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The Debrief — 102 episodes

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SOU, Asante experience financial challenges and a punk rock band attracts thousands in Medford

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Regional news: JPR reporters discuss Shasta elections, SOU cuts and Asante deal

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JPR reporters discuss medical ambitions at Simpson University, zoo scandals, and local elections

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JPR reporters discuss salmon fishing, wildfire risk and library ruling

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JPR Regional News: Tensions rise over resource scarcity, government regulation and potential misconduct

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JPR News: Legal and ethical tensions rise across southern Oregon governance

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A cooking contest, election ruling, fraud case and salmon return

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Hospital rescue, offshore wind gaps and rural healthcare training

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Competitive elections and fiscal challenges in the Pacific Northwest

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Inside the week’s news: bikes, budgets and bold deer in Ashland

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SOU budget crises, Medford baseball stadium update, Easter Lily pollution rules for Del Norte County

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New Josephine County leaders, Wiyot land return, Oregon's wind roadmap

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Bandon board seats new members, Josephine narrows commissioner search

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Jackson County peer respite program, SOU budget crisis and Redding funds auditorium

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Bethel Church apologizes, Oregon counties welcome more logging revenue

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JPR News: OSF reports successful 2025 season | Asante decision triggers backlash in Ashland | JCLS fires director

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JPR reporters discuss library backlash, civil rights claims and aging city buildings

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JPR News: Fire in Arcata, library leadership shake-up and a recall vote

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JPR looks back at 2025's biggest stories

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JPR News: Resignations erode parent trust at Bandon School District

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Medford taxpayers mull baseball stadium; food banks prep for SNAP impact

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Court rules in favor of former Medford timber business on proposed development

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JPR News: Green cemetery in Humboldt County; Salmon return, farmers dismayed

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Jackson County DA sues state DOC; Grants Pass awards $1.2M to address homelessness (again)

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Grants Pass selects $1.2M grant recipient to address homelessness

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Shasta County elections chief under fire | Pollution from illegal cannabis grows

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Sheepdog competition in Alturas; Grants Pass school board settles with 'I Resolve' activists

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Southern Oregon test scores lag behind state; youth mental health programs launch

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Jail contractor sued for inmate death; Fire District 5 owes $1.4M; Josephine County reverses meeting ban

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Impact of the Almeda fire, five years later

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Feds pull $427M from wind project; Oregon DOJ won't probe fire district; Curry County to lease forest lands

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Eureka asks CalPERS to divest from Israel; multiple indictments for roadside zoo owner

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Divers recover the dead; Dark sky ordinance; Wyden visits Medford airport

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Coos County hospital deal dies; Shasta County voting system plan derailed

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Redding fire dept charges response fee; Curry County recall; Ashland Council pay hike

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SOU president cuts own salary; Yreka homeless camp cleared

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Schools nervous about funding; Transportation District tumult; All-Star Pacific Rim Bowl

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RVTD reduces service; Ashland plans to reduce wildfire risk

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Homeless mobile service van deployed; tattoo removal for youth in prison

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Oregon bill: Affordable housing for seniors, disabled

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Lions, guns and meth; SOU layoffs expected; GP homelessness

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Surveillance tactics raise alarm; 'No Kings' protest attracts thousands

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SOU budget cuts; Shasta County elections budget; Will polluters pay for reforesting?

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County News: Josephine may restore 4-H; Ground sinks in Tehama; Klamath mulls potential budget solutions

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Indian tribe sues California; Feds to sell Medford courthouse; Crowded race for Fire District 5 board

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Medford doc's viral podcast reveals research into telepathic autistic kids

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Klamath basin water; Curry County sheriff clashes with county leaders; Oregon seeks to limit rent increases

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'Permanent extinction event' watch: Humboldt cannabis market struggling to survive

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How 'bout them Pears! Medford considers a new baseball team

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Ending vote-by-mail; Court protects old growth forests; Asante drug diversion lawsuits

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Wind project; homeless lawsuit; cannabis tax; another Shasta County clerk resigns

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NW forest plan; Cal Poly budget; police response to mental health crises; chicks

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New mobile crisis unit, cannabis growers risk losing permits, and public safety challenges in northern California

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Ashland youth activists; homeless restraining order; forest service layoffs

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Native-owned online lending; counting the homeless; Eel River agreement

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Foreign guest workers, immigration crackdown, reprieve for homeless in Grants Pass

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Oregon Hoedads; Northwest forest plan; Disability Rights Oregon lawsuit

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Scotia biomass plant; a breached levee; and a county suing its own sheriff

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Deterring wolves; nurses to strike; new state laws; homelessness report

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Commissioner recalled; Big donation for Ashland schools; Overdoses in Oregon increase

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High school library bans two books; Feds look into Shasta County election; Yreka's first adult homeless shelter faces delays

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OHRA has a new director; Ashland expands Enhanced Law Enforcement Area

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Top stories: Oregon education report card, lead poisoning in condors, lawsuit names Oregon land management

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Grants Pass elderly care center closes & Medford was the venue for a psilocybin concert

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Top news: Lethal bird flu; Pacific Power switch in Talent; and homeowners in high hazard wildfire areas

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Top news stories of the week: America First, wildfire liability, seaweed-eating cows

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JPR news team roundtable discussion

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JPR reporters discuss top news stories of the week

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California sues a hospital; two towns mull psilocybin bans

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OSF's new director and an update on homelessness in Grants Pass

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OSF's new director and an update on homelessness in Grants Pass

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JPR News Team Debrief

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The Debrief: Wildfire hazard maps, Talent protests and the Klamath River flows free again

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The Debrief - Botulism, Police and Lavender

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Fires and Broke Fire Districts

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Fire chief terminated, and more

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Park fire and prison returns top the news of the week

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Struggling school districts, fire maps, and more keep reporters busy

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Arsenic fears, a response to the Grants Pass Supreme Court decision, and the resignation of a Josephine County Commissioner

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Wildfire issues and investigating inappropriate behavior from a Josephine county commissioner

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JPR news heats up as summer takes hold

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Analysis of the analysis: The week's news, revisited

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Medford nurse arrested in drug diversion case, conflict on the Upper Rogue River, and more

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The news heats up just as the weather gets warm

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Mailing it in, and other major stories of the week

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Douglas Fir deaths, restricting natural gas use in Ashland, and the Oregon Shakespeare Festival in 2025

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Hope Kitchen, the USPS, and managing the Cascades-Siskiyous National Monument

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Contaminated drinking water in California and big ballot measures in Jackson and Josephine Counties

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Contaminated drinking water in California and big ballot measures in Jackson and Josephine Counties

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Student protests, picketing nurses, and a messy sheriff's race top the news this week

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SCOTUS learns about Grants Pass, and other big news of the week

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Asante lawsuits and Klamath water allocations top a busy news week

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Tents and courts and more make the headlines for the week

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School district layoffs, renewable energy storage, and more news of the week

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A federal lawsuit in Brookings, housing for wildfire survivors in Phoenix, Shasta County recall results, and more

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Spring, but no break: JPR reporters discuss OSF return and more

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Expanding Oregon's behavioral health workforce and claims that one county is violating elections law top the week's news

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The Shasta County shift in the election tops the news of the week

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Top stories include a wrongful death lawsuit and California's primary

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Drama at a Rogue Valley fire district, drama surrounding a Crater Lake concessionaire, and more

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A long election year begins to heat up locally, and other regional stories

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Outreach Court, Stabbin' Wagon, and more, in this week's regional news