Northern Light

(Nov 7, 2025) North Country Congresswoman Elise Stefanik announced her run for Governor of New York this morning; amid cuts to social safety net programs like SNAP, folks in the North Country are stretching their dollars even further; in today’s North Country at Work story, we hear from a code enforcement officer who’s responsible for a big chunk of Essex County; and John Warren checks on trail conditions ahead of a snowy Adirondack weekend.

(Nov 6, 2025) Prop 1 was narrowly approved by voters, paving the way for a constitutional amendment to allow further development at a ski complex in Lake Placid; a house for sale in Newcomb represents a potential solution for affordable workforce housing; and we'll sit down with the head of a statewide sportsmen's group about why he wants hunters to forego lead bullets as much as possible.

(Nov 5, 2025) We have results for local races across the North Country; lawmakers in Essex County are pushing back against the Adirondack Land Trust’s plan to rename a mountain near Westport; and Chef Curtiss joins the show for a quick and easy beer bread recipe.

(Nov 4, 2025) In the North Country, the number of people who cast their ballots early is way up compared to the previous off-year election; we visit a small farm in Keeseville that’s rethinking what it means to grow and share food; and we look back at a conversation on how St. Lawrence County fiddler Gretchen Koehler shares her project on North Country folk artists with students.

(Nov 3, 2025) Ahead of Election Day, we have stories on two local races, the Canton town supervisor and the Clinton County clerk; New York could soon enter the national fight over redistricting; and we have a conversation with Matthew Algeo, the author of a book that details the history of New York's subway system.

(Oct 31, 2025) With food stamp checks expected to be withheld due to the federal government shutdown, low-income residents are a food pantry in St. Lawrence County are anxious about where their food will come from; Proposition 1 would fix a constitutional violation tied to an Olympic sports complex in Lake Placid and add 2,500 to the forest preserve in the Adirondacks; the City of Watertown's decades-long contract with National Grid is expiring; and John Warren has the Adirondack conditions ahead of the weekend.

(Oct 30, 2025) We’ll hear about a couple of upcoming elections in the North Country that feature political newcomers, including for Watertown’s city council seats; as nearly three million New Yorkers prepare for a disruption in their SNAP benefits, the Regional Food Bank is planning for its largest-ever Thanksgiving meal distribution; and a Lake Placid poet is telling the story of the "Lady in the Lake,” nearly a hundred years later.

(Oct 29, 2025) There are an unusually high number of write-in campaigns for this November’s election in Essex County;  a New York State lawmaker is talking about distraction concerns from the modern LED headlights;  and Kitty O'Neil joins the show to talk about how North Country farms are doing as they wrap up the 2025 growing season.

(Oct 28, 2025) A proposal to build a weapons range for military-grade cannons has sparked concerns in the Adirondack town of Lewis; today's North Country at Work story is about a technician whose job is to keep everything online; and we have a conversation with an artist from Akwesasne who is fulfilling his childhood dreams.

(Oct 27, 2025) Democrat Michael Cashman and Republican Brent Davison are vying for a state Assembly seat in an upcoming special election; to mark the 200th anniversary of the Erie Canal, a replica boat is recreating the first trip from Buffalo to New York Harbor; and we talk with St. Lawrence professor Dan Look, the author of “Math Cats: Scratching the Surface of Mathematical Concepts.”