A long-held belief is that the Adirondack Mountains, the land above 1,000 feet in elevation, were devoid of Indigenous ...

When Forest Ranger Matthew Adams got 5:30 a.m. Thursday, Feb. 26 call to join the search for a missing hiker in the Dix Range ...

Biff says he knew the war our country is now conducting with Iran didn’t surprise him one bit. It was in the cards, Biff says. His sister Pearl and I, on the other hand, were completely thrown by it.

My heart pounded, not from the 2,500 or so feet we had ascended over the last couple of hours, but for the unnerving uncertainty that lay before me. Atop Mount Colden’s false peak, an exposed ...

Every once in a while, I look back at columns I’ve written over the years and reminisce. There was the time, back in the early 1990s, when a rogue logging truck lost its brakes coming down through the ...

CORTINA D’AMPEZZO, Italy — Imagine: A sprawling world-class city and a small mountain village with a rich Olympic history, separated by about five or six hours, collaborate and play host to a truly ...

The Lake Placid Lions Club has had a busy start to the 2025-26 seasons involving the Annual Radio Auction, Children’s Christmas Party and bimonthly meetings to discuss club business, and upcoming ...

My apologies to Hanna-Barbera Animation Company and to Quick Draw McGraw, their cartoon wild West Sheriff horse, for appropriating Quick Draw’s theme song. And yes, as I type these words, Snake Year ...

SARANAC LAKE — The Adirondack Regional Airport is keeping Cape Air as its commercial airline. The U.S. Department of Transportation has decided to continue its federal contract with the airline. The ...

ELIZABETHTOWN — The Article 78 proceeding against the Adirondack Park Agency’s adjudicatory hearing for a proposed howitzer testing range in the town of Lewis has been delayed two months. The ...

Linda Boyd, Mountainfest co-founder Vinnie McCleland and guide/instructor Chuck Boyd (Provided photo — Naj Wikoff) This winter, Craig Wood, Mount Van Hoevenberg and Whiteface are not the only ...

United States’ Ashley Farquharson celebrates winning the bronze medal during a women’s single luge competition at the 2026 Winter Olympics, in Cortina d’Ampezzo, Italy, Tuesday, Feb. 10. (Provided ...