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  • North Country voter on Trump, ADK tourism marketer, Lake Placid Ice Out fundraiser

    North Country voter on Trump, ADK tourism marketer, Lake Placid Ice Out fundraiser
    Feb 27 2026
    (Feb 27, 2026) Following President Trump’s State of the Union address this week, we’re checking in on how people around the North Country feel about the president a year into his second term; we talk with a worker in the Adirondacks’ hospitality and marketing industry about why it's not just pushing paperwork; and the consistently cold temperatures bode well for Lake Placid’s annual ‘Ice Out’ fundraiser.
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    30 min
  • SNAP cuts, CATS Twin Valleys purchase, Black gospel scholar

    SNAP cuts, CATS Twin Valleys purchase, Black gospel scholar
    Feb 26 2026
    (Feb 26, 2026) Nearly half a million New Yorkers will soon have to prove they’re working or looking for work to stay on federal food assistance benefits; Champlain Area Trails, or CATS, recently acquired a 700-acre property in Essex County; and we have a conversation with a Black gospel scholar about how the genre has evolved ahead of his visit to St. Lawrence University tomorrow.
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    30 min
  • State Police misconduct investigation, upstate transit funding, Shelly Pike skating rink adventure

    State Police misconduct investigation, upstate transit funding, Shelly Pike skating rink adventure
    Feb 25 2026
    (Feb 25, 2026) A reporter’s investigation found the state police have no clear standard for disciplining troopers, and troopers found guilty of misconduct were given lax or inconsistent treatment; leaders of the state legislature’s transportation committees are supporting more funding for upstate transit agencies; and NCPR's Chief Announcer, Shelly Pike, stops by to give a shout-out to three guys in Canton who pitch in and smooth out the ice on the community skating rink.
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    29 min
  • Essex County Land Bank, NYS food insecurity, book recommendations, sound quiz

    Essex County Land Bank, NYS food insecurity, book recommendations, sound quiz
    Feb 24 2026
    (Feb 24, 2026) The Essex County Land Bank was established just three years ago in hopes of alleviating a growing affordable housing crisis; New York state lawmakers and leaders are hyper-focused on addressing hunger at the state level after federal funding cuts to food assistance programs; a bookseller in the Adirondacks shares a few recommendations from regional writers; and Catherine tries to stump Monica in a sound quiz.
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    29 min
  • ORDA facilities plan, Mirror Lake loop postcard, YA spy novel author

    ORDA facilities plan, Mirror Lake loop postcard, YA spy novel author
    Feb 23 2026
    (Feb 23, 2026) The Olympic Regional Development Authority has voted to spend millions of dollars on a 30-year maintenance plan for its facilities; We head to the frozen Mirror Lake in Lake Placid, where local park officials clear space for people to skate and walk in the wintertime; and we have a conversation with an author of a new young adult spy novel, who drew inspiration from her time substitute teaching in Adirondack schools.
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    29 min
  • APA approves Fox Hill; Black History Month legislation, ADK conditions

    APA approves Fox Hill; Black History Month legislation, ADK conditions
    Feb 20 2026
    (Feb 20, 2026) The APA approved plans for a new housing development in Lake Placid at its meeting yesterday; Black lawmakers and other lawmakers of color in Albany are highlighting key priorities, like more education funding, affordable housing and progress on issues like sentencing reform; and John Warren checks trail conditions in the Adirondacks ahead of a snowy weekend.
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    29 min
  • ORDA facilities dilemma, Micron wastewater concerns, filmmaker Casey Shaw

    ORDA facilities dilemma, Micron wastewater concerns, filmmaker Casey Shaw
    Feb 19 2026
    (Feb 19, 2026) The Olympic Regional Development Authority says it doesn't have a long-term plan to care for its facilities in Lake Placid; people living north of Syracuse are concerned about the wastewater that could come from the massive Micron semiconductor chip plant; and as the Winter Olympics wind down in Italy, we have a conversation with a filmmaker about his own portrait of many of the athletes in the years ahead of the games.
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    29 min
  • Fort Edwards PFAS debate, Essex forest school, Nanci Vineyard memoir

    Fort Edwards PFAS debate, Essex forest school, Nanci Vineyard memoir
    Feb 18 2026
    (Feb 18, 2026) Some residents in the village of Fort Edward are raising concerns about a proposal to allow a nearby incinerator process PFAS-contaminated soil; we venture to a snowy forest in Essex, where a young teacher says she's found her calling in a forest Kindergarten; and we have a conversation about a recent memoir that traces one woman’s hard fought fight to rehab a derelict house in Indian Lake.
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    29 min