Northern Light

(Aug 10, 2026) A new documentary from Vermont Public re-examines what happened on the March day when local and state police and ICE clashed with protesters on a busy street in South Burlington; plus, a federal judge has issued a split ruling on New York's laws for federal immigration agents; and, you’re invited to a film screening of the musical “1776” tonight in Schroon Lake in honor of America’s 250th anniversary. Organizers are hoping it will help you grapple with some of the complicated parts of the country’s founding.

(Aug 7, 2026)

(Aug 6, 2026) More than 50 people showed up at the Adirondack Park Agency public information session to voice their opinion on the agency’s proposed move to Saranac Lake; a flower farmer in Keeseville spends her summers growing and arranging colorful blooms; and we hear from one of NCPR’s music hosts, Barb Heller, about some of her unusual experiences on the road as a touring musician.

(Aug 5, 2026) St. Lawrence County's sheriff says the plan to partner with ICE isn't moving forward after the state banned certain collaborations between ICE and local law enforcement; we get an update from a local reporter covering the trial of a man accused of killing his daughter in Essex County last year; and Chef Curtiss Hemm of the Carriage House Cooking School joins us for a quick weeknight dinner recipe that takes advantage of those farmers market greens.

(Aug 4, 2026) Gov. Kathy Hochul visited Lake Placid yesterday to promote the state’s potential bid to host the Winter Olympics in New York City and the Adirondacks; we meet a group of women in Akwesasne who are working to reclaim their ancestors' medicine-making traditions through foraging; and we have a conversation with Canadian singer-songwriter Jenn Grant about her new album that she says is personal, painful, and in process.

(Aug 3, 2026) Hundreds of items from Whitney Park, one of the largest privately owned estates in the Adirondacks, are going up for auction; our capital reporters break down the latest state news; and we get a preview of Seagle Festival's staging of the modern, American opera, Dead Man Walking.

(Jul 31, 2026) Hundreds of people at a public hearing this week spoke out against the proposed closure of labor and delivery services at the hospital in Ogdensburg; Plattsburgh's Michigan Fest, honoring the region's iconic hot-dog-and-meat-sauce combo, returns this weekend; our chief engineer Kurt Lanning is in the studio to tell us about how those radio waves get to you.

(Jul 30, 2026) Farmers in multiple North Country counties who were impacted by spring freeze events may be eligible for federal emergency loans; we go back in time to learn about the creative ways a kid from Ticonderoga used to make his own money; and our North Country at Work coordinator Ana Williams-Bergen is in the studio to give us a peek behind the curtain at how the series gets made.

(Jul 29, 2026) We visit the Long Lake Fish & Game club, where the school's trap shooting team competes each spring and fall; the New York State Fair opens in about a month, and one day is free for SUNY students; our Adirondack reporter Emily Russell breaks down her reporting process.

(Jul 28, 2026)