Fort Drum News

Deferiet Fire Chief Timothy J. Irey said the lone occupant of a home at 21 Wilna Ave. received minor burns on his arms and was taken to Carthage Area Hospital by the Carthage Area Rescue Squad.

The North Country Regional Economic Development Council has approved its list of recommended projects to be awarded Infrastructure Funds at its meeting held at SUNY Potsdam.

A newlywed military couple was one of the 20 families who claimed new homes Saturday at Beaver Meadows Apartments in Watertown.

Secretary of Veterans Affairs Eric Shinseki was in Syracuse last week, to mark the 60th anniversary of the city's VA Medical Center.

A Watertown man faced multiple criminal charges after he allegedly chased his ex-wife from the city to a home on Fort Drum following a domestic dispute.

Since 2001, 2238 U.S. troops have died while serving in Afghanistan; 4486 U.S. troops died from 2003 to 2012 while serving in Iraq.

A $4.7 million expansion to an unmanned-aircraft hangar at Fort Drum's Wheeler-Sack Army Airfield is moving closer to reality, passing multiple hurdles in congressional budget discussions.

New York state Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli Wednesday discussed with government leaders the results of his study of Watertown's finances.

Lt. Col. Leonard, 39, of Warwick, was one of three killed in an attack June 8 in Paktika Province, Afghanistan, by a man wearing an Afghan army uniform.

WARWICK A Warwick native, who was killed in Afghanistan last weekend, will be laid to rest at the West Point Cemetery.

The supervisor's administrative clerk - who retires today - has been quietly steering LeRay's financial operations since 1974, a time when today's beehive of businesses outside Fort Drum's gate was almost nonexistent.

Joel R. Gillespie, 32, Kellie L. Belcher, 31, Edgar L. Richardson II, 35, and Shawn L. Exford, 22, all of Watertown, and Daniel L. Merritt, 37, LaFargeville, are each charged with second-degree criminal possession of a controlled substance, criminal possession of the precursors to methamphetamine and unlawful manufacture of methamphetamine.

A memorial service for the late Army Pfc. Mariano Raymundo was held in Texas, according to the 21-year-old soldier's family.

The U.S. Army Forces Command's Best Military Working Dog Detachment Award has been bestowed upon the 8th Military Police Working Dog Detachment, 91st Military Police Battalion, according to an article in The Mountaineer .

A rare early 20th century machine gun, a sampling of Mussolini's medals and a rock from Somalia.

WASHINGTON A Warwick woman, who was an intelligence officer in the US Army, was killed in Afghanistan along with another soldier, the US Defense Department announced on Tuesday.

The state Comptroller's office gave the city of Watertown such a glowing fiscal report on Wednesday that Mayor Jeffrey E. Graham took two large charts on its finances back to City Hall with him as souvenirs.

After a successful debut last year, the Strongest Warrior Competition will make its return to Watertown this weekend in what organizers hope will again live up to its name and prove to be an even bigger and better event.

The Pentagon and Ft. Drum are now confirming the deaths of two 10th Mountain Division soldiers this past weekend in Afghanistan.

Two senior officers from the Pentagon and Army say there is no military need for an East Coast missile defense site, according to the chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee.