An annual Northeast 9/11 remembrance now includes a permanent monument. The candidates for mayor of Troy debate for the first time. And we speak with the Berkshire D.A.

New York Governor Andrew Cuomo says it’s not safe to vape. Members of Congress from the Empire State don’t want funding diverted to the border wall. And we head out on the Deerfield River, where trout are being radio-tagged.

On this episode of the WAMC News Podcast, students head back to school. Pittsfield gets a new fire chief. The Northeast prepares for the upcoming U.S. Census. And Vermont takes new steps to fight the opioid crisis.

The overpopulation of wild horses in the western United States has led the federal government to remove some of them. How best to protect the animals is up for debate. Some activists feel the horses should be free, while the U.S. Bureau of Land Management seeks to re-distribute them across the country, including in the […]

Senator Kirsten Gillibrand drops out of the race for the White House. Albany city leaders react to a report showing widespread mistrust between residents and law enforcement. And we head behind the scenes of a North Country quarry.

On this episode, we’ll have more on New York state’s lawsuit against the EPA over the Hudson River cleanup. We go inside a cannabis cultivation operation in Albany County. And the mayoral candidates in Pittsfield debate for the first time.

Is New York state’s plan to replace license plates really just a new tax? The state sues the EPA over GE’s Hudson River cleanup. And the city of Cohoes has a caretaker mayor after Shawn Morse pleads guilty in federal court.  

On this episode of the WAMC News Podcast, a plane crashes into a house in New York’s Hudson Valley. New York Governor Andrew Cuomo and state Comptroller Tom DiNapoli agree on a pre-audit authority plan. And MGM Springfield marks its first anniversary. (more…)

On this episode, a new report shows lasting mistrust between Albany residents and law enforcement. A longtime Great Barrington town official is arraigned on embezzlement charges. And the first lawsuits are filed under New York’s Child Victims Act.

On this episode, should Rockland County motorists get a break on the Mario Cuomo bridge? U.S. Senator Charles Schumer visits East Greenbush, New York to talk up the need for election security. And a refurbished theater in the Berkshires holds its annual gala.