Adirondack Explorer stories of the year: No: 3
December 31, 2018
A good mystery keeps people reading ... and this one was never really solved.
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December 31, 2018
A good mystery keeps people reading ... and this one was never really solved.
December 30, 2018
As we head into a new year, the Adirondack Explorer looks back at the most-read online stories of 2018. This one struck close to home for a lot of readers. A St. Bernard died in July after suffering distress from extreme heat. Despite efforts to cool the 180-pound dog in the shade, he later died. Read the…
December 12, 2018
Forest rangers rescued a snowshoer who lost his way while exploring Algonquin Peak recently.Initially, the hiker lost the trail and could not find it due to high winds above treeline, according to the DEC. The hiker was unable to follow dispatcher instructions to use his compass and get back on the trail.
December 3, 2018
Three DEC Forest Rangers assisted Long Lake Rescue Squad recover a 51-year-old Ontario, Canada man who had cardiac arrest on the trail to Owl's Head Mountain. Members of the man's group performed CPR but the man was deceased when Rangers and rescue personnel arrived at the scene
November 29, 2018
On Nov. 25 at approximately 6:30 p.m., ECO Bret Canary received a call from a group of hunters in the Wolf Lake State Forest in St. Lawrence County. The group had lost communications with a member of their hunting party.
By Mike Lynch
August 15, 2018
The Collier County Sheriff’s Office in Florida is looking for help identifying a hiker who was found dead in Noble’s Campground in Big Cypress National Preserve on July 23.
By Mike Lynch
July 11, 2018
The state Department of Environmental Conservation said its dispatch office received a call at about 4 p.m. on July 4 about a large “dog in distress” due to the excessive heat. Temperatures were in the 90s that day.
By Mike Lynch
July 10, 2018
The search has been focused on the Slush Pond area in Paul Smiths. Waite’s car, a 2004 Buick Century, was found there on July 5.
By Mike Lynch
November 4, 2017
Questions remain about the death of hiker Alex Stevens By Mike Lynch Officials remain puzzled by the behavior of a New Jersey man who died after hiking up Wallface Mountain in the High Peaks Wilderness in September. Alex Stevens, who was twenty-eight, died of bronchial pneumonia while on a solo hiking trip. After a nine-day…
By Mike Lynch
August 18, 2017
A fifty-year-old hiker who drowned in the East Branch of the Ausable in late July was a military veteran who had struggled with post-traumatic-stress disorder but found outlets in horses and hiking.