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Story of the Day — 194 episodes

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9/15/26: Conquering the Adk Rail Trail with cerebral palsy

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9/14/26: A new troll is in Tupper Lake for good

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9/11/26: Remembering 9/11 with a piece of Ground Zero in Potsdam

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9/10/26: A climb up Plattsburgh's War of 1812 monument

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9/9/26: The vision for a community-owned store in Saranac Lake fades away

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9/8/26: Ottawa's celebration of African music and culture

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9/4/26: This weekend's eclectic music festival in Saranac Lake

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9/3/26: Up in the Adirondack treetops on a high ropes course

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9/2/26: How North Country sheriffs partner with U.S. Border Patrol

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9/1/26: Why people don't want CO jobs anymore

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8/31/26: Lake Ontario or Lake America?

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8/28/26: "Preparing for the worst" if ICE comes knocking

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8/27/26: A traveling musical that could break your heart (and mend it)

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8/26/26: A child care shortage weighs down the North Country economy

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8/25/26: Food insecurity is up 14% in the North Country

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8/24/26: Caribbean flavor in Tupper Lake

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8/21/26: A path forward for the troubled Plattsburgh YMCA

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8/20/26: The life of a paramedic

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8/19/26: International students and the travel ban

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08/18/26: Helping share the magic of biking with everyone

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8/17/26: Philanthropy in the Adirondacks aids rural community

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8/14/26: The trolls of the Tupper Lake woods

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8/13/26: More tariffs against Canada

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8/12/26: Blakeman attacks on immigration

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8/11/26: Rebuilding the Avalanche Pass trail

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8/10/26: Inside a tense clash between ICE agents and protestors in Vermont

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8/7/26: An effort to ban a potentially toxic herbicide

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8/6/26: A first glimpse at the new APA headquarters

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8/5/26: The Frattolin murder trial

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8/4/26: Reclaiming Mohawk medicinal knowledge

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8/3/26: Inside the Whitney Estate auction

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7/31/26: North Star struggles continue

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7/30/26: The return of Michigan Fest in Plattsburgh

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7/29/26: A top trap shooting team in Long Lake

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7/28/26: Preserving the Haudenosaunee tradition of lacrosse

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7/27/26: A revolutionary cannon, raised from Lake Champlain

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7/24/26: Food pantries managing increased need, pt. 2

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7/23/26: Food pantries managing increased need, pt.1

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7/22/26: Lake George's summer amphitheater is back

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7/21/26: A man detained by ICE in Lake Placid tells his story

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7/20/26: Plattsburgh works to fill the child care gap

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7/17/26: The new Jefferson County bus network

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7/16/26: A new ceramic studio in Keeseville

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7/15/26: Capturing efforts to preserve Mohawk culture on film

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7/14/26: Researching algae blooms in Lake Champlain

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7/13/26: Mohawks recovering their traditional medicinal plant knowledge

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7/10/26: Bridging the free school meal gap in summer

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7/9/26: How the NY-21 race is shaping up

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7/8/26: The North Country and the end of the USMCA

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7/7/26: A prison journalist in Malone who knows the inside

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7/6/26: Health care consolidation in Plattsburgh

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7/2/26: A July 4th parade, one family long

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7/1/26: Rising homelessness in the North Country

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6/30/26: A data center moratorium?

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6/29/26: A key Adirondack research lab gets attention and money from NY leaders

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6/26/26: Reviving a historic theater in Au Sable Forks

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6/25/26: A pizza food truck in the Champlain Valley

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6/24/26: Democrats, Republicans make their choices for NY-21

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6/23/26: The Slick of '76, fifty years later

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6/22/26: Pushback against battery storage in the Adirondacks

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06/19/2026: The abolitionist movement in St. Lawrence County

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06/18/26: Meet the Democrats running in the NY-24 primary

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06/17/26: Behind the scenes of a Saranac Lake drag show

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06/16/26: A community food drive is coming to St. Lawrence County

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06/15/26: Why the New York state budget's actual price tag is $277 billion

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06/12/26: NY-21 Republican Anthony Constantino

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06/11/26: NY-21 Republican Robert Smullen

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6/10/26: NY-21 Democrat Blake Gendebien

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6/9/26: NY-21 Democrat Stuart Amoriell

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6/8/26: What happened in Albany

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6/5/26: A side hustle pays off in Lake Placid

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6/4/26: Black Birders Week in the Adirondack woods

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6/3/26: Saranac Lake High School's weather balloon

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6/2/26: Republican Dan Stec on the state budget

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6/1/26: Republicans on the attack, against each other, in NY-21

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5/29/26: Thru-paddling the Northern Forest Canoe Trail

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5/28/26: Soaring diesel prices are battering farmers

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5/27/26: Akwesasne Mohawks against nuclear

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5/26/26: Nurses negotiating new contract in Plattsburgh

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5/22/26: Revolutionary soldiers laid to rest, 250 years later

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5/21/26: A training for police, starting with their own experiences

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5/20/26: An incarcerated journalist on clemency

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5/19/26: Keeping forest rangers safer in the Adirondack backcountry

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5/18/26: Salmon River parents react

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5/15/26: State finds Salmon River confined children in boxes

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5/14/26: Searching for Timbuctoo

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5/13/26: A new campus for trade skills in Essex County

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5/12/26: The full lowdown on the state budget

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5/11/26: NY-21 could be a crazy race

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5/8/26: What's next for the state budget?

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5/7/26: What's work as a water engineer like?

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5/6/26: Climate change at Chimney Bluffs?

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5/5/26: The J-1 visa, which drives the Adirondack summer workforce

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5/4/26: Solar panels and farmland may get along

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5/1/26: The case for dark skies for migrating birds

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4/30/26: An Adirondack retreat for veterans

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4/29/26: Inside New York's 'broken' prison system

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4/28/26: Blacksmithing at SUNY Canton

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4/27/26: Rep. Stefanik on her book and future

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4/24/26: A petition dispute among Democrats in NY-21

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4/23/26: Lake George's kind parking enforcer

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4/22/26: Embracing AI in college

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4/21/26: Navigating AI in the classroom

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4/20/26: Missing funding for prison oversight

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4/17/26: The struggle to age in place in the North Country

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4/16/26: This Lake George history teacher is on a mission to inspire students

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4/15/26: Less parking at ADK trailheads?

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4/14/26: The enduring impacts of the U.S.-Canada chill

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4/13/26: A NASA software architect from St. Lawrence County

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4/10/26: Inside a high-end bicycle shop in Elizabethtown

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4/9/26: The life of an early intervention counselor

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4/8/26: We need more land surveyors

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4/7/26: Training up for Micron at JCC

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4/6/26: ORDA's big year

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4/3/26: A campground for people with disabilities closes again

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4/2/26: The state of the state budget in Albany

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4/1/26: Keeping the rug braiding tradition alive

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3/31/26: Constantino's petitioning challenges

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3/30/26: Inside 'No Kings' in Canton

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3/27/26: Helping kids make magic with fabric and thread in Jefferson County

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3/26/26: Remembering Mike Jaworski

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3/25/26: New SNAP work rules kick in

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3/24/26: A grassroots immigrant advocate network in the Adirondacks

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3/23/26: Jessie Diggins closes her skiing career in Lake Placid

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The fallout from 'timeout boxes' at Salmon River

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3/19/26: World Cup x-country skiing in Lake Placid

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3/18/26: The debate over battery storage in the Adirondacks

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3/17/26: What happened with the Cascade ski center?

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3/16/26: Trouble for Carthage and Ogdensburg hospitals

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3/13/26: The debate over New York's climate change law

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3/12/26: A vote against surveillance cameras in Saranac Lake

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3/11/26: The guy behind 'Eat Local New York'

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3/10/26: A new workforce housing initiative could help move new units across finish line

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3/9/26: New York's prison system, a year after the strike

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3/6/26: A chance at Paralympic gold

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3/5/26: We need more volunteer firefighters

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3/4/26: The Black experience in the Adirondacks

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3/3/26: A sled dog ride in Lake Placid

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3/2/26: An Adirondack school closes, a victim of declining enrollment

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2/27/26: North Country voters on Trump's second term so far

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2/26/26: A new center for recreation in the Champlain Valley

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2/25/26: The State Police's inconsistent disciplinary system

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2/24/26: The emergence of the Essex County land bank as a force in affordable housing

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2/23/26: ORDA gets approval to bring in consultant for long-term maintenance

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2/20/26: The Black agenda in Albany this year

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2/19/26: ORDA's long-term plan for the Olympic venues

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2/18/26: Teaching kids outdoors, all the time

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2/17/26: Glens Falls' new mayor

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2/16/26: What a freestyle aerial ski jumper sees from the air

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2/13/26: Friday the 13th, explained

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2/12/26: The life of a school bus driver

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2/11/26: NPR's Brian Mann covering the Winter Games in Italy

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2/10/26: Hochul woos farmers on tariffs

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2/9/26: Accessibility vs. wilderness in the Adirondacks

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2/6/26: The volunteers behind Higley Flow's ski trails

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2/5/26: Lake Placid's latest honor for the Miracle on Ice

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2/4/26: The financial mess affecting Ogdensburg and Carthage hospitals

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2/3/26: St. Lawrence County partners with ICE

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2/2/26: The future of police collaborations with ICE

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1/30/26: The Miracle on Ice, in holograms

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1/29/26: The plan for Adirondack brook trout

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1/28/26: A scam, and a blame game in Warren County

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1/27/26: The life of a marine pilot

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1/26/26: The cost of living hits hard in the North Country

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1/23/26: The story behind Clarkson's George Washington 'dollar bill' portrait

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1/22/26: St. Lawrence County sheriff to partner with ICE?

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1/21/26: One man finds an affordable home in Keene

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1/20/26: The life of a 9-1-1 dispatcher

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1/19/26: Reaction to Gov. Hochul's agenda

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1/16/26: The Jamaican bobsledders are back in Lake Placid

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1/15/26: The Albany agenda for people with disabilities

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1/14/26: Digging deeper in the State of the State

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1/13/26: Freestyle Aerials World Cup + State of the State

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1/12/26: Child care plans take shape

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1/9/2026: Selling Glens Falls

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1/8/26: Seaway ships stuck in ice

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1/7/26: Lake Placid gets a second World Cup this weekend

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1/6/26: NCPR's new reporter in Albany

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1/5/26: Universal child care?

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1/2/26: The Cascade full-moon ski parties are back...at Mt. Van Ho

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12/31/25: Internships for formerly incarcerated people

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12/30/25: The Egg, reborn

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12/29/25: Plows using less road salt

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12/24/25: New York's new energy plan

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12/23/25: The First Adirondackers

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12/22/25: Stefanik's big decision

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12/19/25 updated: Stefanik will not run for Governor

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12/19/25: A land line to channel grief

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12/18/25: A Christmas Carol, radio style

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12/17/25: The cell phone ban in schools, so far

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12/16/25: The Miracle on Ice at the White House

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12/15/25: Soldiers helping each other with food insecurity at Fort Drum

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12/12/25: Caribbean delicacies in a Tupper Lake motel

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12/11/25: Social workers at 9-1-1 calls