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NCPR’s Emily Russell wins national award for sports coverage

SARANAC LAKE — The Radio Television Digital News Association announced earlier this month that North Country Public Radio’s Adirondack reporter Emily Russell won best “sports reporting” for small-market radio stations in the 2025 Edward R. Murrow Awards. Russell was honored for her ...

Preparations started for Adirondack Health’s inpatient room project

SARANAC LAKE — At Adirondack Health, a new chapter in community care is unfolding. Thanks to the extraordinary generosity of donors to the Cornerstone Campaign, $10 million in private donations has been raised—a bold step toward modernizing regional rural healthcare while maintaining ...

Adirondack Wild announce awards

OLD FORGE — The nonprofit advocate Adirondack Wild: Friends of the Forest Preserve will present their annual awards during the organization’s meeting on Friday, Oct. 10, at View Arts Center in Old Forge. The public is warmly invited. An Annual Meeting agenda and registration information ...

Grants awarded to local artists

KEENE — At least two prestigious New York State Council on the Arts Support for Artists grants were awarded to creators working in the North Country region this year. The grantees are published fiction author Sara Schaff, who teaches various forms of creative writing at the State ...

Lake Placid priest receives award from Mercy Care

LAKE PLACID — The Rev. John Yonkovig, pastor of St. Agnes Church in Lake Placid, is the recipient of the inaugural Paul J. Reiss Love & Mercy Award presented by Cathy Johnston, president of the Board of Directors of Mercy Care for the Adirondacks, at a Friendraising event held Aug. 4 and ...