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Award-winning poet and writer Mary Karr will speak at SUNY Canton tonight at 6:30 pm as part of the Living Writers series.

Our book reviewer Betsy Kepes recently finished reading Karr’s newest publication, a book of poetry titled, Tropic of Squalor.

Betsy also did a bit of research and discovered that before Karr’s very popular memoir, The Liar’s Club, published in 1995, she’d written three books of poetry.

Todd Moe asked for her take on Karr's fourth book of poetry.

With just days to go before the election, the opponent of North Country Assemblywoman Addie Jenne is calling for an ethics investigation into Jenne’s use of state funds.

New York’s Democratic Senator Kirsten Gillibrand is facing a challenge from Republican Chele Farley. Gillibrand is also among those Democrats mentioned as a presidential candidate in 2020.

Gillibrand and Farley debated for the only time before Election Day last week.

Abortion has been a flash point in American society for decades. With President Trump in the White House and a more conservative Supreme Court, it's on the minds of a lot of voters in this year's NY21 House race.

There are a few blossoms left in the perennial garden, if you're lucky and have a really hardy mum or showy Autumn Joy sedum. But, mostly, what's left are dramatic dried seed heads and foliage that turns bright as the season changes.

The next Attorney General of the state of New York is likely to be Tish James, the Democratic candidate and current New York City Public Advocate, or the Republican, bankruptcy lawyer Keith Wofford. The two hold different views on many topics.

Unsettled weather is expected tonight through Sunday that will bring a variety of conditions to the mountains, including snow, sleet, and rain. Be prepared for the variety of conditions, and those headed to summits should carry traction devices. Trails will be a mixture of fallen leaves, mud, snow, and ice, with winds 40-50 miles per hour at the top on Saturday. Watch the weather closely this weekend, before heading out.

An environmental group called the Adirondack Land Trust has protected more than 2,000 acres of private land and waterways near the Whitney Wilderness Area.

The parcel in Long Lake won't be open to the public. But the new deal with a private landowner will block future development, protecting waterways that include a rare wild strain of brook trout.

Award winning Canadian musicians Aviva Chernick and Joel Schwartz visit the North Country next Monday and Tuesday. They'll present a concert for this year’s Jewish Music Festival performance at Congregation Beth El in Potsdam on Monday at 7 pm, and perform Tuesday at 4 pm in SUNY Canton's Cyber Cafe.

Soulful, World Music songstress meets Classical Indian Music and Jazz bassist for this concert of traditional sounds re-imagined. The duo will celebrate Sephardic music in Judeo-Spanish and original songs in Hebrew.

Todd Moe spoke with Aviva Chernick, who lives in Toronto. She's just returned from a West Coast tour, and is eager to share some new original and traditional world music that'll be included in a new album.

Tourism, business and community leaders will gather this weekend for the 4th annual Travel Unity Summit in the Adirondack region. The event is being organized by Travel Unity, a nonprofit organization focused on increasing diversity in the travel space.