(Apr 8, 2026) Under the One Big Beautiful Bill Act passed by Congress last year, able-bodied veterans are no longer exempt from SNAP's work requirements.

(Apr 8, 2026) Clinton, Lewis, Herkimer and Washington counties are participating in the state's partnership with GoGoGrandparent, which offers on-demand rides for older adults.

(Apr 8, 2026) New York's prison watchdog says it will have to cut staff and downsize efforts if lawmakers don't restore funding left out of the governor's budget.

(Apr 8, 2026) The number of land surveyors who retire each year in the U.S. is about double the number that come into the profession. That's created a shortage that surveyors in the North Country are trying to turn around. Also: Some state lawmakers are backing changes to a state environmental law that they think might be holding up the construction of new housing.

(Apr 8, 2026) The number of land surveyors who retire each year in the U.S. is about double the number that come into the profession.

(Apr 8, 2026) The number of land surveyors who retire each year in the U.S. is about double the number who come into the profession, and New York surveyors want to turn that trend around; able-bodied veterans are no longer exempt from SNAP's work requirements under the One Big Beautiful Bill Act that Congress passed last year; and an astronomer at Clarkson University shares how new studies of gravity have helped with NASA’s current mission to the moon.

(Apr 7, 2026) Kiran Ahluwalia, a classically trained Punjabi singer-songwriter who blends her music with African desert blues, jazz, and more, is playing with her band Sunday at 3pm at the Strand.

(Apr 7, 2026) It's building on Next Move NY, a state initiative to help soldiers leaving Fort Drum find jobs in the North Country and across the state.

(Apr 7, 2026) Rural animal shelters in the North Country are worried new state regulations could put them out of business; Jefferson Community College in Watertown is the recipient of a grant to build an advanced manufacturing program, with the hope that Fort Drum veterans will take advantage of it; and we preview a concert this weekend in Plattsburgh by an award-winning Indian-Canadian singer.

(Apr 7, 2026) New funding will help Jefferson Community College in Watertown train people to work at the massive Micron semiconductor factory under construction north of Syracuse. Local officials hope many of those employees will be veterans from Fort Drum. Also: Animal shelters across New York are trying to adapt to new state regulations. But some are worried it could put them out of business.