Queensbury News

After a month long investigation, eight people are facing various charges related to welfare fraud in Warren County.

Although lawyers representing former state Sen. Joseph L. Bruno insist he did not hand out improper favors to clients who invested pension funds with his employer, state records show Bruno arranged state grants for them.

Erin McAuliffe, Kelsey Hanson and Cameron Sprague led Shenendehowa to a straight-sets home win over Columbia in the Class AA girls' volleyball quarterfinals Tuesday in Clifton Park.

A new documentary film, "Money-Driven Medicine," explores a vexing American health care question: Why are we spending more per capita on our medical system - $2.2 trillion a year - and getting infant mortality rates and hospital-care outcomes worse than other advanced countries? "The United States doesn't really have better care than other Western ...

LAURENS _ A 20-year-old man was arrested Sunday for allegedly having sexual contact with a 13-year-old girl.

Scott R. Hartung of Kingsbury was promoted from senior associate to accounting principal at the Queensbury accounting and business management firm.

Warren County Sheriff's deputies arrested a 21-year-old town man just before 5 a.m. Sunday for allegedly driving drunk and reaching speeds of more than 90 miles per hour.

A South Glens Falls motorcyclist remained hospitalized in critical condition Tuesday, one day after he was hit by a driver who allegedly ran a red light.

With an early winter in the forecast for Albany, New York, thoughts of warm weather creep into the minds of area residents.

Two of the bridge's concrete piers had significant erosion below the water line, State Department of Transportation Regional Structural Engineer Thomas Hoffman said.

Warren County Government has pledged to launch a lawsuit against the state for mandating programs and forcing local taxpayers to pay the bill.

The Sheriff's Office made a DWI arrest early Sunday morning. Matthew Flint, 39, of Queensbury was arrested with a reported blood alcohol content level of .16%, authorities say.

Police arrested the driver of a vehicle they say struck construction barricades and left the scene before he was found passed out behind the wheel of his car elsewhere in the village.

Stephens Mundy, President of CVPH Medical Center in Plattsburgh, talks about the new Adirondack Medical Home Initiative to a gathering of top upstate health care officials, community leaders, insurance company representatives and state and local officials Tuesday at the Warren County Courthouse.

Here's how Queensbury supervisor Dan Stec described it to the Glens Falls Post Star : "We are not going to close this budget gap without breaking some eggs." The newspaper is reporting today on Warren County's plan to ax seventeen jobs in the next budget -- and to slash funding to non-profits that draw income from the county.

Federal prosecutors and attorneys for former Senate Republican Leader Joseph Bruno have filed lists of prominent politicians, lobbyists, aides and businessmen who may be called as witnesses in his upcoming trial on federal corruption charges.

Gloversville's Pat Peterson won the race, but Glens Falls won Tuesday's Foothills Council meet.

While Thursday's state Senate hearings on water policy touched upon a number of subjects -- from pharmaceuticals in drinking water to beach closures caused by sewage runoff -- the dominant topic for many advocates was the coming boom in natural-gas mining projects that use hydraulic fracturing, or "hydrofracking." The technology uses large amounts ...

The 115-year-old Glens Falls Armory on Warren Street, the site of soldiers' drills since the National Guard was still called a militia, is now silent and ready for a new owner.

Warren County Sheriffs arrested a man and woman from Queensbury after they sold narcotics to undercover investigators, according to a statement released earlier.