After one of the most destructive and extreme wildfire seasons in modern history, a widening drought across California and much of the West has many residents bracing for the possibility this season could be worse.
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Fifteen Oregon counties are designated "extreme risk" for COVID-19 due to high infection rates. Linn County's public health office is working to convince residents to get their shots.
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The New York trio joined us from their home in Brooklyn to gather around one mic for a few songs from their new EP called Now Is The Time.
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Ward spent time writing and editing reviews for a young Rolling Stone – and later became both a broadcast critic and historian, publishing two volumes on the beginnings of rock and roll.
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Unsigned musicians: NPR wants to hear from you. Starting Tuesday, May 11th, send in a video of you performing one original song at a desk — and you might get to come play behind Bob Boilen's!
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Jenny Friedrichs from Pixabay/Vinyl is back, baby! Well, sort of. It is alive and kicking, and that’s more than can be said for quite some time. In fact, you may well have purchased a vinyl record or received one as a gift. And if you’re new to the format, you’re holding on to something with a long connection to music history.
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The pandemic has done a number on us, in too many ways to count. Our bodies are responding with feelings of fatigue and lack of focus, experts say. Here are some tips to help you feel better.
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"Recycle art activist" Thomas Dambo makes these gentle giants out of scrap wood, old pallets, twigs and debris. Dozens of them now preside over mountains, forests and parks around the world.
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Senate Bill 554 requires gun owners to securely store their weapons when not in use, and will ban possession of guns in the state Capitol and Portland International Airport. It paves the way for public schools and universities to enact their own bans.
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The proposed Jordan Cove Energy Project in southwest Oregon was dealt another setback this week when a pair of local permits was overturned by the state land use board.
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Last year’s Labor Day fires have created ripe conditions for infestations of tree-killing bark beetles.
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Cellphone users from the U.S. border with Canada south to the border with Mexico should receive a mobile alert from the early warning system when an earthquake is detected.
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Oregon fell just short of hitting a hospitalization metric that would have pushed many counties into a second week of "extreme risk."
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Elected officials in Siskiyou County are trying to crack down on the growth of what they say is large-scale illegal marijuana farming. As Northern California enters a deepening drought, they’re doing it by restricting where water trucks can drive.
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California’s recall election went into full swing Tuesday, with a Republican candidate’s campaign launch featuring a live, 1,000-pound Kodiak bear — drawing criticisms from animal welfare groups — while Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom defended his record managing the state during the pandemic and other emergencies.
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While the governor’s opponents have burned through most of the money they’ve collected to date, his defenders have some $2.5 million in their war chest.
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Millions of young salmon are being trucked, rather than swimming downriver to the ocean.
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Democratic Party leaders unite behind a message that the recall is a desperate Republican plot that is bad for California. But will progressives and Latinos turn out to vote?
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Proponents' single-payer proposal failed to make it through the Assembly this year
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