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The Jefferson Exchange — 166 episodes

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Inside the Oregon coast's hands-on marine science center

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Oregon's native turtles are imperiled by invasive snapping turtles

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How Klamath Basin students hand-built a wildfire command bus

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How art is connecting people with the Siskiyou Crest

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Why conservationists are suing to protect one of the Pacific's largest sea stars

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Where to find the best frozen treats in Southern Oregon and Northern California

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Pulitzer-winning composer Gabriela Lena Frank debuts new Britt work

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Ashland author examines the unseen impact of military service on families

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The underground schools that shaped Rosa Parks and the Civil Rights Movement

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‘The Curse of Hester Gardens’ explores trauma and gun violence

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What Portland's ranked choice voting system could mean for Southern Oregon

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How Southern Oregon volunteers raise life-changing service dogs

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Southern Oregon's best free concerts and arts events this summer

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Why higher-income housing remains scarce in Arcata

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Why higher-income housing remains scarce in Arcata

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Ashland author's unlikely path to publishing began after retirement

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Beyond timber: Mayor Fred Fry’s vision for a research and tourism haven in Powers, Oregon

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World Cup fever builds across the Pacific Northwest

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SOU Student Film Festival showcases emerging filmmakers in Ashland

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Medford opens Oregon's largest municipal pickleball complex

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Activist Robin Greenfield takes on yearlong foraging challenge

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Pride Month books and summer reading recommendations from Oregon experts

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California condor flies into Southern Oregon for first time in more than a century

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How Oregon cut pesticide-related bee deaths

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Oakland, Oregon, moved itself to survive. Its residents are still preserving it

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How fines from Eureka’s red-light district helped pay city bills

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Pacific Northwest news: How smokejumpers, tribes and students are caring for Northwest ecosystems

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Medford physicians explain the long road immigrant doctors face in the U.S.

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ScienceWorks is offering shark dissections, gem mining and more this summer

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How one family is working to make Klamath Falls more inclusive

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Klamath Wetlands Week highlights one of the West's largest wetland ecosystems

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Inside the only art museum on the Oregon coast

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How Wildlife Images cares for Oregon's injured and orphaned animals

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Step inside a Coos Bay museum where visitors can climb aboard historic trains

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Summer brings new challenges, from trail running to climbing Mount Shasta

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Why Dunsmuir, California, claims to have the best water on earth

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Northwest news: Snowy plovers, queer wrestling and a mammoth dig

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After 28 seasons at OSF, Scott Kaiser completed Shakespeare's canon

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Why a Southern Oregon vineyard had to add a disclaimer to its orange wine

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Monarch butterflies face mounting threats from habitat loss, advocates say

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First Pelican Bay student to earn Cal Poly Humboldt degree heads to graduate school

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River otters in Arcata Marsh are hunting ducks, not just fish

43

The race to save the history of Weed's Black community

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What World War I, the 1918 flu and Babe Ruth reveal about America

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Mayor Kathy Sell on keeping Eagle Point’s small-town feel amid growth

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Northwest stories: Unified sports, fishing costs, drones and Beatles songs

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North Bend Library races to digitize 80 years of local history

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Primary results put affordability at center of Oregon governor’s race

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Feeding neighbors and building community in Talent, one bag of food at a time

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How the Albina Vision Trust is reclaiming a Portland community’s future

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Southern Oregon arts picks: Music, films and live performances

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Cave Junction wants to be more than a stop on the way to the Oregon Caves

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Oregon news roundup: Lakeview finances, Eugene housing and Oregon apple history

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How public transit connects rural communities in Southern Oregon

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How wildfire restoration could help one of the Northwest’s most iconic species

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How fun community events are helping Klamath County kids cope with childhood trauma

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A rare blue whale skeleton is coming to OSU's marine science center

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Shasta County Supervisor Kevin Crye discusses reelection bid

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How to spot harmful algae blooms in Oregon lakes and rivers

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How birds survive Crater Lake’s cold and rugged terrain at high elevations

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What Southern Oregon book experts recommend kids read this summer

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Inside California’s 1-square-mile coastal town balancing tourism and community

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Pacific Northwest news: Levee concerns, Democratic primaries and wildflowers

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Southern Oregon Repertory Singers mark Mother's Day weekend

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Eureka police launch bicycle and pedestrian safety campaign

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SOU president says university must adapt to survive changing times

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High turnout, low drama: Secretary Tobias Read on Oregon’s ‘gold standard’ election system

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Rodeo queen and Republican rebel: Andrea Carr’s "fired up" fight for Oregon’s 2nd Congressional District

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Mindblowing: The staggering 'cognitive debt' of generative AI in education

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Where to horseback ride, hike and paraglide in Southern Oregon and Northern California

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Lakeside Mayor Nikki Wood on dunes, tourism and the town's future

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How Sen. Richard Neuberger transformed Oregon politics

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Why Southern Oregon can grow so many varieties of wine grapes

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A family story behind Oregon’s WWII balloon bomb tragedy

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Southern Oregon brunch and winery events for Mother’s Day

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Oregon’s classroom time gap adds up over K-12 years

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Mayor Tonya Graham offers her vision for 'the best place in the world'

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Northwest roundup: bridge loss, long COVID, farm life

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‘The Curse of Hester Gardens’ explores trauma and gun violence

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District 5 candidates outline competing visions for Shasta County

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Who will replace Jeff Golden? Five Democrats make their case

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Spring arts guide: Events across Southern Oregon and Northern California

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Central Point mayor on balancing development and community

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Josephine County commissioner candidates outline priorities in Seat 2 race

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JPR regional roundup: jail reforms, kelp restoration, Asante investigation

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Meet two candidates in crowded Josephine County commissioner race

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Northern California kelp forest crisis unfolds in 'Sequioas of the Sea' documentary

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In Oregon’s 2nd District, a teacher-turned-candidate takes on an incumbent

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How a grassroots idea becomes one of Oregon’s largest children’s museums

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Why Ashland’s deer are becoming a growing safety concern

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Jackson and Siskiyou librarians share Earth Day book picks

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Butte Falls bets on tourism and wildfire safety for its future

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From housing to taxes: Where candidates stand in Josephine County commissioner race

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In Oregon’s 2nd Congressional District, 3 Democrats pitch rural priorities and change

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Lane County proposal aims to give rivers and forests legal rights

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Josephine County Commission: 3 candidates outline competing visions

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Humboldt Repair Cafe helps keep broken items out of landfills

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Southern Oregon spring guide: best hikes, rides and events this April

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How Port Orford protects its water supply

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Pacific Northwest communities cultivate change through youth action and local business

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Southern Oregon Hoop Factory aims to build skills on and off the court

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Oregon’s 2nd District: 3 Democrats lay out plans to win rural voters

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From symptoms to treatment: understanding Parkinson’s disease

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A Yreka Creek cleanup could help struggling salmon populations

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How low snowpack is putting pressure on Oregon farmers

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In Southern Oregon, advocates say abuse often goes unseen and unreported

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How Rio Dell is balancing growth, tourism and infrastructure needs

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Plastics are everywhere, but Oregon's bottle bill offers a way forward

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Pacific Northwest news: Bobcat tracking, quake prep and art innovation

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Why cervical cancer still kills despite vaccines and screening

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How women are reshaping Southern Oregon’s wine industry

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How a historic hatchery became a museum at the base of Mount Shasta

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Meet the engineer turned cattle rancher, now producing sturgeon and caviar in Oregon

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Oregon begins two-year rollout of recycling overhaul

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The best comfort food stops across Southern Oregon and Northern California

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The Great Redwood Trail aims to become the longest rail-to-trail project in the U.S.

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Meet the “Rogue Rockhound” shaping Oregon stones into art

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Oregon beekeepers race to save hives after truck overturns

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Why Dunsmuir, California, claims to have the best water on earth

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Pacific Northwest news: Astoria Column at 100, a rural fire districts, and long COVID

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How four women fled Nazi Germany and changed science

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Western ridged mussel decline in Oregon signals deeper trouble in rivers

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New plan would link Rogue Valley bike path to wine country

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California spends millions on homelessness, but few reach permanent housing

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A new high-tech network is tracking how California’s wildlife is changing

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Shasta County program works to stop youth fire setting before it starts

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Oregon advocates push to add environmental rights to the state constitution

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Southern Oregon arts guide this month: music, dance and workshops

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Eureka mayor highlights arts growth and efforts to address city’s past

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Regional news: Bike mechanics, job training and fish scraps

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Cal Poly Humboldt student media earn top honors

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Southern Oregon University film students gain hands-on industry experience

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The Roseburg club bringing arm wrestling back to the Northwest

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Oregon Legislature wraps up 35-day sprint of policy debates

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Want to read more women authors? Southern Oregon librarians share their picks

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Tehama’s mayor on floods, farming and small-town life along the Sacramento River

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Northwest news: Boat ban debate, Indigenous weaving, Astoria trolley repairs

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The U.S. relies on immigrant physicians. The path to practice can be difficult

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For the first time in a century, condors nest on Yurok land

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The remarkable life of Lakeview, Oregon, buckaroo Jimmie Washoe

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Why Ashland’s deer are becoming a growing safety concern

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9 ways to get outside this spring in Southern Oregon and Northern California

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Mayor aims to preserve Canyonville’s ‘quaintness’ amid change

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Northwest news: Changes in volunteering, cold plunges and curling dreams

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SOU professor urges educators to rethink leadership from the inside out

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Oregon State research links dog cancer outcomes to gut microbiome

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Legislation seeks new mandate for California’s 14 demonstration forests

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Oregon panel releases plan to grow behavioral health workforce

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Tax measure drives Yreka shift to paid firefighters and new station

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Oregon Fish and Wildlife rejects petition by whale protection advocates to modify crab fishery rules

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How birds survive Crater Lake’s cold and rugged terrain

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Where to eat and drink in Siskiyou County

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Northwest news: Internet speech debate, Eugene ER changes and conservation ranching

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JPR arts and music experts share what to watch and hear this month

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How to better support BIPOC adoptees in Oregon

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Tribal housing leaders welcome Oregon’s $10 million funding initiative

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Cal Poly Humboldt research links tree trimming to wildfire risk

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OSU research targets skin cancer with nanotechnology and lasers

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The monarch butterfly is on the brink of extinction while activists battle the federal government in court

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From cold beer to cold vaccines, SOU graduate takes on global health problem

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How Sen. Richard Neuberger transformed Oregon politics

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Henley High School student engineers build custom car for four-year-old

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Mayor says Rogue River must balance heritage and growth

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Hiding in plain sight: Confronting the crisis of teen dating violence

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Advocates push ropeless crab gear in Oregon to protect humpback whales

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Pride in Numbers centers rural LGBTQIA+ Oregonians and people of color