(Aug 15, 2024) A windsurfer shares his observations on Lake Champlain wind and water conditions; a North Country at Work story on a Sister of Mercy who came to the region in the 1960s; and we get a preview of this Saturday's Adirondack Family Book Festival in Lake Placid.By NCPR News

(Aug 14, 2024) Gov. Kathy Hochul visited Canton's fire department to thank first responders for their repairs and rescue efforts in the aftermath of last Friday's flooding; the Timbuctoo Institute brings about 50 students of color from New York City up to the Adirondacks each summer; and with the major leagues of fishing returning to the St. Lawren…

(Aug 13, 2024) A Fort Drum soldier has been charged with the murder of a fellow soldier; Some St. Lawrence County cannabis shops were raided and shut down; fish advisories tell us what local fish to eat; and remembering David Duff, who died last week.By NCPR News

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(Aug 9, 2024) NYS Senator Stec described inmates as the "animals of New York" at a recent prison rally in Fort Ann; several Planned Parenthood clinics are closing in Upstate NY; Saranac Lake hosted a festival in honor of Philippine president Manuel Quezon, a former resident of the village; State officials are warning North Country residents to be p…

(Aug 8, 2024) Longtime NCPR reporter Brian Mann gives us a behind-the-scenes look at covering the Summer Games for NPR; A look at the language in a proposed constitutional amendment that voters will weigh on this fall; the heyday of the tiny St. Lawrence County hamlet of Pyrites comes to life in a new novel.…

(Aug 7, 2024) The Six Nations Iroquois Cultural Center is looking to expand its museum to help build for the future; New York officials react to Kamala Harris' choice for vice president; a professional angler competing in Major League Fishing's bass pro tour in Massena talks about what it's like on the St. Lawrence River; and Chef Curtiss shares a …

(Aug 6, 2024) Nearly 1,000 people rallied on Sunday to oppose the state's plan to close a prison in the Adirondacks; The U.S and Canada have lost over a quarter of their bird populations since 1970 due to collisions with windows; and artists are bringing murals to life in Glens Falls.By NCPR News

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(Aug 1, 2024) The rules for taking dogs across the U.S.-Canada border change today; St. Lawrence Nurseries in Potsdam is changing hands; and a new exhibit at the Lake Champlain Maritime Museum in Vermont spotlights life and work on canal boats during America's early industrial boom.By NCPR News

(Jul 31, 2024) A dive into the North Country's political trends and how they've changed over the last decade; the City of Ogdensburg is offering help to residents who have had sewage in their basements after storms; and we listen back to a story on relayball, a sport invented in St. Lawrence County.By NCPR News

(Jul 30, 2024) In St. Lawrence County, a caregiver support group meets monthly to share their experiences; Brasher residents are complaining about odors and water pollution from a local dairy; and a postcard from the Saratoga County FairBy NCPR News

(Jul 29, 2024) Scott Kotronis, a helicopter pilot in the Adirondacks, has flown thousands of lifesaving missions over his 30-year career; Glens Falls native Jimmer Fredette is hooping in 3-on-3 basketball in the Paris 2024 Olympics; and, a conversation with David Francis, pastel artist and organizer of the Adirondack Pastel Society's 10th Annual Ad…

(Jul 26, 2024) North Country Congresswoman Elise Stefanik is condemning Vice President Kamala Harris for a lack of oversight along the southern border; members of the Haudenosaunee Nationals lacrosse team want to compete at the 2028 Olympics under their own flag; and we listen back to an audio postcard from Copperas Pond.…

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(Jul 24, 2024) New York state has launched a new online portal to help people apply for child care assistance; Forest Rangers managed multiple rescues in the Adirondacks last week; and we meet NCPR's newest reporter, David Escobar, who'll cover diversity issues in the Adirondacks as part of a collaboration with the Adirondack Explorer through Repor…

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(Jul 22, 2024) A new report looks at working conditions for workers in New York’s solar industry. Many are not unionized, lack healthcare and take stimulants to work longer; the closure of Great Meadow Correctional near Glens Falls could have a big impact on families of staff and the local economy; and, the current opera of the Seagle Festival in S…

(Jul 19, 2024) Three tornados ripped through the southern Adirondacks on Tuesday, tearing down huge swaths of trees and leaving tens of thousands of people without power; Clinton County is at odds with Greyhound after the bus company's abrupt change in stops over the last week; and, John Warren checks the trail conditions for us in the Adirondacks …

(Jul 18, 2024) Cleanup continues in Glens Falls after a line of severe thunderstorms moved through the region Tuesday night; we speak with the manager of a Queensbury car dealership where multiple vehicles caught fire due to a downed power line; a group of academics is looking to change the name of a hill in the Tri-Lakes region that currently uses…

(Jul 17, 2024) Severe storms swept across the North Country yesterday afternoon, leaving downed trees and powerlines; a peer support group is open for veterans in St. Lawrence County, and advocates say it's a place veterans can turn to for more resources; an Indian Lake realtor shares what it's like to work in real estate; and News Director David S…

(Jul 16, 2024) Border Patrol officials in the North Country say they're seeing record numbers of illegal crossings at the northern border. It's changing life for people who live in communities like Mooers; forest Rangers recovered the body of a kayaker whose boat overturned in the Husdon River last weekend; Onchiota listener Phil Fitzpatrick shares…

(Jul 15, 2024) Great Camp Santanoni is introducing electric scooters and wheelchairs to make it more accessible, but some advocates say, it’s not enough; as the North Country gets warmer and wetter, one North Country art gallery is dealing with mold in its archives; a central New York church where abolitionist Harriet Tubman spent much of her later…

(Jul 12, 2024) Lowville and Lewis County surveyed the damage from flash floods that surged through the village and county on Tuesday; we hear from an 11-year-old who’s reached the age when social media is becoming a bigger part of her life. She - and her parents - are trying to find a balance; a preview of Grammy-winning bluegrass fiddler Michael C…

(Jul 11, 2024) Heavy rain, severe thunderstorms and tornados battered the North Country yesterday, causing flooding in Essex County, Lowville, and other communities; high schoolers in Parishville wrote a song about their social media woes; and, a chat with conservationist Jeff Corwin ahead of his talk in Lake Placid.…

(Jul 10, 2024) What role does social media play in the lives of children today, and how controlled should it be? More on new legislation and how North Country families deal with social media; David Sommerstein introduces us to some of the lesser known musicians playing at the Ottawa Blues Festival, which runs through this Sunday; and, as the remnan…

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(Jul 8, 2024) This summer, there will be events at John Brown Farm in Lake Placid that honor abolitionist Harriet Tubman; tick-borne illnesses have increase in the Northeast due to climate change and suburbanization; and, Betsy Kepes reviews a new adventurous novel set in the Adirondacks that's written to entice reluctant young readers.…

(Jul 3, 2024) Late last month, the Adirondack Park Agency approved the use of a chemical herbicide to eradicate Eurasian water milfoil on Lake George. Today, we head to Chateaugay Lake where the community just applied Prosellacor for the first time; a fire in Lake George destroyed an amphitheater over the weekend. Local officials are already alteri…

(Jul 2, 2024) As climate change comes to the North Country, one St. Lawrence County farm is tracking how its changing the ecosystem; a healthcare network in Jefferson County is taking over a doctor’s office in Lewis County; and, Stephanie Coyne DeGhett shares her poem "The Joy of Deserted Spaces."By NCPR News

(Jul 1, 2024) The ADK Land Trust will use a $3 million grant to build accessible trails in Saranac Lake and Lake Placid; since 2022, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has been hosting entrepreneurship fairs at military bases to encourage troops to start businesses; and, through the big back windows of the Wild Center in Tupper Lake, you’ll see a…

(Jun 28, 2024) NYSERDA has a $5 million grant available for co-locating solar panels and farming; plus, we'll meet the person who helps preserve and catalog Adirondack artifacts in Blue Mountain Lake; and, we re-listen to a conversation with poet Elliot Pecora ahead of Tri-Lakes Pride.By NCPR News

(Jun 27, 2024) The St. Regis Mohawk Tribe is working to protect trees used for traditional basket making, but they're threatened by a deadly invasive beetle; the DEC is hosting a public, virtual meeting from 5-8pm Thursday tonight on visitor use management in the ADK High Peaks; and, Burlington author Mo Fitzgerald is out with a memoir. She uses li…

(Jun 26, 2024) The Thousand Islands community showed their opposition at a public meeting with U.S. Customs and Border Protection in Clayton last night; the state Board of Regents is moving towards a plan to change graduation requirements, including no longer requiring the standardized Regents tests for graduation; and, This month, there were two f…

(Jun 25, 2024) New York's electric bus mandate is seeing resistance from local voters in their district's yearly budget votes; we hear from a North Country transplant on a mission to promote Adirondack tourism on social media; and, we a preview of the Ottawa Jazz Festival, which continues through Sunday night.…

(Jun 24, 2024) On Saturday, 30 North Country veterans of Vietnam, Desert Storm and the Cold War flew together to Washington DC to visit the memorials to the wars they and their comrades served in. They were part of the North Country Honor Flight; Governor Kathy Hochul signed new social media regulations for children into law on Thursday, but poll n…

(Jun 21, 2024) After years of removing the invasive aquatic water plant Eurasian water milfoil by hand, the Adirondack Park Agency has voted to allow the use of a chemical herbicide in three lakes, despite pushback; US Customs and Border Protection wants to build a new facility on a part of undeveloped shoreline on the St. Lawrence River. Residents…

(Jun 20, 2024) Earlier this week, over 100 people gathered at Paul Smith's College to talk about the intersection of climate change impacts and an aging population; after 34 years as public radio's eyes and ears in Albany, reporter Karen Dewitt is retiring on Friday. We talk with her about her career and how Albany has changed for a journalist.…

(Jun 19, 2024) Watertown Juneteenth is hosting the second part of its Juneteenth celebrations today. Organizers hope the events inspire other Black people to share their stories; while a national memorial for Iraq and Afghanistan war veterans goes through a lengthy planning and fundraising process, veterans are working with state and local governme…

(Jun 18, 2024) This week's heat wave is part of a trend of warmer, more extreme weather events in the Adirondack North Country; because of the Canadian wildfires last year, officials are asking New Yorkers to monitor air quality every day this summer; and, our book reviewer Betsy Kepes stops by to talk about a novel set in St. Lawrence County about…

(Jun 17, 2024) A set of large barges will lay a 97-mile portion of the Champlain Hudson Power Express transmission line along the bottom of Lake Champlain this summer. Zachary Matson with the Adirondack Explorer says once it's finished, it'll effectively act as an extension cord from Quebec hydropower to New York City; early voting started on Satur…

(Jun 14, 2024) Clarkson researchers are studying a rare, prehistoric fish that lives in the North Country's rivers. They're asking anglers to let them know if you catch one; The trailer for a Christmas movie shot in Lake Placid last December was just released. Amy Feiereisel was on set during the shoot; and, John Warren checks the trail conditions …

(Jun 13, 2024) With rising anti-LGBTQ rhetoric around the country, why Pride celebrations in the North Country are important for connections and community; in Old Forge, the Rondaxe fire tower on Bald Mountain offers sprawling views of the western Adirondacks; and, a soccer club in Burlington was started with the goal of combating climate change. W…

(Jun 12, 2024) An upcoming mural in downtown Plattsburgh aims to help prevent and break the stigma around suicide in the North Country; the U.S. Army has stepped up training for tunnel warfare, as more combat scenarios arise like those playing out in Gaza; and, we'll spot the frogs, trillium and birch bark on an afternoon hike through the Larose Fo…

(Jun 11, 2024) Under a new law in Vermont, state officials can now try to make major oil, gas, and coal companies pay for some of the costs associated with climate change; ticks have become an expected, if unwelcome, part of North Country summers over the last 20 years. That means tick-borne diseases are more prevalent, too; and, astronomer Aileen …

(Jun 10, 2024) For our series on how climate change is impacting people's lives and livelihoods, we hear from a woman in Brantingham who waits tables at a restaurant on a Lewis County snowmobile trail; New York State lawmakers ended their session over the weekend, leaving a number of issues on the table; and, a new art exhibit in Keene, called "Twi…

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