In The Program, more than a dozen students, describe military-like conditions where they were punished for talking, looking at anyone, or looking out the window. Filmmaker and former Ivy Ridge student Katherine Kubler found mountains of abandoned...
Donnelly is joining fellow North Country children's authors Maxwell Eaton III and Jessica Laurel Kane for a story hour with NCPR at the Massena Public Library this Saturday, as part of the library's National Library Week celebration.
Ogdensburg is in the spotlight after former students of the now-closed Academy at Ivy Ridge allege physical, sexual and mental abuse in "The Program."
North Country filmmaker Scott Carroll is about to visit Svalbard, a tiny Norweigian island that he says provides a window into the future of our world.
The Red Cross will install smoke detectors with built-in ten-year batteries for free for anyone who calls.
Cape Vincent, Lyons Falls, and Waddington will each receive millions of dollars to revitalize their downtowns from the NY Forward grant program.
Skiing done for the season. Rivers and streams below normal. Expect muddy conditions on hiking trails.
Haiti's de facto prime minister, Ariel Henry, has formally stepped down and a new transitional council has been sworn in. Finance chief Michel Patrick Boisvert is the new interim prime minister.
More than 7,000 Daimler Truck workers, most of them in North Carolina, had threatened to go on strike. The UAW says the workers will get raises of at least 25% plus cost of living allowances.
Multiple tornadoes were reported in Nebraska but the most destructive storm moved from a largely rural area into suburbs northwest of Omaha. Hundreds of homes and other structures have been damaged.
An anti-smoking advocate says the decision to leave menthol cigarettes on the market "prioritizes politics over lives, especially Black lives."
There are parallels between the two high-profile events, most starkly the proliferation of similar protests around the country. But key differences set them apart.
A federal judge sentenced Joanna Smith to 60 days in prison for smearing paint on the case surrounding Edgar Degas' Little Dancer, Aged Fourteen at the National Gallery of Art.
Eaton is joining fellow North Country children's authors Rebecca Donnelly and Jessica Laurel Kane for a story hour with NCPR at the Massena Public Library this Saturday, as part of the library's National Library Week celebration.
In an effort to crack down on airlines that charge passengers steep fees to check bags and change flights, the Biden administration announced new regulations aimed at expanding consumer protections.
Protests on college campuses related to the Israel-Hamas War have many Jews nervous heading into the holiday.
The agency stressed the material is inactivated and that the findings "do not represent actual virus that may be a risk to consumers," but it's continuing to study the issue.
We asked folks whose job it is to make the world a better place: How do you find the inner strength to keep plugging away in tough times? And what advice do you have for fledgling activists?
