North Country Public Radio (NCPR)

North Country Public Radio is a regional radio network that is part of National Public Radio, based in Canton, New York. This network, which relies on support from its members, is owned by St. Lawrence University and serves as the NPR affiliate for the Adirondack North Country area of northern New York. The studios are housed in the Noble Medical Building on the university campus.

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Saranac Lake band takes home musical March Madness title

4 days ago | northcountrypublicradio.org | Cara Chapman

A band from Saranac Lake recently won a March-Madness-style tournament for local bands. Darkside Skinny Dippers beat out 31 others to win the competition put on by New York State Music, an independent music and arts journalism outlet. The band, also known as DSkinnyD, joins other North Country bands like Lucid of Plattsburgh and Seize Atlantis of Glens Falls who’ve also taken home the title. Their next show is scheduled for May 17th at the Red Shed Ale House in Cherry Valley.
Saranac Lake man shares his love for archery at the Fish & Game Club

6 days ago | northcountrypublicradio.org | Emily Russell

Emily RussellSaranac Lake man shares his love for archery at the Fish & Game ClubArchery is both elegant, with the long line of the arrow and the curve of the bow, and elemental. Humans have been shooting with a bow and arrow for tens of thousands of years. On a recent Thursday afternoon, Charlie Marshall III meets me outside the Saranac Lake Fish & Game Club. On the outside, it looks like an old log cabin on the banks of the Saranac River. It has the same rustic feel on the inside.
Plattsburgh art exhibition spotlights power and talent of women artists

6 days ago | northcountrypublicradio.org | Cara Chapman

A new exhibition in Plattsburgh spotlights women artists. “The World Is Her Canvas” opens today at the Strand Center for the Arts with an opening reception from 5 to 8 p.m. It features the work of eight women from around the region: Michelle Vara, Sarah Ashe, Alise Babbie, Zoe Bedell, Kt Falzetta (Dear Simon Photography), Valerie Hird, Susan Hoffer and Eve Petrashune.
Clinton Community College formalizes move to SUNY Plattsburgh's campus

1 week ago | northcountrypublicradio.org | Cara Chapman

Clinton Community College's move to SUNY Plattsburgh's campus was formalized with the signing of an agreement Tuesday. CCC Administrator in Charge Ken Knelly said it's a game-changer. "It’s not an overstatement to say that, collectively, the people in this room have saved a college," he said. Enrollment and accreditation challengesBefore the plans were first announced early last year, CCC was in rough shape.
Stefanik considers a run for NY governor, according to sources

1 week ago | northcountrypublicradio.org | Cara Chapman

Republican Conference Chair Rep. Elise Stefanik, R-N.Y., waves to supporters at CPAC in Feb. 2024. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana, File) Apr 16, 2025 — North Country Congresswoman Elise Stefanik is seriously considering a run for governor next year, multiple outlets report. A source told NBC News that Stefanik received encouragement from New York Republicans, members of the Trump world, and GOP donors.
NY lawmakers call to fine Tesla for missing job benchmarks

1 week ago | northcountrypublicradio.org | Jimmy Vielkind

But the company is still subject to the terms of its existing contract, according to Matthew Gorton, a spokesperson for Empire State Development, the state’s economic development arm. Gorton said the lower figures in the letters will be the basis for another amendment to the contract and represent the new targets, which Tesla is meeting. “It is the new consensus on the contract as everything else is being renegotiated,” he said.
A word about these perilous times

1 week ago | northcountrypublicradio.org | Mitch Teich

These are perilous times. A lot of the people and things and institutions many of us have depended on to make our world a better place are under threat. I don’t know about you, but there are mornings I wake up, half expecting to read a headline that Thomas Edison’s descendants have been called to testify before a House of Representatives subcommittee formed to investigate whether the microphone he developed 150 years ago disproportionately amplifies voices spoken in other languages.
North Country lawmakers introduce bill to allow fired COs to get their jobs back

1 week ago | northcountrypublicradio.org | Cara Chapman

Earlier this year, correction officers around New York went on a wildcat strike to demand safer working conditions. The state fired 2,000 who didn’t return to work after multiple rounds of negotiations with their union. Two of the North Country’s state lawmakers are sponsoring a bill that would allow them to be reinstated.
Gendebien claims $3M fundraising haul, continues actively campaigning for NY-21

2 weeks ago | northcountrypublicradio.org | Cara Chapman

The St. Lawrence County Democrat who’d planned to run in an anticipated special election for New York’s 21st Congressional District is actively campaigning around the region. Cara ChapmanGendebien claims $3M fundraising haul, continues actively campaigning for NY-21Lisbon dairy farmer Blake Gendebien says he’s raised more than $3 million in the first quarter of 2025. He’s also holding a series of town halls around the North Country.
Hochul announces the start of a major bridge replacement in Herkimer County

2 weeks ago | northcountrypublicradio.org | Richard Haller

Governor Kathy Hochul announced the start of a major bridge replacement in Herkimer County. According to a press release, the $20.5 million infrastructure project will replace the I-90 bridge over Mohawk Street on Route 28 in the village of Herkimer. The current bridge is as old as the Thruway system itself. Around 24,000 vehicles drive over the bridge every day. Oncoming traffic will shift to one side of the bridge while under construction.