Reporter Chris Morris reports that three higher education leaders led a panel discussion on Wednesday called "Institutions of Higher Education as Economic Engines for the Community," part of the Adirondack Research Consortium's 19th annual Conference on the Adirondacks.

Tupper Lake resident Jim LaValley, a chairman of ARISE, criticizes a previous letter written about the Adirondack Club and Resort project. 

Reporter Andy Flynn reports that the federal Surface Transportation Board announced that it has ruled on the Saratoga-North Creek Railway’s case to operate the Tahawus Line. 

Adirondack Almanack notes that balancing individual and community priorities with land use is the focus of a symposium of interdisciplinary scholarship in land use and ethics to held by the SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry’s Northern Forest Institute.

A staff writer reports that Champlain Area Trails received one of the 53 Conservation Partnership Program grants awarded to nonprofit land trusts across the state.

Joe Mercurio, a resident of Saranac Lake and a member of the board of Adirondack Recreational Trail Advocates, responds to a recent guest commentary by Pete Gores of the Adirondack Railway Preservation Society.

Reporter Chris Morris reports that the Federal Surface Transportation Board announced it will allow freight service to resume on the Tahawus Line between North Creek and Newcomb.

Reporter Rick Karlin reports on the controversy surrounding a proposed power line stretching from Quebec to New York City. 

The Adirondack Almanack writes that the Adirondack Park Agency will hold its regularly scheduled monthly meeting at its Headquarters in Ray Brook.  

Reporter Jon Alexander reports that provisions in legislation proposed by Gov. Cuomo to remake how the Adirondack Park Agency does business have Adirondack environmental groups upset.