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The partial government shutdown drags on. President Trump is calling for $5.7 billion in U.S. tax dollars to be spent on a wall on the southern border with Mexico and says many federal agencies will go unfunded until Congress funds his plan. People here in the North Country are deeply divided on the value of a border wall and on the President’s tactics.

A National Weather Service Wind Chill Advisory has been in effect, and wind chills as low as 35 below zero are expected on summits this morning. Cold temperatures will remain with us and wind chills are forecast to be in the teens below zero on summits on Saturday, and in the single digits below zero there Sunday.

An extended shutdown could leave thousands of people in the North Country struggling to feed themselves and their families.

A new exhibit of rural photographs opens at Traditional Arts in Upstate New York on Saturday. But the focus of the show is documenting a love for rural life and the family farm, rather than the art of photography.

Figure skaters launch themselves into the air, they spin at dizzying speeds, and they perform other seemingly magical feats. All of this on the ice, on thin metal blades, but there’s more to the sport than a series of tricks.

Fresh ice, sometimes called black ice, can be nice and clear and great for skating, but after a while ice gets kind of funky.

The New York state legislative session began with ceremonies and excitement as Democrats claimed their solid majority in the state Senate and made history with the election of a new female leader.

Thousands of troops who were deployed to the border in the fall have left, but the Trump Administration may call for a second deployment of thousands more.

For the past year, NCPR has been taking a close look at town and village courts across the North Country.