Some military members and their families around Fort Drum are struggling with food insecurity and the lasting impacts of the government shutdown; as the year winds down, Gov. Kathy Hochul is working her way through bills that still need her signature; and we talk to the man who has recreated his canoe journey from the headwaters of the Hudson River in the Adirondacks to New York City, after being the first recorded person to do it 35 years ago.

Northern Light

NCPR: North Country Public Radio

Military families and food, end-of-year bill review, Peter Lourie

DEC 15, 202529 MIN
Northern Light

Military families and food, end-of-year bill review, Peter Lourie

DEC 15, 202529 MIN

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(Dec 15, 2025) Some military members and their families around Fort Drum are struggling with food insecurity and the lasting impacts of the government shutdown; as the year winds down, Gov. Kathy Hochul is working her way through bills that still need her signature; and we talk to the man who has recreated his canoe journey from the headwaters of the Hudson River in the Adirondacks to New York City, after being the first recorded person to do it 35 years ago.