Featured Story

New legal battle could restart stalled Tupper Lake resort

But many Adirondack businesses owed money by Preserve Associates could be left with unpaid bills.


More Weather

Featured Story

NCPR's Photo of the Day hits the bigtime with a new exhibit in Canton

Fourteen years ago, NCPR started asking people to email us photos, of their lives, of their families and friends and colleagues, of their lives in the North Country. We published the photos on our website.

Regional News from NCPR

Bread Time Stories: Learning to bake good bread

Our occasional holiday series, "Bread Time Stories," continues with a tale from Ellen Rocco, former NCPR station manager. When she first moved to the North Country from Manhattan, she had a hard time finding good bread. So, she learned to take matters into her own hands.

To help close the deficit, tax stock sales, say some lawmakers

Some state lawmakers say one way to close New York's budget deficit is to reimpose a tax on the sales of stocks and bonds.

Inmate's suicide shows need for reforms, advocates say

ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) Advocates say the 2017 death of a prisoner illustrates how New York's prison system fails to ensure the safety of inmates who might hurt themselves if left alone in a cell.

Challenge to immigration law is tossed on eve of enactment

ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) A law that will allow New Yorkers to get driver's licenses without having to prove they are in the country legally has weathered a second court challenge.

Comptroller: State must be prepared, boost rainy day fund

ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) New York's top financial officer is calling for the state to set more money aside in case of a financial downturn.

Get more news from NCPR

NCPR WATCH: Scene Up North

Education

Fewer Students Are Going To College. Here's Why That Matters

College enrollment continues to decline, according to data released Monday. Small colleges have been forced to close; others are getting creative when it comes to finding and keeping students.

National and World News from NPR

Man Whose Conviction Was Overturned By Supreme Court After 6 Trials Is Granted Bail

For the first time in 22 years, Mississippi man Curtis Flowers will be allowed to leave state custody. His case was the subject of the second season of the podcast In The Dark.

Hong Kong's Carrie Lam Shores Up Beijing's Backing During 'Exceptional Times'

During months of protests, the territory's chief executive has suffered setbacks in the streets and at the ballot box. But she still enjoys support from China, where she's paying a visit Monday.

Supreme Court Won't Hear Case On Ban Against Homeless Sleeping In Public Spaces

The denial upholds a lower court ruling that put severe limits on cities' ability to enforce anti-camping ordinances on streets and in public rights of way. Advocates for the homeless lauded the move.

A Cancer Drug For Parkinson's? New Study Raises Hope, Draws Criticism

A leukemia drug seemed to help patients with Parkinson's disease. But critics say the results are equivocal and could raise false hopes.

India's Citizenship Law Triggers Mass Protests And Violence As Modi Calls For Peace

The mass demonstrations followed violence that erupted Sunday night, as police stormed a public university in New Delhi.

Get more news from NPR

NCPR is supported by...

for their underwriting support.

NCPR is supported by...

for their underwriting support.

NCPR is supported by...

for their underwriting support.

NCPR is supported by...

for their underwriting support.

The Dean's List

Watch: The Smashing Pumpkins, "1979"

"I know it's 2019 but here's a song from 1995 called 1979, you do the math. It all adds up to great music." - Doyle Dean, host of the Dean's List, Mondays at 3 pm

Music Rewind

12/14/19 EditionJazz @ The Ten Spot
12/13/19 EditionThe Beat Authority
12/12/19 EditionString Fever
12/11/19 EditionThe Radio Bob Show
12/10/19 EditionTrail Mix
12/08/19 EditionThe Folk Show
12/02/19 EditionThe Dean's List

NCPR News

Called to be a priest since childhood, now 67 and pastoring her longtime Massena church

"I'm very much at peace with the whole thing because I know, for probably the first time in my life, this is what I am meant to do; and it's wonderful."

NCPR Podcasts

Monday, 12/16/201912/16/19: Mounds of debt and more legal challenges at Tupper Lake's proposed resort
Monday, 12/16/2019News from The Eight O'Clock Hour, 12/16/2019
Thursday, 12/12/2019What is a flame?
Monday, 4/22/2019Watch: How Deirdre Loftus found her flock

The Beat Authority

Watch: A year of big, deep, funky ideas: Beat Authority best of 2019

In 2019, "Artists made big statements, rooted in personal experience and conviction, but with universal sounds that make you go, 'what did I just hear?'" - David Sommerstein, host of The Beat Authority, Fridays at 3 pm

Artwork of the week

"Gathering the Christmas tree: Mr. Cat, Little Man, and Lucca approve," holiday window painting. Artist: Kathy Ford, Saranac Lake, NY

NCPR News

FBI director Wray: From High Peaks to high stakes in Washington DC

We’ve reported a lot in recent weeks on the role played by North Country Congresswoman Elise Stefanik in historic events unfolding in Washington. But there’s another Republican with deep ties to the North Country who finds himself at the center of investigations into...

North Country at Work Photo

Santa arrives by helicopter at Charlie Johns' grocery and general store, c. 1980, Speculator, NY. Photo: courtesy Hamilton County Historian's Office

Trump Impeachment Inquiry

House Judiciary Committee Approves Two Articles Of Impeachment Against Trump

After an abrupt end to a contentious day of debate, the panel reconvened Friday morning to pass the articles on party-line votes. The full House of Representatives is expected to vote next week.

Featured Events

NCPR News

NY21: Dem Tedra Cobb won't say how she would vote on Trump impeachment

The Democrat running for the North Country’s seat in Congress is refusing to say whether she supports impeachment of President Donald Trump. After weeks of public hearings and witness testimony, Tedra Cobb from Canton, declined to tell NCPR how she would vote.