 2 in Jefferson County.

Friday, December 21, 2012  A federal border agent has been convicted of falsifying records while on the job in northern New York.

Friday, November 30, 2012  State police and child welfare officials are set to talk about this week's arrests of nine people in an investigation of a central New York child sex trafficking ring.

Monday, June 11, 2012  A 21-year-old northern New York man has been sentenced to prison for fatally stabbing a 51-year-old woman and wounding her daughter, the mother of his young child.

Wednesday, May 30, 2012  The Scripps National Spelling Bee is May 30-31 and four students from Central New York participated in the preliminaries on Wednesday.

Tuesday, April 03, 2012  A Mississippi man has pleaded guilty to transporting illegal immigrants from Texas to northern New York, where he was arrested after mistakenly trying to enter Canada.

Tuesday, December 06, 2011  The Onondaga County Legislature has passed a resolution supporting a new racino.

Tuesday, December 06, 2011  One man is dead after his SUV hit a telephone pole Monday afternoon.

Thursday, October 20, 2011  A federal border agent has been accused of stealing money while on the job in northern New York.

Friday, October 14, 2011  It's now a three way race for the last remaining racino license in New York State.

Wednesday, August 31, 2011  Police say a California man died after he was hit by a boat while swimming between two islands in Alexandria Bay.

Thursday, August 11, 2011  Police say a Canadian scuba diver has died after a diving accident in the St. Lawrence River off northern New York.

Thursday, July 14, 2011  A 46-year-old man pleads not guilty to federal charges of sending anthrax hoax letters to U.S. District Court Clerk's offices in Syracuse and several other cities across the country.