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Amish children in traditional clothing playing on wooden swings in a rural schoolyard.

New York’s Vaccine War With the Amish Could Cost the North Country More Than Albany Realizes

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney smiles behind a Liberal Party podium with large Canadian flags in the background.

Carney’s Trade War Is a Globalist Rescue Mission—and Northern New York Is Caught in the Crossfire

New York broadband availability map highlighting the North Country, paired with a rural Northern New York home using a Starlink satellite dish.

Thousands of Northern New York Homes May Get Starlink Instead of Fiber

That means listeners farther north will now have greater access to Glenn Curry’s Live at Five, the Jeff Graham Show at noon, and the local conversations that have helped make WATN a North Country institution.

A Great Leap Forward for Local Radio: WATN Expands North

Utility poles and power lines silhouetted against an orange, smoke-filled sky in northern New York during Canadian wildfires.

Canadian Wildfire Smoke Turns Northern New York’s Sky an Eerie Orange

New York’s Vaccine War With the Amish Could Cost the North Country More Than Albany Realizes

New York’s Vaccine War With the Amish Could Cost the North Country More Than Albany Realizes

August 27, 2026
Carney’s Trade War Is a Globalist Rescue Mission—and Northern New York Is Caught in the Crossfire

Carney’s Trade War Is a Globalist Rescue Mission—and Northern New York Is Caught in the Crossfire

August 25, 2026
Thousands of Northern New York Homes May Get Starlink Instead of Fiber

Thousands of Northern New York Homes May Get Starlink Instead of Fiber

July 22, 2026
A Great Leap Forward for Local Radio: WATN Expands North

A Great Leap Forward for Local Radio: WATN Expands North

July 17, 2026

Clown Wars on Cable, Council Disconnect in Watertown

Clown Wars on Cable, Council Disconnect in Watertown

June 4, 2025 234
Mamdani’s NYC Takeover Could Send New Yorkers Packing for the North Country

Mamdani’s NYC Takeover Could Send New Yorkers Packing for the North Country

August 13, 2025 112
CNN Circles the Drain While Independent Media Rises

CNN Circles the Drain While Independent Media Rises

August 18, 2025 103
The State of Watertown:

The State of Watertown:

May 30, 2025 97

New York’s Vaccine War With the Amish Could Cost the North Country More Than Albany Realizes

Amish children in traditional clothing playing on wooden swings in a rural schoolyard.

New York’s Vaccine War With the Amish Could Cost the North Country More Than Albany Realizes

August 27, 2026

The Weed Is Coming to the Farmers Market — and Northern New York Cannabis Shops Should Be Nervous

Adult customer examines cannabis flower at an outdoor farmers market-style cannabis vendor booth.

The Weed Is Coming to the Farmers Market — and Northern New York Cannabis Shops Should Be Nervous

August 8, 2026

New York’s Welfare System Should Be a Bridge—Not a Generational Address

A symbolic illustration shows three generations of a family standing at a crossroads beneath the outline of New York State. One path leads into a dark maze of paperwork, benefit cards and dead ends, while the other rises toward education, skilled work and economic opportunity.

New York’s Welfare System Should Be a Bridge—Not a Generational Address

July 24, 2026

REALITY: Is New York Is Going to Suffer Over Hochul’s Data Center Decision

Editorial illustration of New York Gov. Kathy Hochul using oversized scissors to cut a glowing digital ribbon marked “FUTURE,” with data-center servers and sparks in the background.

REALITY: Is New York Is Going to Suffer Over Hochul’s Data Center Decision

July 18, 2026

Fort Drum Selected for Army Nuclear Microreactor Program

Conceptual aerial view of a compact nuclear microreactor facility enclosed by security fencing at Fort Drum in Northern New York.

Fort Drum Selected for Army Nuclear Microreactor Program

August 26, 2026

Canada Is Preparing for Trump to Take Greenland—But Is Canada Next?

Photo by AP News

Canada Is Preparing for Trump to Take Greenland—But Is Canada Next?

August 12, 2026

RFK Jr. Brings America’s Food Revolution to Fort Drum

U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. speaks during the Belvedere Bistro grand-opening ceremony at Fort Drum, New York, July 30, 2026. U.S. Army photo by Mike Strasser, Fort Drum Garrison Public Affairs.

RFK Jr. Brings America’s Food Revolution to Fort Drum

July 31, 2026

REUTERS: 14 AMERICANS QUARANTINED AT FORT DRUM OVER EBOLA CONCERNS

14 AMERICANS QUARANTINED AT FORT DRUM OVER EBOLA CONCERNS

REUTERS: 14 AMERICANS QUARANTINED AT FORT DRUM OVER EBOLA CONCERNS

July 24, 2026

Trump Effect: Prescription Drug Prices Record Sharpest Drop in More Than 60 Years

Prescription pills spilling from a bottle beside a rolled stack of U.S. currency on a wooden table.

Trump Effect: Prescription Drug Prices Record Sharpest Drop in More Than 60 Years

August 14, 2026

RFK Jr. Brings America’s Food Revolution to Fort Drum

U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. speaks during the Belvedere Bistro grand-opening ceremony at Fort Drum, New York, July 30, 2026. U.S. Army photo by Mike Strasser, Fort Drum Garrison Public Affairs.

RFK Jr. Brings America’s Food Revolution to Fort Drum

July 31, 2026

REUTERS: 14 AMERICANS QUARANTINED AT FORT DRUM OVER EBOLA CONCERNS

14 AMERICANS QUARANTINED AT FORT DRUM OVER EBOLA CONCERNS

REUTERS: 14 AMERICANS QUARANTINED AT FORT DRUM OVER EBOLA CONCERNS

July 24, 2026

Northern New York Could Capitalize on Canada’s Healthcare Crisis with New Private Medical Facilities

Canadian Doctors Under Pressure – A System in Crisis

Northern New York Could Capitalize on Canada’s Healthcare Crisis with New Private Medical Facilities

July 9, 2026