WAMC's award-winning daily news magazine brings listeners the latest in local, national, and world news. Join Lucas Willard each weekday for the latest. Samantha Simmons hosts the weekend edition. The work of the WAMC News team is complemented each day with news and features from the BBC and Stardate. Midday Magazine also offers a comprehensive regional weather summary and a range of commentators who span the political spectrum. Highlights from the WAMC Listener Comment Line are usually aired on Friday's edition of Midday Magazine.
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Vermont Senator Peter Welch spoke about the government shutdown and other issues before returning to Washington earlier this week. -
Voters in Columbia County will elect a new sheriff this November. -
Each fall, the Hudson Valley Dance Festival transforms the Historic Catskill Point warehouse on the banks of the Hudson River into a theater, where dancers perform in support of those living with HIV and AIDS. -
61 years ago, 50-year-old Catherine Blackburn was found dead in her home by her niece, Sandy Carmichael. On Wednesday, the Albany Police Department announced they have finally identified a suspect. WAMC’s Maryam Ahmad reports. -
NewsChannel meteorologist Paul Caiano delivers the Midday Weather Summary for Thursday, October 9, 2025. -
Housing and affordability took center stage at a Schenectady candidate forum as city council incumbents work towards finalizing next year’s budget. -
The updated public indecency ordinance, which some have deemed unnecessary, comes in response to a person walking naked near an elementary school. -
The senior vice president at the Capital Region Chamber of Commerce has been charged with allegedly trying to entice a minor to have sex with him. -
Napheesa Collier’s recent public rebuke of WNBA leadership, which came after a hotly-debated no-call in the last minute of the Lynx’s semi-final game against the Mercury that left Collier with an ankle injury, Lynx coach Cheryl Reeve with a one-game suspension and league-record $15,000 fine (and then two other coaches were fined $1000 each for agreeing with her!), and Phoenix forward Alyssa Thomas with the ball, has launched an abundance of conversations about the state of the league and, especially, its leadership. -
NewsChannel 13 meteorologist Paul Caiano delivers the Midday Weather Summary for Wednesday, October 8, 2025.
