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Northern Light

An update on the most important news of the North Country

  1. 19H AGO

    Watertown council race, NYS lawmakers wrap up session, Ottawa Jazz Festival

    (Jun 19, 2025) Eight candidates are vying for two spots on Watertown's city council, and many say they're running because they're tired of infighting within local government there; state lawmakers have left Albany after shelving environmental bills that faced pushback from big corporations and watering down consumer protection legislation; and we preview the 45th edition of the Ottawa Jazz Festival, which kicks off tomorrow and runs through Sunday, June 29.

    30 min

  2. 1D AGO

    ADK solar project, Juneteenth tour preview, Kitty O'Neil

    (Jun 18, 2025) The state has found a developer for a new solar project at the Benson Mines site in the Adirondack Park; a North Country organization is planning a tour of the region's Underground Railroad sites this weekend in honor of Juneteenth; and Kitty O'Neil from the Cornell Cooperative Extension stops by to talk about how humid and wet weather from earlier this spring is impacting North Country farmers.

    31 min

  3. 2D AGO

    Life during Dannemora escape, Gillibrand in Saranac Lake, Lonely Girl Comix

    (Jun 17, 2025) We hear what the three-week Dannemora prison escape manhunt was like for the people nearby; Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand visited a hospital in Saranac Lake yesterday to bring more attention to potential cuts to Medicaid included in Trump’s proposed federal budget; and we meet a social worker in the southern Adirondacks who created a comic book series to encourage the teenagers she works with.

    30 min

  4. 3D AGO

    No Kings protest in Canton, Watertown ICE incident, end of session issues, Planned Parenthood

    (Jun 16, 2025)

    31 min

  5. 6D AGO

    Hochul in Washington, Stefanik and the northern border, SLC government opens its doors, Wellesley Island jog, Potsdam Pride, the sax and clarinet in Elizabethtown

    (Jun 13, 2025) NY’s Governor testified in front of Congress about immigration policies; NY-21’s Stefanik is supporting a northern border bill; St. Lawrence County hosted an open house to show the community all the ways the government serves them this spring, with few attendees; Emily Russell takes us on a trail run on Wellesley Island; Elizabethtown concerts this weekend feature an oddball instrument combo: the saxophone and clarinet; and, NoCo communities are out and proud this Pride Month. We'll get a preview of events in Potsdam, Plattsburgh, Lake George and beyond.

    31 min

  6. JUN 11

    St. Lawrence County ICE raids, Dannemora prison break report, Three O'Clock Special preview

    (Jun 11, 2025)

    34 min

  7. JUN 10

    Whitney sale proceeds to Long Lake, Seneca Nation elder, hockey foundation

    (Jun 10, 2025) Locals and town leaders weigh in on how Long Lake plans to manage the proceeds from the sale of the $125 million Whitney estate; survivors of a residential school in western New York are telling their stories of abuse and the efforts to destroy their Native American culture and identity; and a conversation with a St. Lawrence University grad about her new foundation that brings the sport of hockey to children across the globe.

    31 min

  8. JUN 9

    Glens Falls ICE protest, ADK Black birders week, Lake Placid poet

    (Jun 9, 2025)

    29 min
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An update on the most important news of the North Country

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  • Channel
    NCPR
  • Creator
    NCPR: North Country Public Radio
  • Years Active
    2018 - 2025
  • Episodes
    103
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