PAUL SMITHS — Dan Kelting has become the official president of Paul Smith’s College after nearly two years as the interim president. The announcement of his title change came as students started arriving on campus for the fall semester. College officials say that under Kelting, the ...

SARANAC LAKE — A new scholarship program is available to help cover the cost of college for students pursuing careers as addiction service professionals. North Country Community College has partnered with the state Office of Addiction Services and Supports to create the Addiction ...

SARANAC LAKE — School districts in the Tri-Lakes approved new tax rates for property owners this week. Voters OKed the school budgets in May, setting how much in taxes each district would collect. But the tax rate — the rate at which each dollar of assessed home value is taxed at — ...

SARANAC LAKE — North Country Community College is proposing a nearly $16 million budget for the coming academic year. As costs continue to rise for the college, which has more than 1,000 students enrolled, it is ending a coronavirus pandemic-era tuition freeze and raising its rates slightly ...

LAKE PLACID — The Lake Placid Central School District Board of Education set a public hearing for August on changes to the student code of conduct, including a proposed cellphone ban for high school students and tweaks to dress code language. The board also named Colleen Locke its new ...