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Dr. Stephen Rich grew up in Watertown. He's a professor of microbiology at the University of Massachusetts in Amherst.

Rich also directs the medical zoology lab at the university. Sounds dry, and Rich is an academic. But he’s on a mission to fight the risks of tick borne diseases, and the fear of them - with information.

It’s impossible to drive through Ogdensburg and not see abandoned houses.

The president’s new immigration proposal does not address the growing labor shortage on farms. The New York Farm Bureau wants the President to consider expansion of a visa program for immigrant farmworkers.

Advocates for a bill that would allow terminally ill New Yorkers to end their own lives say the legislation has its best chance yet for passage in the Democratic-controlled state Legislature.

Steve Dale, the self-described "Hot Dog Man" has sold hot dogs at the corner of Route 30 and Route 86 for twelve years. He's there seven days a week, 10 am until 5 pm, from March through November.

Mikaela talks about her time at SUNY Potsdam's Crane School of music and the making of her latest release on Rounder Records, "Delivery."

She and the band have a busy tour schedule ahead; they were kind enough to play a couple of tunes here at NCPR. Recorded by Doyle Dean with help from Tyler Flanagan.

Rising water levels in Lake Ontario are already causing flooding in some North Country communities.

Dr. Curt Stager tries once again to answer the classic child's question. It is a poser that was worthy of Einstein's time, who eventually came up with the best answer. But it's complicated. And when the sky isn't blue, why not? What's up with that? Martha Foley wants to know.

The New York State Senate acted Wednesday on measures that they say will improve safety on the state’s roads, including adding cameras to the stop arms of school buses.