Emily Russell

The plane that crashed near the Lake Placid airport on Sunday, which killed the two people on board, appeared to lose power after it took off.

Back in 2004, a mysterious collection of photos anonymously appeared at the Adirondack Experience, a museum in Blue Mountain Lake. They were taken in 1932 and show a dead, Black man tied to a toboggan surrounded by three white men.

A man is swimming the full length of the Hudson River to raise awareness about climate change and the health of rivers. But it appears he used a drone in the Adirondack High Peaks wilderness area, which is illegal.

One of the top New York State Forest Rangers died by suicide last week. David Cornell was 52 years old and was serving as an Assistant Director in Albany. His death comes a little over a year after another top forest ranger died by suicide.

There's been a big push this week to clean up some of the communities in the central Adirondacks that were hit by severe flooding on Monday night.

In early June, just when the North Country was blanketed in heavy, unhealthy smoke from Canadian wildfires, a group of New York State forest rangers drove north towards those fires.

Communities across the North Country are hosting festivals and events during Pride Month that promote inclusivity and celebrate the LGBTQIA+ community.

There are more than 150 wildfires burning in Quebec right now and smoke from those fires is being blown down across New York State. Health officials have been advising people to limit their time outdoors, especially children, the elderly, and people with heart or breathing problems.

Nancy Bernstein has drawn a lot of maps in her life— hundreds, maybe more than a thousand. Her work has been featured in the Adirondack Explorer magazine for 30 years.