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Emily Russell
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Adirondack reporter at NCPR, previously in Alaska | Co-host of the podcast ‘If All Else Fails,' about far-right extremism in Upstate NY | email: emily@ncpr.org
I was part of the local press pool that interviewed Gov. Kathy Hochul in Saranac Lake yesterday. Story airing Monday on @ncprnews.bsky.social.
📷: Nancie Battaglia
June 28, 2025 at 2:32 PM
The U.S. went through a prison-building boom decades ago. But today, many prisons are closing down, and that's hit some economies in rural America especially hard.
Hear my story today on @npr.org
www.npr.org/2025/05/07/n...
May 7, 2025 at 12:38 PM
A moment of peace from a walk in the woods in the Adirondacks.
April 7, 2025 at 12:43 PM
In honor of Forest Ranger Robbi Mecus and Transgender Day of Visibility, a Progress Pride flag was raised at DEC headquarters in the Adirondacks today.

We'll have a story on NCPR on Friday.
April 2, 2025 at 4:36 PM
spring has sprung in the adirondacks.
www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/5...
March 20, 2025 at 12:57 PM
Blink and you could miss it. The best bobsled and skeleton athletes in the world are competing in Lake Placid for World Championships. The final races are Friday and Saturday. Hear my story for NCPR 📻⤵️
www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/5...
March 13, 2025 at 5:07 PM
first toll road ski of the winter!
December 3, 2024 at 12:28 AM
On a cold, gray November day, the Boreal Life Trail at the Paul Smith's VIC offers colorful Adirondack views and plenty of solitude.

Hear my postcard on NCPR 📻 www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/5...
November 26, 2024 at 12:47 PM
Four years with the very best pup 💙
November 17, 2024 at 6:05 PM
Celebrating four years with the very best pup in the world. I adopted Dax from a shelter in Malone, NY and he’s made these last four years the best of my life. Here’s to many more ❤️🐶
November 16, 2024 at 12:59 PM
scheming some hiking plans for this weekend in the Adirondacks…
November 15, 2024 at 5:12 PM
We'll start with a little palate cleanser... from a recent hike up St. Regis Mountain in the Adirondacks 💙
November 12, 2024 at 12:59 PM