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After an unprecedented shut-off of irrigation water in the Klamath Project, ag producers had to scramble to find water for their crops. While many used groundwater wells to make up at least some of the loss, the limits of that resource became clear.
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April Ehrlich/JPR NewsSouthern Oregon has seen record-breaking levels of wildfire smoke in recent years, leaving residents wondering what the future holds for the region. -
Tanner Hembree/U.S. Forest ServiceA California Newsroom analysis of federal filings found that 20 Wall Street hedge funds collectively dumped 250 million PG&E shares, and grossed at least $2 billion, after the utility emerged from bankruptcy protection last year. People whose homes were destroyed by PG&E-caused wildfires haven't fared nearly as well.
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The Los Angeles-based singer/songwriter joined us to talk about his stumbled into what is now a very successful music career, and shared a few songs from his new album The Ghost And The Wall.
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The members of Recap, four young women of color from New Jersey, have built a mission of gender equity into their striking debut album.
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Nashville has long been associated with country music. But a museum devoted to African-American music, which opened earlier this year, sets the record straight about the city's diversity
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Known for his mastery of the uilleann pipes, Moloney was an important ambassador of Irish folk music to the wider world.
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A look at a bullfighting training center in San Isidro, Texas.
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The Christchurch City Council will end its contract with Ian Brackenbury Channell, reportedly the world's only state-appointed wizard. The "Wizard of New Zealand" has had a long and unique career.
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An agreement negotiated with the state on behalf of two of the most influential unions representing state workers will give many Oregon public employees an additional six weeks to comply with Gov. Kate Brown’s vaccine mandate. -
Johnson officially announced the forthcoming campaign to supporters Thursday. Her emergence creates a potential wrinkle for major-party candidates.
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County officials say illegal cannabis operations are sprouting up all over Jackson County, outpacing local code and law enforcement efforts.
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Around 50% of the roughly 4,500 employees at the Oregon Department of Corrections are vaccinated against COVID-19, the agency reported Wednesday.
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As Music Director of the Louisville Orchestra and Britt Festival Orchestra in Jacksonville, Oregon, Abrams joins a long list of award-winning conducting luminaries that includes Marin Alsop, Jaap van Zweden, Gianandrea Noseda, Pablo Heras-Casado, Franz Welser-Möst, and Abrams's own mentor, Michael Tilson Thomas.
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The days are quickly ticking down to next Monday's deadline when most Oregon and Washington teachers, health care workers and public employees need to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19.
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Gov. Gavin Newsom vetoed a huge expansion of the Cal Grant, the state’s main financial aid tool. It would have topped off a banner year for legislators who for years sought to reduce the cost of college.
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Debris from the 2020 California wildfires has been cleared from 100% of the properties involved in a California wildfire debris removal program.
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Gov. Newsom had his reasons for blocking California bills passed by the Legislature: cost, duplication and some politics. Overall, he signed 770 bills into law and vetoed 66, or about 8%.
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California Attorney General Rob Bonta says investigators will work to find the cause of the oil spill and whether anything could have been done to prevent the spill.
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A preliminary estimate shows that the Caldor Fire cost tens of millions in lost economic activity. Wildfires, and the economic disruption they cause, have a large economic impact. But right now, California has a mostly incomplete picture of how much fires cost the state each year.
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After a years-long battle reignited in recent months by controversies over misunderstandings of critical race theory, California students will soon be required to take ethnic studies to graduate high school.
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