99 NEWS FOR 3/5/11...WINTER STORM WATCH FOR SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH MONDAY MORNING, HEAVY WET SNOW IN THE 8-12" RANGE..OCCASIONALLY HEAVY RAIN

FORT COVINGTON MAN STABBED BY WIFE IN 'STABLE' CONDITION TODAY, WIFE CHARGED WITH FELONY ASSAULT--State Police in Malone say 48-year-old James Assinewai received wounds from a large kitchen knife in a domestic dispute with his 44-year-old wife Elianne Assinewai at their apartment on Water Street Friday morning. James Assinewai was airlifted from Alice Hyde Medical Center in Malone to Fletcher-Allen Health Care in Burlington, Vermont. Elianne Assinewai was charged with first degree assault, arraigned and jailed on 100-thousand dollars cash bail without bond.

FRANKLIN COUNTY LEGISLATOR SUGGESTS ONE GRADE OF GAS TO LOWER COST--Paul Maroun, who represents nearby Tupper Lake and Santa Clara, has written President Obama with an idea to eliminate mid-grade and high-grade unleaded at the pump, at least temporarily to reduce consumer prices. He says Obama should also order refineries to increase capacity and release strategic oil reserves. Maroun ran unsuccessfully last year for the GOP-Conservative line to run in the 23rd Congressional District race.

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KAYLA MARTIN, MASSENA TEEN INJURED IN BOMBAY CRASH THURSDAY IS STILL CRITICAL TODAY AT FLETCHER-ALLEN

OGDENSBURG CITY COUNCILORS TO HOLD HEARING MARCH 14TH ON LEASE FOR STATE SENATOR PATTY RITCHIE'S PROPOSED OFFICE IN CITY HALL