After today's unsettled weather passes it will be dry and cooler for the weekend. Nighttime temperatures will dip into the 30s on Saturday and Sunday nights, and some frost is possible in mountain valleys.

In recent months, North Country Public Radio has struggled to cover the activities of North Country Congresswoman Elise Stefanik.

Our reporters are rarely able to reach the Congresswoman in a timely way for interviews about her re-election campaign, about her activities representing the 21st district, or about developments in Washington.

Her official spokespeople often don’t respond to questions. We often can't learn in advance where Stefanik will be.

More talk of Governor Andrew Cuomo seeking the Presidency in 2020 has been fueled by the governor's decisive victory over a candidate from the progressive left of his party. But the governor still says he's only running for a third term to lead New York State.

The pressure to keep billions of humans fed can have a transformative impact on amimal populations. Overharvesting that targets the largest animals can result in reduction of the average size of species, as seen in Caribbean conch snails. And sport-fishing pressure on large mouth bass can winnow out the most agressive in the gene pool, resulting in a "lazier," more passive remnant population.

Martha Foley and Curt Stager talk about the human factor in animal evolution.

There aren’t too many jobs with flexible hours, built-in exercise, that you can bring your kids to, and that give a peek into other people’s homes. But that’s how Jennifer Signell describes her work cleaning houses and opening and closing seasonal camps in Long Lake. She says she sort of fell into it - once she started, the work came to her.

The general election for governor in New York is heating up, with the Republican candidate, Marc Molinaro, calling for the resignation of a former advisor to incumbent Andrew Cuomo, while the sitting governor rallied against President Trump.

A Canadian man flew - literally - off the top of Mount Colden in the Adirondacks this past Saturday. He did land safely in a lake below. The Adirondack Daily Enterprise reported on this. The newspaper’s managing editor, Peter Crowley, joined Martha Foley to talk about it.

The display of four planets has been front and center during the recent string of clear night skies. Astronomer Aileen O'Donoghue of St. Lawrence University has the details of where to look, and what is coming and going over the next couple weeks.

The state Comptroller, Tom DiNapoli, is out with his annual report on Wall Street profits, and he finds, not surprisingly, they are up.

Beaver River - also known as Beaver River Station, is a hamlet that's only 6/10 of a square mile and has four full time residents. It's surrounded by wilderness, tucked into the western reaches of the Adirondack Park on Stillwater Reservoir and there's no road in or out.