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Emily Russell

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  1. Article · Sep 14, 2026 · Emily Russell

    After pushback, NY withdraws its plan to consider building a new prison (opens the original)

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    In recent decades, New York State has closed dozens of prisons, including many in the North Country, as Democratic lawmakers passed criminal justice reforms and the inmate population plummeted. News broke last week that the state has been considering building a brand new prison that could house up to 3,000 incarcerated people. If built, it would be the largest correctional facility in New York. Those plans sparked backlash from some Democratic and Republican lawmakers, and now the state appears

  2. Article · Sep 14, 2026 · Emily Russell

    Introducing Adirondack Selections, a reboot of our Natural Selections series (opens the original)

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    For decades, we had a segment on North Country Public Radio called Natural Selections. Former News Director Martha Foley would talk with Dr. Curt Stager from Paul Smith’s College about the natural world. They produced episodes on the science behind maple syrup and how turtles survive underwater in the winter, which is still one of our most popular stories online. We’re bringing the segment back! I sat down with Curt in Saranac Lake to sketch out the show's revival, now called Adirondack Selectio

  3. Article · Sep 14, 2026 · Emily Russell

    Police arrest Ausable Forks man in connection to murder of Jay woman (opens the original)

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    A man from Ausable Forks has been arrested for allegedly murdering a woman from Jay in early August. On Sunday, NYS Police arrested Tucker J. Taylor and charged him with second-degree murder in connection with the homicide of Patricia Lawrence. Police found Lawrence's body at a home in Jay on Sunday, August 2. The following day, an autopsy was performed at Glens Falls Hospital, where it was determined that Lawrence died due to stab wounds to her neck. After the autopsy, police ruled her death a

  4. Article · Aug 17, 2026 · Emily Russell

    Philanthropy in the Adirondacks aims to strengthen and sustain the rural region (opens the original)

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    For many people, summer is a time to unwind and take a vacation. For Cali Brooks, it’s one of her busiest times of year. "When I go to a cocktail party in the middle of summer, people are always like, ‘Oh my god, here she comes,’ but I go right up to people," explained Brooks, who isn't shy about what she does. As the executive director of the Adirondack Community Foundation, Brooks helps raise millions of dollars each year for the region. Over the last 25 years, she's grown the philanthropic or

  5. Article · Aug 14, 2026 · Emily Russell, NCPR

    APA OKs Saranac Lake accessible boat launch, logging plan in Colton (opens the original)

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    Lyme Timber Company owns more than a quarter of a million acres of land in the Adirondacks, including more than 16,000 acres in the southern St. Lawrence County towns of Colton and Piercefield. It's on that tract of land that Lyme Timber wants to log about 680 acres. The Adirondack Park Agency’s Aaron Ziemann presented the logging proposal to the board on Thursday. He showed maps of where Lyme Timber plans to log. "Zooming in a little closer now, you can see Route 3 moving from east to west," ex

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