Work Stories

These stories come from NCPR’s weekly North Country at Work feature. Each includes an audio piece, photos, and stories of workers and industries from all over the region.

To find stories near you, all North Country at Work stories can also be browsed on the Story Map.

Waterhole, Blind Owl Band not quitting the fight in Saranac Lake

North Country at Work: Grocers respond, adapt, and pivot in the face of COVID-19

North Country at Work: Amidst closures, Sackets Harbor farm stays open and gives away food

North Country at Work: Jean Elk on nursing in the '40s in Alexandria Bay

North Country at Work: The volunteer tax-preparing fairies of the tri-lakes

North Country at Work: Potsdam fiddler keeping the tradition alive

North Country at Work: inside running Plattsburgh's food cooperative

North Country at Work: tapping into a sweet life on the Allen Sugarbush in Croghan

North Country at Work: a family affair running the Woodruff Motel in Keene

North Country at Work: Preserving Lake Placid's Olympic legacy with Alison Haas

North Country at Work: Artist and educator Jenny Hutchinson on finding place and purpose in Glens Falls

North Country at Work Live!: Catching the Brant Lake mountain man