(Sep 17, 2026) City of Plattsburgh residents will vote this November on whether to revise the city's charter. Members of the commission that reviewed the document say it's important for determining how the city can move forward. Also: Massena's town board voted against a 6-month moratorium on a controversial data center.

(Sep 17, 2026) Thirty-three-year-old Megan Bourgeois is a mother of two. She's held several different jobs to support her kids, and says "as long as they're thriving, that's where my focus is."

(Sep 17, 2026) Massena's Town Board voted against a 6-month moratorium on a controversial data center project; a woman in Champlain is balancing her work in health care with caring for her family; and we talk with Ottawa Valley singer-songwriter Mimi O’Bansawin, who is putting her ancestors’ language into her latest album “Evoke.”

(Sep 17, 2026) The revisions focus on increasing transparency, clarity and public participation.

(Sep 16, 2026) A controversial proposal to test military cannons in the Adirondacks is heading back to the APA for a final vote; the Army is cross-training its medics to improve its ability to care for dogs wounded in battle; and NCPR book reviewer Betsy Kepes talks about the latest novel from Pulitzer Prize finalist Daniel Mason.

(Sep 16, 2026) It's part of the Army's efforts to meet the new challenges of warfare.

(Sep 16, 2026) NCPR book reviewer Betsy Kepes discusses "Country People" by Daniel Mason.

(Sep 16, 2026) A man's plan to test howitzer cannons in Essex County was going to a special legal hearing. But the judge sent the project back to the Adirondack Park Agency for a final decision. Also: A top Republican is standing with New York sheriffs as they challenge a new state law prohibiting collaboration with ICE.

(Sep 15, 2026) New York State is walking back its plans to explore building a new prison that could house up to three thousand inmates; we join a Saranac Lake man with cerebral palsy on his journey to walk all 34 miles of the Adirondack Rail Trail; and astronomer Aileen O’Donoghue preps us for what to expect under autumn skies.

(Sep 15, 2026) A judge dismissed the adjudicatory hearing on the proposal to test Howitzer cannons in the town of Lewis and is urging the APA board to deny the project.