(May 31, 2019) Long-distance trail running isn’t for everybody. But there is a cool and growing subculture in the Adirondack North Country made up of people who get together each year to test themselves against some of our most challenging terrain.

This year’s princess is a high school senior from Gouverneur. But she’s not your typical student. Unlike most other students, her mornings at school begin by doing chores inside barn, and she spends her day learning about the science of agriculture.

The state Senate held a hearing on how New York can join 15 other states and implement automatic voter registration.

The city’s current Mayor, Colin Read, says he plans to run for reelection next year. In a separate race, Clinton County’s treasurer Kimberly Davis says she’s vying for longtime Senator Betty Little's seat representing the 45th district.

Trails remain very muddy and hikers are being asked by trail stewards to avoid trails over 2,500 feet to protect natural resources at higher elevations.

It's been almost 40 years since the 1980 Winter Olympic Games changed the skyline and much more around Lake Placid. Now New York state is set to invest tens of millions of dollars to make the village a major international winter sports hub for the next 40 years. The aging Olympic venues are getting a major makeover, adding tourist appeal as well as making serious upgrades at the competition venues.

The state Olympic Regional Development Authority, or ORDA, started work in April at the ski jumps that tower over the village. Last week bids were approved for an overhaul at the Olympic Sports Complex at Mount Van Hoevenberg. That's where races are run in cross-country skiing, biathlon, bobsled, luge and skeleton.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo is tasking a new commission with finding new ways to harden shorelines along Lake Ontario and the St. Lawrence River.

The last surviving Mohawk code talker to serve in World War II has died.

Levi Oakes was 94 years old. He was one of a handful of people from the St. Regis Mohawk Reservation who helped the military send coded messages in their native language to avoid detection by the enemy.

A leading business group has come out in favor of granting driver’s licenses to undocumented immigrants, increasing the chances of the bill’s passage in the state Legislature this year.

In an earlier conversation on the natural world, Martha Foley and Dr. Curt Stager talked about the longevity of atoms, and how atoms within our body may have once been in the bodies of dinosaurs. But the question remains, is that true of water? How old is it, really?