By Jessica Bloustein

By Carrie Saldo

North Adams, MA – Many hospitals in the Northeast Region are facing financial challenges. Steps taken in recent months by Northern Berkshire County's largest health care organization have not been enough to stem a massive 6-million dollar loss at North Adams Regional Hospital.

Albany, NY – Now Michael York is off to make the biggest independent film in Russian history-in the capitalist Wild Wild West that is today's Russia. York is co-starring alongside the 300-pound, 6-foot-6-inch Russian bodybuilder Alexander Nevsky (think Arnold Schwarzenegger) in an action film called Moscow Heat. The result is a new book called: Are My Blinkers Showing: Adventures in Film making in the New Russia. Joe Donahue spoke with Michael York about how the whole project came about...

By Jessica Bloustein

Hadley, MA – Plans for an expanded Walmart in Hadley, Massachusetts are continuing to trigger protests from some Pioneer Valley residents. Proposed Wal-Mart stores also have aroused opposition, as well as support, in parts of Vermont and in upstate New York this fall. The Hadley planning board met Tuesday night to consider traffic alterations around the proposed Walmart site, just off one of the region's main commuter routes. Bureau Chief Jessica Bloustein was there.

Albany, NY – Deborah Lynn Dadd already had chemical sensitivities when she heard this news, so she took it upon herself as a consumer advocate to come up with ways to make our homes safer.

The book is called "Home Safe Home: Creating a Healthy Home Environment by Reducing Exposure to Toxic Household Products."

Susan began by asking Dodd if our homes are safe...

By Deborah Runcie

Saratoga Springs, NY – A memorial was held at Carnegie Hall in Manhattan, to celebrate the life of financier and philanthropist Arthur Zankel. Over a thousand people attended the service, including officials from Skidmore College in Saratoga Springs. During the ceremony, an announcement was made that Zankel's estate will be giving Skidmore a gift well over 15 million dollars.
WAMC's Hudson Valley Bureau Chief Deborah Runcie has more...

By Arielle Trimm

Schenectady, NY – During a tour of the newly restored Proctor's theater in Schenectady on Tuesday, U.S. Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton announced that the facility is now eligible for a 4 million dollar tax credit, reversing a previous rejection. More from our Capital District Bureau Chief Arielle Trimm

Albany, NY – Once a month on Vox Pop we go to the dogs...in a program we call "Dog Talk with Jon Katz." Jon is the author of several books on dogs - "A Dog Year," "The New Work of Dogs: Tending to Life, Love and Family," "The Dogs of Bedlam Farm" and the brand new - Katz on Dogs. Jon is also the author of six novels. He has written for the New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, Rolling Stone, and Wired. He is also a contributing editor to Marketplace. Air date: 12/06/05

By Arielle Trimm

Schenectady, NY – NY-U.S. Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton was at Schenectady County Community College on Tuesday, acting as a moderator in a discussion about the upcoming Tech Valley Workforce. More from our Capital District Bureau Chief, Arielle Trimm

By Deborah Runcie

Saugerties, NY – The village and town of Saugerties in Ulster County New York have banded together tooppose the Cayuga Seneca Nation proposal to build a 1.2 million square foot resort casino.

WAMC's Hudson Valley Bureau Chief Deborah Runcie has more.