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Southern Oregon Chiropractic in Ashland, where Kevin Farrow used to work. He has been charged with three counts of third degree sexual abuse.

Jane Vaughan

JPR

Ashland chiropractic clinic faces another lawsuit over former employee's alleged sexual abuse

Jane Vaughan

Southern Oregon Chiropractic was recently sued by a former patient who alleges she was sexually abused by a massage therapist at the Ashland clinic.

A grizzly bear at Yellowstone National Park in 2017.

Jim Peaco

National Park Service

Wildlife

California lawmakers kill grizzly bear reintroduction bill

Ryan Sabalow

Kindergarten students participate in a hip-hop dance class at Radcliff Elementary School in Watsonville on May 21, 2024.

Laure Andrillon

CalMatters

Education

Californians voted to spend $1 billion on K-12 arts. Why are schools returning the money?

Carolyn Jones

The Falcon license plate-reading camera.

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Law and Justice

Josephine County drops Flock cameras over privacy concerns

Roman Battaglia

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Flynn Street Circus

Flynn Creek Circus returns to Ashland with acrobatics, storytelling and circus camps

Vanessa Finney

The all-human circus also supports emerging performers, partners with local aerial groups and works to make circus arts more accessible in rural communities.
Larry Valenzuela

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An oil field became California’s first carbon vault. Who’s responsible if something goes wrong?

Alejandro Lazo

California’s first commercial carbon-storage project is operating even though the state has yet to adopt rules required by law, 19 months after a key deadline. The oil company could collect billions in public incentives, while environmentalists and oil companies argue about how far the rules should go.

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FILE - Amazon Web Services data center is seen on Thursday, Aug. 22, 2024, in Boardman, Ore.

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Steven Senne

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AP

Judge dismisses Trump administration lawsuit alleging antisemitism at Harvard University

The Associated Press

The decision from U.S. District Judge Richard G. Stearns said that President Donald Trump's administration failed to prove an ongoing violation of federal civil rights laws.
Victor R. Caivano

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New aircraft carrier heads toward Mideast after reports of issues on long-deployed USS Lincoln

The Associated Press

The Pacific-based aircraft carrier USS George Washington has begun heading toward the Middle East as reports have emerged of mental health and supply issues aboard the long-deployed USS Abraham Lincoln.

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Walton County Sheriff's Office Sgt. Oscar D'Lassalas, 40, an officer certified to enforce federal immigration law, stands on the road to the jail where undocumented people are held for federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents to pick up. The sheriff's office in this Florida Panhandle city has partnered with ICE.

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The Charleston Marina, shown here July 30, 2026, is Oregon's third largest fishing port, with 2020 landings valued at roughly $20 million.

Theo Greenly

JPR

Business and Labor

South Coast seafood processors say tariffs are an old problem, not a new crisis

Theo Greenly

A new state report says tariffs have hurt Oregon’s economy, but seafood processors on the South Coast say the latest trade fight is part of a much older struggle to reach foreign markets.