While taking photos of a swimmer on Mirror Lake at Mid’s Park in Lake Placid — shortly after 8 a.m. Saturday, July 15 as he was reporting on the New York Annual Loon Census — Lake Placid News Editor Andy Flynn captured images of an osprey swooping in, splashing down, and snatching a ...

SARANAC LAKE — The air quality in the Tri-Lakes region is expected to be unhealthy for sensitive groups on Tuesday, July 18. An Air Quality Index value of 135 is predicted for Saranac Lake and surrounding areas Tuesday, according to the Environmental Protection Agency’s AirNow.gov Air ...

The state departments of Health and Environmental Conservation issued a statewide air quality advisory on Sunday. The advisory will be in effect from midnight to 11:59 p.m. on Monday. The air quality in the Tri-Lakes region is expected to reach “unhealthy” levels on Monday, with a ...

SARANAC LAKE — From 8 to 9 a.m. Saturday, July 15, people around the Adirondacks and the state will be outside, looking for loons. While loon-peeping is a staple of Adirondack recreation, they’ll be out with a higher purpose this weekend: Counting the aquatic birds for the 23nd annual ...

ALBANY — The State Department of Environmental Conservation Wednesday, July 12 issued a high-water advisory following recent heavy rains and is urging hikers to postpone hikes near waterways and on high-elevation trails. DEC advises hikers on how to recreate safely and reduce negative impacts ...

LAKE PLACID — When Lake Placid Middle-High School Class of 2023 graduate Chris Byrne was a kid, he and his family spent weekends meandering through the Henry’s Woods Trail System on Bear Cub Lane. Byrne wasn’t the biggest fan of the trail system itself, but he was all about the ...