(Mar 18, 2026) Energy storage is becoming an increasingly important part of an electric grid that can help slow the effects of climate change. In the Adirondacks, there's been pushback to battery storage sites, even though they're safer than ever. Also: Saranac Lake voters will cast their ballots today for mayor and two seats on the village board of trustees.

(Mar 18, 2026) Thousands of people are expected at the Cross-Country World Cup finals in Lake Placid this weekend; snowmaking is trying to catch up. Gov. Hochul's budget proposes several cuts to programs that help people with disabilities live more independent lives. We preview a series of concerts at the Crary Mills Community Center in St. Lawrence County.

(Mar 18, 2026) This is the first time ever that the Cross Country World Cup Finals will be on American soil. US Athletes like Jessie Diggins and Ben Ogden will be racing.

(Mar 17, 2026) Three years after the Adirondack Mountain Club bought the Cascade Ski Center outside of Lake Placid, its leadership put the property back on the market. Gwendolyn Craig, with the Adirondack Explorer, dives into what contributed to the breakdown of the ADK's ambitious plans; plus, before April showers bring May flowers, February snowstorms bring lots of March potholes. We'll tag along with a public works crew in Saratoga Springs that's patching them as fast as they can; and, we've got a good chance to see the aurora borealis this week! Astronomer Aileen O'Donoghue is our guide through the morning and evening skies this month.

(Mar 17, 2026) Just three years after the Adirondack Mountain Club bought the Cascade Ski Center outside of Lake Placid, it put the property back up for sale. We dive into why the ADK's ambitious plans for the property broke down. Also: More than two dozen community projects in the Adirondacks were awarded state funding last week, focusing on housing, accessibility, and planning.

(Mar 17, 2026) In-depth reporting from the Adirondack Explorer point to a state grant gone awry and rotating leadership at the Adirondack Mountain Club.

(Mar 16, 2026) The initiatives focus on housing, recreation, the environment, and economic development.

(Mar 16, 2026) The company that runs the hospitals in Ogdensburg and Carthage says, without state funding in the very near future, it will have to take “drastic cost-cutting measures". But New York's health commissioner says North Star is in charge of restructuring itself, not the state. Also: An Indigenous cultural center in the Adirondacks is adding 600 acres of land to its property, one of the largest returns of private land to Indigenous people in state history.

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(Mar 14, 2026) As Team USA plays for gold at the Paralympic Games in Milan this weekend, the North Country's own sled hockey team hits this ice here at home.