(Jul 1, 2026) The unhoused population has doubled in some counties since 2022.

(Jun 30, 2026) A North Country lawmaker is calling on Gov. Kathy Hochul to veto a statewide moratorium on data centers; we head to the Southern Tier, where a group is trying a new approach to helping unhoused people in rural areas; and we meet a mother and son in Edwards who are taking on a new challenge by caring for a litter of puppies.

(Jun 30, 2026) Like in many tourist towns in the North Country, the Thousand Islands are grappling with a shortage of affordable housing for the people who staff businesses.

(Jun 30, 2026) A proposed data center project in Massena could be put on hold if Gov. Hochul signs a one-year moratorium on data centers in New York. Assemblyman Scott Gray is calling on Hochul to veto it, but activists against the project say a year isn't long enough. Also: Homeless outreach teams who usually work in New York's cities are increasingly working in more rural areas like the North Country.

(Jun 30, 2026) Watertown-based Assemblyman Scott Gray says a statewide moratorium sends the wrong signal to developers. But local advocates say a one-year, temporary ban doesn't go far enough.

(Jun 29, 2026) A research lab at Paul Smith's College was awarded a million dollars in state funding to study Adirondack lake and stream health; Lawmakers and policy analysts are reacting to primary results last week, including how the candidate who President Trump endorsed beat a fellow Republican in the North Country; and a religious order that was founded nearly two hundred years ago is coming to an end.

(Jun 29, 2026) The Adirondack Watershed Institute, a research lab at Paul Smith's College, was awarded $1 million in state funding. New York Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie came to deliver the good news in person. Also: The Plattsburgh YMCA's child care center is being sued for negligence over allegations of child abuse.

(Jun 27, 2026) The Paul Smiths-based nonprofit says it plans to spend the $1 million in state funding on new lab equipment and facility upgrades.

(Jun 26, 2026) The family of a child who was enrolled at Bright Beginnings says video surveillance shows she and other children were abused by a former assistant teacher.

(Jun 26, 2026) A colorful new mural now covers the side of a historic theater in downtown Au Sable Forks. It's a small part of a years-long effort to transform the theater into a new home for the arts and a hub for the village. Also: New York and the federal government are engaged in dueling lawsuits over a new bill limiting New York's police agencies from working with ICE.