Lucas Willard
Southern Adirondack Bureau Chief/Weekend HostLucas Willard graduated from the State University of New York at Fredonia in 2010 with a Bachelor of Science in Communications. He also attended the Salt Institute for Documentary Studies in 2010, where he studied audio and multimedia storytelling.
Prior to joining WAMC in 2011, Lucas worked with the Sound and Story Project of the Hudson Valley, the Big Shed Audio Documentary Podcast, the Albany Broadcasting Company, WDVL & WCVF-FM Fredonia, and WSUC-FM Cortland.
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New York State plans to use $5 million in federal funding to support a planning study that would consider the future of the roadway. -
While Governor Kathy Hochul considers a moratorium on the practice, an energy-intensive cryptocurrency mining operation in the Finger Lakes had an air permit renewal denied by the State Department of Environmental Conservation last week.
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Playlist as aired on Saturday, July 2nd, 2022:
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The U.S. Supreme Court this week voted to limit the authority of the Environmental Protection Agency to regulate on climate. The 6 to 3 decision ruled the EPA overstepped its authority as it sought to limit carbon emissions from power plants.
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The City of Schenectady wants to lower its citywide speed limit to 25 miles per hour, but needs a green light from the state.
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A New York State Supreme Court judge has struck down Albany’s “good cause” eviction law.
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The Albany County City of Watervliet has begun a police body camera program.
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Officials broke ground Wednesday on Hudson Valley Community College’s STEM Education Center in Malta.
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U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand gathered with women and fellow Democratic officials outside the Upper Hudson Planned Parenthood office in Albany today to speak out against the Supreme Court’s ruling overturning the Roe v. Wade abortion rights decision.
