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Dollar General opens Latham location

Published Tue, 04 Mar 2025 10:24:15 GMT

LATHAM, N.Y. (NEWS10) -- Dollar General has officially opened a new location at 638 Columbia Street Extension in Latham. The store is open 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. each day. Get the latest, news, weather, sports and community events delivered right to your inbox! Dollar General stores include food, cleaning supplies, paper products, over-the-counter medicines, hygiene products, baby items and more. The new Latham location also includes new home décor and an expanded party preparation selection.“At Dollar General, we believe the addition of each new store provides positive economic growth for the communities we proudly serve, and the addition of our new Latham store highlights our commitment to deliver a pleasant shopping experience that includes great prices on quality products in a convenient location,” said Matthew Simonsen, Dollar General’s senior vice president of real estate and store development. PDT Market opens in Saratoga Springs To honor the opening of the new location, Dollar...

Albany Med and police detail lockdown incident response

Published Tue, 04 Mar 2025 10:24:15 GMT

ALBANY, N.Y. (NEWS10) -- Albany Medical Center administration and Albany Police are pleased with the execution of emergency protocols following Tuesday's incident involving a barricaded suspect with a gun."As of yesterday, there wasn’t really any advanced warning that this was going to happen. I think that retrospectively, we’ll all look back and try to figure out whether or not there was any subtle sign," said Dr. Peter Paige, Albany Med's General Director.“I think that probably one of the biggest keys to success, and how this event was handled yesterday, was the prompt activation of code silver,” Paige added.Code silver is used when there is a potentially armed assailant in the hospital.Albany Police Public Information Officer Steve Smith said the department’s highly trained Emergency Services Team was able to make entry through the barricaded door, and they got to work ensuring the safety of everyone involved—patients, hospital staff, and the people in the room with the suspect.“...

West Side Sports Bar to be on 'America's Best Restaurants'

Published Tue, 04 Mar 2025 10:24:15 GMT

SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. (NEWS10) -- West Side Sports Bar, located at 112 Congress Street in Saratoga Springs, is set to be featured on "America's Best Restaurants." The show will be visiting the restaurant on April 11 from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. Get the latest, news, weather, sports and community events delivered right to your inbox! "America's Best Restaurants" is a national media and marketing company focusing on local, independently-owned restaurants. During the visit to West Side Sports Bar, popular dishes will be highlighted, along with an on-camera interview with owner Dave Harmon.In 2022, Harmon opened The Stadium Café at 389 Broadway in Saratoga Springs, but the eatery later closed. In 2005, he opened West Side Sports Bar. Capital Region Restaurant Rundown: March 20-24 “The people love the place; it’s got big windows,” said Harmon. He also added that the restaurant is popular during racing season at the Saratoga Race Course. Harmon said West Side is best known for its buffalo-...

Advocates call for THC Potency Tax Repeal

Published Tue, 04 Mar 2025 10:24:15 GMT

ALBANY, N.Y. (NEWS10)--With the budget deadline looming, members of the Cannabis Association of New York are making a final push to have their priorities added in the state budget.At the New York State Capitol on Tuesday, advocates were calling on the legislature to repeal the THC potency tax, something Senator Jeremy Cooney supports."Now, under the current law in New York State, a product that has a higher potency or a higher percentage of THC— could be an edible, could be a smokable product, that would actually be charged at a higher dollar amount than other types of products. What we are trying to do is recognize that we don’t tax based on the type of product it is," explained Cooney.Advocates say the repeal would make the adult-use market more competitive."If we don’t pass this tax reform now, it will probably be too late because it could wait for years potentially and by that point, the prices will be so high that people will continue shopping at the illegal stores and bypassin...

Washington University study shows Paxlovid can reduce or prevent long COVID symptoms

Published Tue, 04 Mar 2025 10:24:15 GMT

ST. LOUIS – A new study found Paxlovid not only protects you from the immediate effects of COVID0-19, but it also prevents long-term effects on just about every organ in the body.For six months, researchers at the Washington University School of Medicine studied 35,000 people who took the antiviral medication Paxlovid right after they got sick, and more than 200,000 others who didn't take it.Doctors found Paxlovid increased your long-term protection from COVID complications by 26%. It reduced the risk of heart problems, stroke, fatigue, brain fog, and more.Dr. Ziyad Al-Aly and his team studied about 80 adverse health outcomes associated with long COVID.

Why recognizing, treating depression should be a staple of pediatric care

Published Tue, 04 Mar 2025 10:24:15 GMT

ST. LOUIS – A new way of combating teen depression is working. It focuses on pediatricians and making sure teens have follow-up care. A team of researchers at Washington University here in St. Louis is behind it.The CDC reports teenagers' feelings of sadness and hopelessness are higher than ever among teenagers, especially girls. A mental health crisis compounded by a pandemic and a shortage of psychiatrists and therapists are adding to the problem.Pediatrician Katie Plax knew something had to be done differently. She and her team with the Washington University pediatric and adolescent ambulatory research consortium spent five years collecting date on a solution. They partnered with pediatricians in the community and trained them how to spot anxiety, depression, and other mental health issues.Pediatricians are often the first ones to spot a problem. They key to their research was the success doctors experienced when they did follow up care.Doctors asked questions such as, did your p...

Englewood man, 81, suspected of killing wife, daughter with an ax

Published Tue, 04 Mar 2025 10:24:15 GMT

An 81-year-old man in Englewood has been arrested on suspicion of killing his wife and daughter with an ax after he called police and reported they had been murdered, police said.Media Release Homicide Investigation pic.twitter.com/lxlu3S4U0x— Englewood Police Department (@PoliceEnglewood) March 28, 2023About 6 p.m. Saturday, Reginald Maclaren called police and said that his wife and daughter had been “murdered,” that he knew the suspect and the suspect had used a hammer, according to an Englewood Police Department news release.Related ArticlesCrime and Public Safety | Englewood resident suspected of killing spouse, adult child, police say Crime and Public Safety | Teen killed in shooting outside Aurora mall Crime and Public Safety | Juvenile shot in Longmont crashes vehicle, dies at hospital Crime and Public Safety | Opinion: Save guns until 21. Save lives. Crime and Public Safety | Murder ...

Broncos CEO Greg Penner: Under coach Sean Payton, Denver “teed up to be a very different team next year”

Published Tue, 04 Mar 2025 10:24:15 GMT

PHOENIX — Sean Payton’s team won’t start playing for more than five months, but the new Broncos head coach has already made a clear impact on the franchise in his boss’ eyes.“He immediately set a different tone coming into the building,” CEO Greg Penner told a small group of reporters at the league’s spring ownership meetings here Tuesday. “As a head coach probably the most important thing that you do is the staff that you hire and right away he came in and he’s built a staff that’s diverse. And I mean diverse across multiple dimensions — it’s age, you’ve got everyone from (75-year-old assistant head coach) Mike Weshtoff to (28-year-old quarterbacks coach) Davis Webb, diverse backgrounds from different coaching trees and perspectives — and that’s probably the most impressive thing.”The first football season under the Walton-Penner Family Ownership Group did not go the way anybody expected when they closed on the acquisition of the club in August. It culminated in the firing of first...

Broncos coach Sean Payton pays $4.5M for Belcaro home

Published Tue, 04 Mar 2025 10:24:15 GMT

New Denver Broncos head coach Sean Payton purchased a home in a gated section of the Belcaro neighborhood for $4.55 million on March 6, according to property records.Payton, who signed a five-year contract for $18 million per year with the Broncos, is the NFL’s second-highest-paid coach behind New England Patriots head coach Bill Belichick.The 6,000-square-foot home within the gated Belcara community has four bedrooms and six baths.The main floor features 11-foot ceilings and a white oak floor in a herringbone pattern. The kitchen includes an oversized island and a glass wine wall holding hundreds of bottles.The two-story home includes an elevator and a primary suite with a fireplace and dual closets.Raymond Development Group developed the home and neighborhood. Dawn Raymond, a Kentwood Real Estate Cherry Creek realtor, was the listing agent and also listed as the owner. The home originally was listed for $4.6 million.Rachel Sartin with Corken + Company Real Estate Group represented...

Storm arrives late Tuesday night; rain continues into Thursday

Published Tue, 04 Mar 2025 10:24:15 GMT

After several warm and sunny days, Southern California’s weather is about to shift again as another Pacific storm moves in.The rain arrives late Tuesday night and will linger throughout the day on Wednesday and into Thursday, according to the National Weather Service office in Los Angeles.The first band of rainfall is expected to hit Ventura County around 10 p.m. and Los Angeles County between midnight and 3 a.m.Rain “will be steady but short-lived and generally on the lighter said,” NWS said. Interactive Storm Radar Rainfall rates will be a tenth of an inch per hour in the coastal areas and valleys and up to a quarter inch per hour in the foothills and mountains.The first band of rain will be followed by a six to eight-hour break with clearing skies before the next band arrives late Wednesday into Thursday morning.Satellite-radar composite. March 28, 2023. (KTLA)“This (second band) will be more showery in nature but with higher rain&nb...