Northern Light

Mar 09 2025 100 ep. 31 mins 35

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An update on the most important news of the North Country

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Whitney estate to Long Lake, Trump's impact on ADK science, Local Gov't project, Jay Middaugh

Mar 09 2025 34 mins

North Country officials on tariffs, Cascade ‘Full Moon’ skis, Confederate army bases, ADK conditions, NCPR radio network

Mar 06 2025 29 mins

North Country officials worry that the threats of tariffs will have lasting damage to Canadian relationship; before the last ‘full moon ski party’ of 2025 in Lake Placid, we learn about the legacy of Cascade ski center's original owner; US Army is taking a creative approach to returning base names to their Confederate namesakes; Adirondack conditions look cold and wintr

Trump on CHIPS, Prison investigation, Lake Luzerne Drag Musical, Plattsburgh Wedding exhibition

Mar 05 2025 31 mins

Albany prison protests, North Country reps on infrastructure, Chef Curtiss

Mar 04 2025 29 mins

As hundreds of corrections officers and their families took to the state Capitol Tuesday to push back on a tentative deal to end the weekslong prison strike, a smaller group held a rally about safety concerns for prisoners, seven of whom have died since the strikes began; lawmakers from the North Country say they want to see more state spending on infrastructure projects like roads

Tariffs go into effect, strike update, bass fishing permits

Mar 03 2025 29 mins

Twenty-five percent tariffs on Mexican and Canadian goods went into effect today, and North Country officials say it harms our relationship with Canada; New York's prison commissioner said they've begun firing COs on strike and have revoked their health insurance; and organizers of small and largemouth bass fishing competitions now have to get a state permit to hold the events.

Clifton Fine Hospital change, Cuomo for NYC mayor, Ukrainian student in ADKs, Keeseville radio

Mar 02 2025 29 mins

NY reaches deal on prison strikes, a look at inside prisons, Potsdam coffee roaster, ADK conditions

Feb 27 2025 34 mins

Migrant death arraignment, Eating Disorders Awareness Week, Upstate NY Black history

Feb 26 2025 31 mins

Clinton County locals hope for justice for a migrant woman who died after crossing the U.S.-Canada border in December 2023 as the Colombian man accused of smuggling her faces charges; for Eating Disorders Awareness Week, we talk to the Adirondack author of a memoir about anorexia nervosa; and a project from the National Abolition Hall of Fame and Museum in central New York tells Bl

Labor expert on NY prison strikes, Titus Mountain outing, Kitty O'Neil

Feb 25 2025 31 mins

A labor relations expert says the ongoing wildcat strikes at New York's prisons fit in with a national trend of workers who want to see change; we travel to Titus Mountain to join a group of college students visiting the Adirondacks — and trying their hand at snow tubing during a blizzard; and Kitty O'Neil from the Cornell Cooperative Extension stops by to talk about how the

State prison debate in Albany, blue envelope program, waterfowl hunting on the St. Lawrence River

Feb 24 2025 29 mins

As a wildcat strike at New York state prisons enters its second week, the debate is moving to the Capitol; a new program aims to improve communication between law enforcement and drivers on with autism; and we’ll meet a young man from the southern Adirondacks who just got into waterfowl hunting last season.