PAUL SMITHS — The organizers of the first-ever Adirondack Nature Festival for People with Disabilities last weekend say they are getting “rave reviews” from people with disabilities who attended. They plan to make the event an annual gathering and have already set a date for next year ...

SARANAC LAKE — With the leaves just starting to show the first signs of fall, many are wondering how spectacular of a fall foliage show the Adirondacks are in for this year. Understanding how the weather plays a part in the process can offer hints as to what is in store for this year. One ...

SARANAC LAKE — The state is promoting its first-ever Adirondack and Catskill Park Day on Saturday as a time to enjoy the outdoors while giving back to state lands. There are a few site-specific projects planned, including one that will focus on preparing the railings of the Saranac Lake ...

In early March, spring teased hikers at trailheads, but winter still reigned on Adirondack peaks. In three days, hikers on four of the state’s tallest mountains called for help. Rob Praczkajlo answered them all. “I can’t stand when I miss an incident,” the 51-year-old forest ranger ...

SARANAC LAKE — Firefighters knocked down a wildfire started by an out-of-control campfire on Lower Saranac Lake's Goose Island on Tuesday night in the Saranac Lake Islands Campground and Day Use Area. The Saranac Lake Volunteer Rescue Squad assessed one camper for burns on his legs and ...

LAKE CLEAR — Around 60 people, many of them wearing helmets, filled a clearing at a junction of the Adirondack Rail Trail near Little Green Pond on Monday to mark the official opening of the second phase of the 34-mile trail — a former railroad corridor connecting the villages of Tupper ...