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11/20/2025

"Sunrise over Esther Mt. and the Wilmington Range" NCPR Photo of the Day 📸 : Ed Murphy, Vermontville

11/19/2025

The 36,000-acre Whitney Estate near Long Lake was set to be sold to a Texas developer, who then aimed to resell most of it to New York State. However, that deal fell through last week due to a deed restriction imposed by the late owner, John Hendrickson.

A Texas developer had hoped to buy the 36,000 acre wilderness and sell most of it to New York State, but a deed restriction appears to prevent that.

11/19/2025

Weathered Barn, mixed media collage (paper painting). Artist: Amy Webb, Owls Head, New York. Artwork of the Week ( ) is supported by Downtown Artist Cellar:
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11/19/2025

It's snow geese migration season! To celebrate, we chose this Photo of the Day submission from last year, and decided to include a few of the shots longtime contributor Ellie George sent back in November 2024. Enjoy!

"Snow geese are still migrating down from the arctic, where they breed in the summer. Snow geese can live to be more than 10 years old, and can survive many trips from the arctic to the Atlantic seacoast. The snow geese we have now at Lake Champlain are on a migratory rest stop, where they feed in harvested corn fields and rest on the open water of the lake. They come down in November and the last ones usually move south by late December or whenever the cornfields get snow-covered or the lake freezes. Snow geese migrate, feed, and rest in large, dense flocks, often numbering in the thousands. It is quite a spectacle to hear and see them take off in a huge roar of wings and honking. Attached are some images from November and December 2024 from Point au Roche and further north along Lake Champlain. Snow geese are my favorite part of late autumn. I hope you get to see some." NCPR Photo of the Day 📸 : Ellie George

11/18/2025

State Police says a Saranac Lake woman is dead and another is in critical condition after a crash with a tractor-trailer that closed Cascade Pass for hours on Monday.

Route 73 between Lake Placid and Keene was closed for hours Monday following a fatal crash.

11/18/2025

The village of Potsdam is getting millions of dollars from the state to combat flooding that’s made worse by climate change. It comes after a group of neighbors banded together to work with the town and village to find solutions.

Those involved credit the collaboration between local governments, a grassroots group, a university and a regional climate organization with...

11/18/2025

Set to close in March, Bare Hill will be the fifth state prison in the North Country to close in the last five years.

Set to close in March, Bare Hill will be the 5th state prison in the North Country to close in the last five years.

11/18/2025

North Country party chairs weigh in on Rep. Stefanik's six terms in Congress and whether they think the region will benefit if she's elected governor.

Depending on the side of the political aisle, Stefanik's advocacy on North Country issues over the years is viewed as strong or absent.

11/18/2025

Over the next three weeks, Tri-County United Way is collecting new mittens, gloves, hats, scarves, socks, and other warm clothing for kids.

Over the next three weeks, the Tri-County United Way is collecting new mittens and gloves, hats, scarves, socks, and other warm clothing for kids.

11/18/2025

"It's winter up here. Top of the Whiteface Summit Chair on opening day." NCPR Photo of the Day 📸 : John Sherman, Barneveld NY

11/17/2025

The Emergency Preparedness training will provide an introduction on how to respond to a natural or man-made disaster. It'll take place at 1:30 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 18 at the Senior Planet Center in the Champlain Centre Mall in Plattsburgh.

Senior Planet Center Manager Jess Fortin says the idea is to help seniors and families better handle natural and man-made disasters.

11/17/2025

At its meeting on Friday, the APA board voted unanimously to send a proposed weapons range project in Lewis to a rare adjudicatory hearing.
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