Reporter Dan Heath reports that Empire State Development has named Stephen Hunt II as the new director of its North Country Regional Office. 

Reporter Kim Smith Dedam reports that the State Appellate Court has upheld permits for construction of the Adirondack Club and Resort in Tupper Lake. 

A staff report notes that the Adirondack region is hosting its first Invasive Species Awareness week in New York now through July 12. 

Reporter Brian McElhiney reports that conservation groups, local snowmobilers and towns all have different ideas about how to classify the 14 parcels of land within the Adirondack Park that were recently purchased by the state from the Nature Conservancy. 

Reporter Kim Smith Dedam reports that while residents support  the continuation of mining for wollastonite in the Town of Lewis, they are concerned about how expansion will impact truck traffic, quality of life and the environment.