(Sep 19, 2025) With the Winter Olympics just months away in Italy, top athletes are getting their training in at Lake Placid's Olympic venues. Top cross-country skier Jessie Diggins also got in some cross-training with a big hike in the High Peaks. Also: State politicians are getting involved in the New York City mayoral race, and a new poll has some good news for Democrats. We have a wrap-up of the week in Albany.

(Sep 19, 2025) Skier Jessie Diggins was training in the Adirondacks this week, ahead of World Cup finals in Lake Placid; NYS organizations and officials are preparing for the November election; Republicans claim the Democratic candidate in the 115th Assembly District race violated state law; Police say they haven't found any signs of the Cohoes murder suspect whose truck was found near Paul Smith's last Sunday; and, longtime community celebration Peru Applefest returns to the Champlain Valley!

(Sep 19, 2025) Possibility of frost tonight and tomorrow night. Fire Danger for most of Northern NY is now HIGH. Wildfires will be possible, use caution with open fires.

(Sep 19, 2025) Divya Anantharaman believes preservation of physical animals is important, to honor both the life of the animals, and to give people a chance to study them.

(Sep 18, 2025) Last year, mosquito-borne illnesses erupted in New York State. It pushed public health officials in St. Lawrence County to start a mosquito surveillance program.

(Sep 18, 2025) Scientists expect mosquito-borne illnesses like West Nile and Triple E to increase in the North Country as the climate warms. St. Lawrence County is trapping and testing mosquitos to establish a baseline of which diseases are out there. Also: Republicans have officially nominated former state police commander Brent Davison as their candidate for the special election to replace Billy Jones in the state Assembly.

(Sep 18, 2025) We head out to the woods with St. Lawrence County Public Health to survey mosquitoes following an increase in mosquito-borne illness reports; Republicans in the 115th Assembly District have officially nominated Brent Davison as the candidate they want to replace Billy Jones; and we preview today's talk by Akwesasne Cultural Center Director Justin Cree at the St. Lawrence University Brush Art Gallery exhibit titled "A Culture Is Not a Costume."

(Sep 17, 2025) Game show aficionado Ryan Vickers travels cross country to visit hundreds of Ryans and play Wheel of Ryan, Who Wants to be a Ryan, and Ryanpardy!

(Sep 17, 2025) State policymakers are considering whether closing some of the state's psychiatric hospitals could help close the state's budget gap; we speak with a reporter at the Adirondack Explorer about public school enrollment trends in the Adirondacks; and a conversation about Corning's ultra-low expansion (ULE) glass, which is made in Canton and is a finalist in the state Business Council's "The Coolest Thing Made in New York" contest.

(Sep 17, 2025) The community celebration features a parade, music, a craft fair, food and games.