KEENE — State Police released the name and cause of death of the person who died while hiking Mount Marcy on Thursday, Feb. 12. Brianna L. Mohr, 21, of Brick, New Jersey, was found near Mount Marcy’s summit the night of Feb. 12 by state Department of Environmental Conservation forest ...

WILMINGTON — The authorities released the cause of death for the skier who died at Whiteface on Wednesday, Feb. 4. An autopsy conducted on Michael E. Vacek Jr. determined his death was caused by blunt force trauma to the chest, presumably from a tree, given where he was found. Vacek, 44, ...

LAKE PLACID — Although spring may feel like it’s eons away, it’s coming, at some point. And in Lake Placid, one of the classic harbingers of its arrival is a chair falling through the ice. For decades, the community has had some fun guessing exactly when the ice will melt, or at least ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...