17+ hour, 23+ min ago  (596+ words) Jul 12, 2026 — The email message came in early this past week. (Actually, a lot of email messages came in early this past week, but I’m only writing about this one.) “Hi, NCPR,” it began. It was from a novelist and screenwriter…...

4+ week, 5+ hour ago  (328+ words) Jun 14, 2026 — Today, we’re going to talk about turtles. Just kidding. I have relatively little to say about turtles, except that the word “turtle” was just in the subject line of an email I deleted before I started to write today’s…...

6+ mon, 3+ week ago  (1258+ words) Dec 17, 2025 — School cell phone bans have been gaining in popularity across the US in the last few years, over concerns about how phones can have a negative impact on teenagers’ mental health, the school learning environment, and test scores. It…...

8+ mon, 2+ week ago  (715+ words) Oct 28, 2025 — Ana Williams-BergenNorth Country at Work: What it takes to keep the Wi-Fi up and running Christine Sweet spent her early career working with technology - she worked at a copier place, did IT help. In the early 2010s, she got a…...

8+ mon, 3+ week ago  (616+ words) Oct 22, 2025 — North Country Public Radio has 34 transmitters all across the North Country. They make it possible for you to listen live on the radio across the region. Each transmitter requires regular maintenance. In the Adirondacks, that often involves a bit…...