Northern Light

Host: Catherine Wheeler, Monica Sandreczki

Airs: Weekdays live on-air at 8am, on-demand online by 9am

Latest episode: Friday, Dec 13th, 2024 EditionNew York's Early Intervention crisis, Champlain Valley Milling closes, Fort Drum funding, Saratoga Cookie Market

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Host Catherine Wheeler, Monica Sandreczki

About Northern Light

Northern Light, NCPR's morning regional newsmagazine with Catherine Wheeler and Monica Sandreczki, gives listeners a complete update on the day's news and weather along with top regional stories, plus special segments including astronomy chats with Aileen O'Donoghue, the This Weekend in the Adirondacks with John Warren, and the Community Calendar.

Recent Episodes

New York's Early Intervention crisis, Champlain Valley Milling closes, Fort Drum funding, Saratoga Cookie Market

(12/13/2024)

New York's new Early Intervention program software has triggered a crisis in services; Essex County longtime flour mill has closed; US House passed a giant defense bill Wednesday that includes almost...

Medicare telehealth cliff, Tug Hill audio postcard, Lake Placid bobsled trucker

(12/12/2024)

If federal lawmakers don't take action before the end of the year, Medicare's telehealth coverage will soon expire, which would have big impacts for...

Whitehall water update, South Glens Falls cheer team, SLU Chapel Unplugged

(12/11/2024)

Folks in Whitehall are looking out for their neighbors and the state is sending tankers of water as the village deals with a drinking water...

Inflation check proposal, Hochul questions, father and son authors

(12/10/2024)

Gov. Kathy Hochul wants to give millions of New Yorkers checks between $300 and $500; once a month, Hochul answers questions directly from her...

Aaron Mair profile, pet groomer at work, Northern Lights Choir concert preview

(12/9/2024)

Parasites and climate change, northern border tariffs, NYS clean energy boom, wintry conditions, 46er skiiers

(12/6/2024)

How climate change is changing the way this North Country veterinarian cares for animals; Officials along the northern border are criticizing...

SLU professor on climate change, CCC accreditation, Lowville book recommendations

(12/5/2024)

A St. Lawrence University professor who studies Indigenous communities in Alaska says they have lessons to teach us about confronting climate change;...

New York wildfires, Potsdam climate change listening session, Chef Curtiss

(12/4/2024)

As the risk of wildfires increases due to climate change, the number of firefighters in New York...

Food and climate anxiety, storm chaser in Watertown, Plattsburgh gospel choir

(12/3/2024)

A class at Cornell University is helping students examine their anxieties about climate change by...

Mosquitoes and climate, Plattsburgh story walk, unplugging from the internet

(12/2/2024)

Plattsburgh bus factory, ADK wilderness access, Westport restaurant, Hunting memories

(11/27/2024)

Watertown warming shelter, Boreal Life Trail hike, "Boomerang House" review

(11/26/2024)

A "daytime warming center" recently opened in the city of Watertown, which doesn't have a homeless...

Lake Luzerne housing pushback, ADK Kindling Awards, Kitty O'Neil on farming

(11/25/2024)

Pushback on border hours, cow digestion and methane, new Republican NY-21 hopeful, Potsdam Candlelight Concert

(11/22/2024)

North Country officials and small business owners are concerned about the potential impacts of...

New species in Lake Champlain, Trump impacts on dairy workers, Old Forge quilt exhibition

(11/21/2024)

Officials say the golden clam has the potential to become an invasive species in Lake Champlain,...

Gillibrand in Canton, Saranac Lake river park project, Ottawa filmmaker

(11/20/2024)

U.S. Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand stopped by SUNY Canton Monday to promote a cybersecurity scholarship...

ADK ranger fighting wildfires, Cape Vincent food pantry, this month's night sky

(11/19/2024)

A forest ranger from the Adirondacks is serving as a crew chief on the Jennings Creek wildfire in...

Hochul on Amtrak, Boonville forester on trees, Massena benefit concert

(11/18/2024)

APA approves mine expansion, Sabattis scouting camp closure, State Trooper contracts, dry autumn, fishing report

(11/15/2024)

The APA approved the expansion of a mine in the southern Adirondacks at its meeting on Thursday; a...

ADK housing pilot program, Zeldin appointment reactions, Canton string band

(11/14/2024)

Adirondack Diversity Initiative, Plattsburgh council vote, NY burn ban

(11/13/2024)

We hear from Tiffany Rea-Fisher, the executive director of the Adirondack Diversity Initiative,...

Stefanik UN nomination, Schroon Lake stonemason, Lake Champlain art exhibit

(11/12/2024)

Democrats and Republicans are preparing for a possible special election after Trump tapped...

Chronicling Veterans Day in a book and with beer, NPR Life Kit on life partner

(11/11/2024)

Ogdensburg prison grad, Timothée Chalamet lookalike, Upper Jay photo doc

(11/8/2024)

SUNY Potsdam graduated 17 men recently who are in state prison in Ogdensburg; a SUNY Canton student...

Great Meadow closure, Plattsburgh investigation vote, "Miracle" screening, Potsdam fiddler

(11/7/2024)

Local business owners and union leaders are worried about how the closure of Great Meadow...

Stefanik wins re-election, Plattsburgh selects new mayor, voter reactions, Chef Curtiss

(11/6/2024)

North Country Congresswoman Elise Stefanik won her sixth term in Congress in a landslide victory...

Poll worker preparations, veteran politics program, ADK movement artist

(11/5/2024)

Local election officials and poll workers are critical to our nation’s democracy, yet those...

NY House races, uncontested North Country seats, sound quiz returns

(11/4/2024)

Adirondackers on Prop 1, CHIPS in Albany, Halloween parade

(11/1/2024)

North Country voters are divided over the candidates and over the state's lone ballot measure -...

North Country voters, NY-21 candidates, Elizabethtown concert preview

(10/31/2024)

Ahead of Election Day next week, we take a look at very local races — like town justice, county...

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