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A blue, green and gray satellite image shows smoke blowing down from Canada.

What you need to know about Canada wildfires’ effect on air quality

By Chloe Bennett

Read this before heading outside.

lower saranac lake marina

Saranac marina supporters call for APA approval 

By Zachary Matson

Saranac Lake Marina customers and supporters argued the marina is an important asset to the Saranac Lake community.

A yellow sky and smoke drape over the Adirondack mountains.

Thick smoke hangs over the Adirondacks

By Chloe Bennett

Rain could relieve the park of hazy skies and polluted air

old concrete building

Death of an Adirondack relic

By Tim Rowland

Mineville's No. 7 iron ore plant is slated for demolition; and the community has hopes for a new use of property

More than 5,400 served: A decade of ranger rescues

By Times Union

Dissecting the data of NYS Forest Ranger missions

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Learning from the lake

By Zachary Matson

Students from New York and Vermont schools met at the Burlington waterfront to celebrate and protect Lake Champlain.

Erin Tobin

Revitalizing Adirondack communities, one building at a time

By Holly Riddle

Adirondack Architectural Heritage to distribute $750k in rural revitalization funds

A Schroon Lake hike, with black flies

By Tim Rowland

Yes, they really are "that bad" this year in the Adirondacks

A small yellow and black spotted salamander sits on a researcher's hand.

Salamanders to humans: Hold the salt!

By Chloe Bennett

Spring rainfall starts migration and breeding for amphibians, but high salinity can make life difficult

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Adirondack housing at a crossroads

By Tim Rowland

Communities grapple with housing issues and are forced to deal with inequality.

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