Jan 15, 2013 — One day after the New York State Senate passes toughest-in-the-nation gun laws, the Assembly acts today. A closer look at US Rep. Bill Owens' big new assignment to the House Appropriations Committee.

Watertown works to scare away tens of thousands of "nuisance" crows with pyrotechnics, noise. Seaway shipping was up four percent in 2012. A Massachusetts motor company could bring new jobs to Glens Falls.

It's been a record season for counting birds in Saranac Lake; and we check in with birder and birding guide Joan Collins.