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After Texas’ largest wildfire is contained, a rancher moves on with a single calf
In testimony to state lawmakers, Dale Jenkins and his Panhandle peers shared the “hidden cost” of the wildfires.
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Why no one knows exactly how much old-growth forest we have left
To use older trees to fight climate change, we need to know where they are. But new maps created by the Forest Service aren’t that detailed.
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These Republicans wanted a Medicaid work requirement but couldn’t get approval. So they got creative.
Knowing the feds wouldn’t allow the work requirement, North Carolina Republicans went to the drawing board to determine if they could come up with a Medicaid expansion bill that still promoted work without requiring it.
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Torn apart by chaos in Afghanistan, a refugee family is reunited in Bennington
As Musa and Zakia Muslim Yar and their three sons made their way to the Kabul airport to fly to the U.S. in 2021, the couple got separated from their two boys amid the crush of people trying to flee the country.
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Wolf policy set the stage for tragedy of tortured animal and public outcry
April 18, 2024
The Wyoming Game and Fish Commission and state Legislature should revisit the wolf “predator zone,” address animal welfare and increase transparency.
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Oklahoma researchers find Native Americans underrepresented in CDC database
April 18, 2024
A new study says the CDC reclassified Native American participants who self-reported their race in a survey, causing the total number of Indigenous respondents to be underreported, affecting funding for health, social, and behavioral resources for Indigenous people.
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Wilson County deploys overdose reversal kits to combat epidemic of opioid deaths
April 18, 2024
County uses big pharma settlement funds to create a ‘community of first responders,’ hopes to be a model for saving lives.
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Can ice climbing bring life to an isolated Colorado town in the dead of winter?
April 18, 2024
Lake City’s ice-climbing park is transforming the local economy.
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War in Ukraine hurting Oklahoma wheat farmers
April 13, 2024
Russia has reopened ports out of the Black Sea, and Ukraine is exporting low-priced wheat, which means American farmers are struggling to match those prices and still make a profit. Some Oklahoma farmers are looking toward alternate crops.
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Eyewitness describes Wyoming wolf’s final hours in the Green River Bar
April 12, 2024
Bar patron who first alerted authorities of Cody Robert’s possession of a live wolf tells WyoFile what happened on a now notorious night in February.
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Amid Black Lives Matter flag debate, Milton school board votes to only fly U.S. and Vermont flags
April 12, 2024
Leading up to the vote, residents had been protesting and sending letters in support of keeping the Black Live Matter flag up.
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Whitebark pines are in trouble. That means our water supply is, too
April 11, 2024
A nationwide effort to save the whitebark pine in underway. Much of the story is happening in the Pacific Northwest.
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Marshall County’s only ER to close this month after mix-up with federal government
April 11, 2024
Rural hospitals in Mississippi are struggling to stay afloat. One report puts 29% of the state’s rural hospitals at immediate risk of closure, and 62% are losing money on patient services.