Johnsburg News

A Johnsburg man is facing charges on allegations he sexually assaulted a woman and held her against her will.

Winter is harsh in the Adirondack Mountains in upstate New York, but black fly season--a six-week stretch in May and June--is even more pitiless.

Anti-Semitic graffiti isn't something you'd expect to see these days. It's shocking anywhere, but it may be even more so in the quiet town of Johnsburg.

A marijuana bust has landed a Warren County man in jail. Police say he was growing the pot at two locations in the town of Johnsburg. via Capital News 9

The Adirondack Park Agency has approved permits for building a new ski village and resort in the southeastern Adirondacks. via New York Daily News

Police from the Warren County Sheriff's Office seized 500 marijuana plants and $41,000 in cash during drug bust Saturday. via Times Union

“The North Country up there, it snowed and then it rained on top of it, so the snow actually absorbed the moisture, then it froze. "With all that weight up on the trees”

Thousands of North Country residents remained without power Monday in the wake of a weekend ice storm that felled trees and left some residents isolated and pipes in danger of freezing. via Times Union

State police are investigating a fatal hit & run accident that killed a child in northern New York. via WCAX-TV Burlington

The state Department of Environmental Conservation and the Adirondack chapter of The Nature Conservancy have agreed to conceptual plans to protect more than 134,000 acres of land formerly owned by Finch, Pruyn ... via The Post-Star

“That really is our biggest obstacle right now, finding people who are willing to host these people in their homes”

A year ago, the Minerva Central School District welcomed a South Korean man who spent six months learning the American culture, while teaching students and grown-ups a side of life unlike anything seen in the ... via The Post-Star

A Johnsburg man who police believe was a major cocaine supplier in northern Warren County was sentenced Wednesday to 3 years in state prison. via The Post-Star

“If there wasn't a state policy to buy land and pay taxes on it, they would be shifting the burden to all other taxpayers in the towns”

Catastrophic. It's a word officials used to define the potential impacts of a western New York court case decision - -- regarding New York's mish-mash method of determining tax payments on state-owned land -- ... via The Post-Star

“We lost power at about 4 a.m. and we decided the close for the day because we had to lights or heat”

A live power wire on Western Avenue closed a portion of the road and sidewalk this morning as firefighters and police diverted vehicles and foot traffic away from the area while National Grid crews worked to ... via Times Union

“The rumor you hear on every fire is arson, but I don't think that's the case here”

Investigators do not know what caused a fire that destroyed a rental home on Jenni Jill Drive early Monday, officials said. via The Post-Star

“Then you'll never get rid of it until it gets warm.”

While 3 inches of snow and rain snarled traffic Thursday afternoon, meteorologists are predicting an additional 2 to 6 inches of ice and snow for this evening. via The Post-Star

“It looks like it's going to be a long day”

VIDEO: See footage of an accident on the Northway and snowy scenes from Moreau Lake State Park. via The Post-Star

Police in the region were responding to a number of car crashes this afternoon as light snow make roads slippery. via The Post-Star

Three people have been arrested, for vandalizing an office building in Columbia County. via CBS 6 Albany

The Warren County Sheriffs Office is investigating a fatal motorcycle accident in the town of Johnsburg. via News 10 Now

One person is dead following an afternoon accident in Warren County. The Sheriff's Office says 34 year old Chris Hitchcock of Lake Luzerne was thrown fro his Harley Davidson when he pulled in front of a minivan ... via CBS 6 Albany