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Horse Identified with Eastern Equine Encephalitis in Clinton County

Clinton County, August 21, 2024. The Clinton County Health Department (CCHD) has been notified that a horse in Mooers has tested positive for Eastern Equine Encephalitis (EEE, Triple E) virus. The animal was unvaccinated. The EEE virus is transmitted by mosquitoes and can infect people, horses and other mammals, some birds, reptiles and amphibians. This […]

Lowville flooded again. Here’s what we know (and don’t know)

Click here for the NCPR story 

Climate diary: A windsurfer’s observations of Lake Champlain

The story features Gary Badger of Peru  Click here for the NCPR story 

Inter-department cooperation yields success

On Monday, August 12, 2024, at the Peru Town Board meeting, Councilman Eric Duquette and the board thanked Courtney Tetrault, Mike Farrell, and their personnel for working together last week to dredge the town’s water reservoir. Dredging the reservoir has been planned for several months. Tetreault drained it, and then, following heavy rainfall, the reservoir […]

First Champlain Hudson Power cables cross U.S.-Can. border

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Nearby rain clouds bring beautiful sunset

Peru, NY, August 4, 2024: The Peru Gazette photographed one of Peru’s beautiful sunsets while traveling home from the Heywroth Mason Park concert.

Casella Open House was fun and informative

Morrisonville, NY—North Country residents see Casella Waste Systems’ trucks on highways daily. Last Saturday, July 27, Casella informed people what happens o the materials those trucks haul at an Open House held at the Morrisonville Landfill. Over 300 people enjoyed the attractions for kids, exhibits, free BBQ, and ice cream. General Manager Sean Lukas and […]

National Weather Service – Flash Food Warning and Flash Flood Emergency Explained

[7/30 5 AM] With considerable flash flooding occurring across portions of eastern Vermont, here’s a refresher of the difference between a Flash Flood Warning and a Flash Flood Emergency #vtwx

Vermont in top 10 states with most federal disaster declarations, new study says

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Clinton Co. Soil & Water receives nearly $230K forestry grant

Funds will be used for ash tree management Click here for the Sun Community News story 

DEC crew deployed to help western wildfires

All personnel and travel reimbursed by U.S. Forest Service Click here for the Sun Community News story 

New York is already missing its carbon reduction goals, and big ones are on the way

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New report details the working conditions of New York’s solar workers

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Northern Forest Canoe Trail makes improvements to Valcour Island trails

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Unlawful Dumping – Montgomery County (A tale worth reading)

On June 20, the owner of a property management company in Montgomery County accepted a plea agreement in Canajoharie Town Court for illegally dumping solid waste on private property earlier this year. On Feb. 6, 2024, workers with the Canajoharie Department of Public Works observed and recorded video of a dark pickup truck carrying a […]

Chateaugay Lake joins other ADK lakes using herbicide to fight Eurasian milfoil

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Wright Mountain hiker breaks nose & teeth following fall, Lake Colden Outpost hiker dislocates knee

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Lake Champlain Basin Program Seeks Artist-in-Residence Proposals

Grand Isle, VT – The Patrick Leahy Lake Champlain Basin Program (LCBP) has released a Request for Proposals (RFP) for Artist-in-Residence (AiR) programs. This opportunity will support development of Artist-in-Residence programs in 2025 that recruit artists to use scientific data, cultural trends, or historical facts to interpret natural resources in the Lake Champlain basin. Proposals for […]

Cook Rd. culvert installation underway

Tuesday, July 2, 2024—Replacing the Cook Road culvert is underway. Today, a giant crane lifted the massive precast concrete box culvert into place. Ed Garrow and Sons, Inc., is the general contractor. A Luck Bros. crane did the heavy lifting.

NYPA expanding EV stations between Albany and Canada

Frontier Town Gateway in N. Hudson is largest high-speed EV station between Albany and Canada Click here for the Sun Community News story 

How local voters are rejecting electric school buses in the North Country and beyond

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First-year results of local hazelnut growing trials are in

Willsboro, New York. The farmer-driven Northern New York Agricultural Development Program (NNYADP) has published the first-year results of the hazelnut trials added to its “superfruits” research series in 2023.  The multi-stemmed wood perennial produces its “fruit” as nuts high in protein and oil, with 81 percent as healthy mono-unsaturated oleic acid. The trial’s first-year results […]

This heat wave is the “new normal” amid a changing climate in the Adirondacks

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Here’s the deal with those barges on Lake Champlain

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Where the Wild Things Are: Exhibit by wildlife photographer Larry Master

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