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Border Realities: NY Bill Would Bar Local Police from Assisting ICE/CBP Border Realities Don’t Disappear With Policy

Border Realities: NY Bill Would Bar Local Police from Assisting ICE/CBP

Watertown Post January 30, 2026
By Hans Wilder — Watertown, NY Local Voices Matter — Especially at the Northern Border New York...
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Saint Regis Mohawk Tribe and Mohawk Council of Akwesasne Oppose Proposed NYPA Nuclear Power Project Near Tribal Lands The Saint Regis Mohawk Tribal Council and the Mohawk Council of Akwesasne have issued a joint statement opposing any proposed nuclear power project near Akwesasne or tribal lands.

Saint Regis Mohawk Tribe and Mohawk Council of Akwesasne Oppose Proposed NYPA Nuclear Power Project Near Tribal Lands

Watertown Post January 21, 2026
By Watertown Post Staff AKWESASNE / MASSENA REGION — The Saint Regis Mohawk Tribal Council and the...
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Imagine If We Could: A Golden-Age Vision for the St. Lawrence Valley By The Watertown Post

Imagine If We Could: A Golden-Age Vision for the St. Lawrence Valley

Watertown Post January 20, 2026
By The Watertown Post Imagine—just for a moment—if Northern New York stopped thinking of itself as the...
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Renewable Push, Rural Pushback: Farmers and Local Leaders Raise Alarms Over New York Energy Siting Farmland Under Pressure

Renewable Push, Rural Pushback: Farmers and Local Leaders Raise Alarms Over New York Energy Siting

Watertown Post January 17, 2026
WATERTOWN, NY — A growing number of farmers, landowners, and rural residents across Northern New York say...
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Hochul Channels MAGA in State of the State, Sending Shockwaves From Albany to Fort Drum Hochul announced that New York will move to eliminate state taxes on tipped income — a policy first championed nationally by President Donald Trump and now spreading like wildfire through working-class America.

Hochul Channels MAGA in State of the State, Sending Shockwaves From Albany to Fort Drum

Watertown Post January 14, 2026
By The Watertown Post StaffJanuary 14, 2026 ALBANY — New York Governor Kathy Hochul walked into her...
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