Northern Light

(Oct 11, 2024) The two candidates hoping to become Plattsburgh's next mayor participated in a debate earlier this week; a Pride event in Plattsburgh is giving the North Country's queer community a space to be out and proud; and John Warren checks in with trail conditions in the Adirondacks this weekend.

(Oct 10, 2024) A third-party presidential candidate who visited Potsdam last week says her visit wasn't about getting votes; a potter and art teacher shares his love of creativity and clay with North Country at Work; and we preview world-class vibraphonist and Plattsburgh native Tim Collins' performance with his band, Quadro Nuevo, Sunday at the Strand Center for the Arts in Plattsburgh.

(Oct 9, 2024) The Big Tupper ski area will go up for foreclosure auction next month after years of uncertainty about its future; New York National Guard members are among those deployed to the Hurricane Helene relief effort in the southeast; and a conversation with Jim Bourey, the "poet laureate of Dickinson Center," whose latest poems are all about the legacy of the mining community of Lyon Mountain.

(Oct 8, 2024) A festival in the Adirondacks is hoping to make the outdoors more inclusive through recreation education; a group in Jefferson County is hosting a voter information event on Tuesday evening; and New York spent $9 million renovating a historic courtyard in the Capitol building. But it's not getting used yet because of pigeons.

(Oct 7, 2024) Democrat Paula Collins faces steep odds against Republican Congresswoman Elise Stefanik in the race for New York's 21st Congressional District; a visit to Westport's library, where a mechanical clock has been ticking away for well over a century; and a woodworker in the southern Adirondacks is experimenting with incorporating technology into this art.

(Oct 4, 2024) A guide to who's on the ballot in the North Country and how to make sure you're ready to vote; we meet the Lowville Free Library's director; and Emily Russell, Catherine Wheeler and their canine sidekicks send us an audio postcard from Floodwood Mountain as we hit peak fall foliage in the Adirondacks.

(Oct 3, 2024) Reporter Amy Feiereisel sends an audio postcard of a fall foliage bike ride on the Adirondack Rail Trail; a Wadhams pianist tells North Country at Work about her musical process, and how it helps her connect with both body and mind; and we hear from this Saturday's Three O'Clock Special co-host, Kent Gregson of Indian Lake, a former Upper Hudson River Railroad train conductor who brings an itinerary of regional music.

(Oct 2, 2024) As women's mountain biking grows in popularity, we hear from fans and riders at last weekend's World Cup races in Lake Placid; the St. Regis Mohawk Tribe has created a new digital law library of its own laws so community members have better access to legal information; with EEE on the rise, Sen. Schumer is calling for increased coordination between local and federal agencies; and, a lobster chowder recipe from Chef Curtiss!

(Oct 1, 2024) As dockworkers at ports around the country begin their strike, state officials say New Yorkers don't have to worry about major food shortages yet; fisheries managers are cautiously optimistic about the increasing amount of wild-born lake trout on Lake Champlain; Saratoga Springs welcomed farmers and their giant pumpkins from across the country for an annual competition; and a lifelong baseball enthusiast moved to the North Country to help coach the Boonville Lumberjacks baseball team.

(Sep 30, 2024)