(Jul 20, 2026) A future day care center in Plattsburgh aims to help close that gap and promote workforce development; the governor is defending her executive order that bans data center development in New York for the next year; and we have a conversation about President Teddy Roosevelt’s status as a political outsider and why his visits to the North Country were so significant ahead of an event in North Creek.

(Jul 17, 2026) Jefferson County has launched its long-awaited public transit system, the final piece of a regional bus network connecting the western half of the North Country; we head to the southern Adirondacks for a short hike up Stewart Mountain for big views of the Chestertown area; and we preview a Shakespeare in the Park performance in Peru.

(Jul 16, 2026) A community ceramics studio in Keeseville is opening for the first time this weekend, and its owner says it’s a way to bring people together; volunteers in Long Lake run the book nook, a way to raise money for the public library; and Kitty O’Neil joins Northern Light for a closer look at how the heat affects livestock in the North Country.

(Jul 15, 2026) We hear from a filmmaker in Akwesasne who's documenting the people working to bring cultural traditions back to her community; we visit the Sargent Ponds Wilderness for beautiful views of Raquette Lake; and a painting by artist Harold Weston from nearly a century ago is being auctioned off to benefit the Keene Valley Library.

(Jul 14, 2026) Gov. Kathy Hochul has ordered a moratorium of up to one year on large data centers in New York; scientists on a research vessel on Lake Champlain are studying the algal blooms that appear each summer; and we get a preview of the largest pan-African music festival in North America.

(Jul 13, 2026) NCPR's Albany reporters talk primary fallout, a prison report and more in their weekly chat from our capital bureau; indigenous communities in the Adirondacks have relied on plants for food, medicine and other uses for generations. We meet a local college student who's working to preserve the knowledge her Mohawk ancestors passed down about those plants; and, a conversation with the boatbuilder-in-residence at Clayton's Antique Boat Museum.

(Jul 10, 2026) In many rural areas of New York and the US, there’s a critical shortage of healthcare providers. Physician assistants say that modernizing the way that they’re allowed to practice could help address the shortage; the military is rolling back its decision to make the flu vaccine voluntary after an outbreak sickened 280 people in Texas; and, we'll get a preview of Ogdensburg's new concert series happening throughout the summer on the banks of the St. Lawrence River.

(Jul 9, 2026) With the midterm elections just four months away, we get an update on the race to replace Elise Stefanik in Congress; advocates are pushing for Governor Hochul to sign Kyra's Law, a bill that aims to protect children during contentious child custody proceedings; and, David Sommerstein previews the Ottawa Blues Festival, which kicks off tonight in Canada's capital. It's far more than blues, with pop, country, hip hop, and alt-rock anchoring the schedule.

(Jul 8, 2026) President Trump wants to abandon the USMCA trade deal; some families on tight budgets are getting breakfast and lunches delivered to their homes while their kiddos are on summer break; and, we’ll go on a fishing trip with a group of middle schoolers from Chazy.

(Jul 7, 2026) JB Nicholas served nearly thirteen years behind bars and has spent the last decade building a career as a prison journalist based in Malone; Senator Chuck Schumer meets with union leaders in Rome to criticize a ban on collective bargaining; and Betsy Kepes reviews "Real Ones" by Kathereena Vermette.