Emily Russell

Russian athletes trying to qualify for the Winter Olympics are in Lake Placid, sharing the luge track with counterparts from Ukraine. It's complicated, like Russians' path to compete in Milan. Sponsor Message MARY LOUISE KELLY, HOST: With a little over si... See more

Ride along with a plow driver during a winter storm On a recent cold, winter day in the Adirondacks, a big garage in Ray Brook was warm and humid and smelled of motor oil. Plow drivers at the state Deptartment of Transportation garage were powerwashing a ... See more

From Saranac Lake, Emily Russell of North Country Public Radio reports on how families are scrambling to get by as vital aid programs remain frozen. Sponsor Message SACHA PFEIFFER, HOST: Millions of Americans who rely on food benefits known as SNAP are st... See more

SACHA PFEIFFER, HOST: Millions of Americans who rely on food benefits known as SNAP are still in limbo. That's after a Supreme Court ruling late last night allowed the Trump administration to keep withholding federal funding for the antihunger program. Th... See more

Voters in New York narrowly approved Proposition 1, a ballot measure that fixes a constitutional violation in the Adirondacks and will eventually add 2,500 acres to the Forest Preserve in the park. According to unofficial election results, Prop 1 was appr... See more