Northern Light

A new report says North Country congressman Bill Owens took a $22,000 trip to Taiwan that was backed by lobbyists. Brian Mann spoke with Owens. And we look at the politics surrounding the Obama administration's decision to scrap new safety laws for young teenagers working on farms.

Brian Mann has the first story in a 2-part special report on the Trudeau Institute

The St. Lawrence Seaway Corporation will have a new administrator

President Obama spoke in Albany today about the economy, jobs, and how New York can serve as a model for the rest of the country. The Olympic Regional Development Authority is expanding its area down to the Catskills

One of the Adirondack Park's most prominent environmental leaders is taking a new leadership post. Peter Bauer will take over as head of the group "Protect the Adirondacks" this summer. In our traditional work series, we visit blacksmith John Scarlett

We continue our series on traditional work, with a visit to a beekeeper who says his job

Canton Central School is evacuated after a bomb scare. Our series on traditional work continues, with a taxidermist who lets us in on some of how he does, what he does. And, Heard Up North, a general store in Huevelton opens its doors to local artists and craftspeople.

The new federal farm bill is working its way through the legislature

Protestors around the world take to the streets for May Day demonstrations. A traditional clock repairer on what he does

We start out our 2-week series on traditional work, by asking what that actually means, and how we can make it a more vital part of the North Country