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Governor Cuomo praises the U.S. Supreme Court to strike down the Defense of Marriage Act. A lighting strike has knocked out a regional PBS station at the summit of Lyon Mountain. A company called Scotia Investments has been dismantling the historic paper mill in Netwon Falls.The legislature may return in Albany to consider Cuomo's Women's Equality Act. Governor Cuomo says he will be announcing his Moreland Act commission to investigate the campaign donation filings of the legislature.Actors and students come together in Plattsburgh for the "Adirondack All Write" and on this weeks Natural Selections, Martha Foley talks with Dr. Curt Stager to find out why salt is so important, especially for herbivores.

The Army announced Tuesday that Fort Drum will lose about 1,500 soldiers over the next four years. The place of old coal-fired plants in the state's changing energy landscape is still to be settled. Advocate Mahoney fears that casino money will influence campaigns.Obama's environment agenda draws praise in the Adirondacks. And Todd Moe talks with the Hyde Collection's Erin Coea about the new exhibit and gives us a new look at old photos in Lake Placid.

Civilians get a behind-the-scenes look at solider training on Fort Drum. A bill that would have allowed Adirondack Health to run a part-time emergency room at its Lake Placid hospital didn't survive the end of the legislative session in Albany.Martha Foley talks with NCPR's Brian Mann about the Adirondack Land Swap.

Martha Foley sits down with President/CEO of CPH, David Acker, to find out why there will be fewer hospitals in the North Country. Lawmakers and agricultural leaders search for a way forward after the Farm Bill went down in flames. Join Amy Ivy in this week's Gardening Conversation as she discusses farmers' markets, strawberries, and blossoms.

The Senate is expected to exclude abortion from the 10 point Women's Equality bill, which has Assemblywoman Russell upset. Cuomo says he'll investigate legislature on campaign finance. A bill has passed that creates an official Adirondack Coast Wine Trail. New breweries continue to churn out local beer across the North Country. Is Plattsburgh Montreal's U.S. suburb? Minor Swing joins Todd Moe in the NCPR studio this morning and catch what's going on this weekend in the Adirondacks.

A new study released this week finds that the US is putting fewer children behind bars. Deals have been reached between Governor Cuomo and legislative leaders on siting new casinos and creating tax free zones at college campuses. With the legislative session coming to a close in Albany, state Senator Betty Little fights for a part-time ER in Lake Placid. The Adirondack Center for Loon Conservation lacks funding for the summer. Learn how Carbon plays a role in the atmosphere and our bodies on this week's Natural Selections and hear about the Adirondack Film Festival's upcoming summer season.

Legislation proposed in Albany would let Adirondack Health run a part-time emergency room in Lake Placid. 21 people have been arrested as progressives push for action in Albany. Two farms with two very different views on sustainability. How the $#%@# does a bill become a law in NYS? Governor Andrew Cuomo has moved to fill expired seats on the Adirondack Park Agency board.Dianne Shugrue has been named new president and CEO of Glens Falls Hospital. Four school districts across the North Country saw their budgets approved by voters yesterday and Juno Award-winner Kellylee Evans is set to take the stage at the Norwood Village Green Concert Series this summer.

State conservation Commissioner Joe Martens is at the center of big Adirondack debates. Governor Cuomo's agenda is in danger as the legislative session draws to a close. Montreal mayor Michael Applebaum was arrested on multiple corruption charges early yesterday morning.Secretary of Veterans Affairs Eric Shinseki was in Syracuse last week, to mark the 60th anniversary of the city's VA Medical Center and Todd Moe talks to author Jennie Iverson about her new book Ski Town Soups

What do undocumented dairy workers think of immigration reform? How would legal immigration reshape the North Country? Opposition to the NY-SAFE Act sparks a rally in Lewis County. With only four days left in the legislative session, no agreements have been reached. Tomorrow is voting day for four school districts across the North Country that saw their budgets rejected by voters last month.The Secretary of Veterans Affairs Eric Shinseki celebrates the 60th anniversary of Syracuse's VA Medical Center. Former Governor Mario Cuomo's portrait is being hung in New York's Capitol. And Connie Meng reviews "Dirty Blonde" at Pendragon Theater.

Franklin County officials are also still operating under a state of emergency today as they watch river levels. Hearings are underway for Adirondack Park's newly acquired Finch Pruyn lands. The dispute in Raquette Lake has shifted to the state Assembly. Home rule legislation that allows St. Lawrence County to raise its sales tax by one percent passed in the New York State Assembly Thursday. People along the St. Lawrence River and Lake Ontario will get a chance to weigh in on a new water levels plan.Black and Hispanic caucus members are making a last minute push for the decriminalization of small amounts of marijuana and our book reviewer, Betsy Kepes, speaks with Lynn McElfresh about her new book titled Strong Deaf