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A former Queensbury physician and a nurse practitioner have agreed to pay $500,000 to settle federal civil claims over unlawful opioid prescribing. Dr. Douglas Cline and Laurie McKenna also accepted 20-year bans from holding or applying for DEA controlled-substances registrations as part of the nationwide Health Care Fraud Takedown.

A well-known homeless storyteller in Saratoga Springs has resolved drug and camping ban charges through a plea agreement. Bryan Browne pleaded to two disorderly conduct violations after prosecutors reduced the original charges. The violations will be dismissed in one year if Browne is not arrested again.

Police continue investigating the deaths of six people, including four children, found inside a Mechanicville apartment. Investigators have not released an official cause of death, but according to some media reports, evidence found inside the apartment has led investigators to focus on the children’s grandmother. Police have not confirmed those details and say the investigation […]

The Adirondack Watershed Institute at Paul Smith’s College is receiving a one million dollar state investment to upgrade research and water testing equipment. The funding will help expand water quality monitoring, support environmental research, and strengthen protection of Adirondack lakes, rivers, and drinking water throughout the region.