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How Do You Want Your Smoke?

There’s broad agreement that fire plays a vital role in forest ecology in the West. Many of our problems with severe wildfires can be traced, at least in part, to a century of putting fires out, rather than letting them clean up excess forest fuels. Now, there’s a need to deliberately set controlled fires to help re-establish a more natural fire pattern.

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JPR Live Session: The Ballroom Thieves Live Session (2018)

The Ballroom Thieves fought through a year of tribulations with their sophomore album, 2016's Deadeye , as their shield and sword. Only through continuing to write and perform together were guitarist Martin Earley, cellist Calin Peters, and drummer Devin Mauch able to fend off their darker days.

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Congressional Republicans Walk The Line On Trump At California Convention

California Republicans gathered in San Diego this weekend for their state convention, as the party prepares to defend at least seven congressional seats in the November midterm elections. Congressional incumbents and candidates walked a fine line between voicing support for President Donald Trump, who is deeply unpopular in California, and trying to keep the focus of their campaigns on other issues.

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U of O Alum Returns With Oscar Accolades, Behind-The-Lens Expertise

A University of Oregon graduate turned acclaimed cinematographer is back at his alma mater. Jake Swantko – who filmed the Oscar-winning documentary “ Icarus ” -- is talking about his craft as well as the importance of journalism. KLCC’s Brian Bull reports.

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Official Autopsy Of Stephon Clark, Killed By Police, Contradicts Family Autopsy

The official autopsy of Stephon Clark, an unarmed black man shot and killed by Sacramento, Calif., police in March, found that he was shot fewer times, and fewer times in the back, than a private autopsy had concluded. An autopsy commissioned by Clark's family found that Clark was shot eight times, with at least six shots in the back, contradicting police officers' account that Clark had approached them. The coroner's office, in a report released Tuesday, found he was shot seven times, three...

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California Republicans gathered in San Diego this weekend for their state convention, as the party prepares to defend at least seven congressional seats in the November midterm elections.

Congressional incumbents and candidates walked a fine line between voicing support for President Donald Trump, who is deeply unpopular in California, and trying to keep the focus of their campaigns on other issues.

Gov. Kate Brown's Proposed Tax Break Causing Tension in Her Own Party

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For years, Oregon Democrats have railed against a business tax cut they argue disproportionately benefits the wealthy. Now, in a move that’s causing tension, their party’s leader has called them back to Salem to expand the tax break many recently voted to curtail.

Gov. Kate Brown plans to call a one-day special session on May 21 to expand a reduced tax rate for a segment of businesses known as sole proprietorships, some of the smallest businesses in the state.  

Drive across Oregon and it’s hard not to notice that many of the state’s steel bridges — from the foggy coast to high desert — are the same shade of sage green. It’s so ubiquitous that the paint’s manufacturer calls it “ODOT Green" after Oregon’s Department of Transportation.

But ODOT Green — a color that started a national phenomenon — is a color that almost didn’t happen: Oregon’s first green-painted bridge, the St. Johns, was initially supposed to be striped black and yellow like a bumblebee.

A University of Oregon graduate turned acclaimed cinematographer is back at his alma mater. Jake Swantko – who filmed the Oscar-winning documentary “Icarus” -- is talking about his craft as well as the importance of journalism. KLCC’s Brian Bull reports.

In early April, several dozen voters filed into a private room at a Beaverton brewery to hear from candidates vying for one of Oregon's most powerful elected positions.

Google Street View via ashlandfood.coop

There is a pressing need for affordable housing all around the region, especially in pricey Ashland.  And now there's a possibility that a grocery store could provide some help. 

The Ashland Food Co-op recently announced a deal to buy a parcel of land across the railroad tracks from its current location. 

The parcel is big enough for a bigger store and more parking, but could also have space left over for "workforce housing." 

Tales of people fighting fires go way back in the region.  And there's a special aura of mystery and romance around smokejumpers, people who actually jump out of planes (yes, with parachutes) to fight wildfires. 

Mystery and romance?  More like grunts and groans, from the tales of the smokejumpers themselves. 

The physical conditioning they undergo to be ready for action is challenging, to say the least. 

This month's Stories of Southern Oregon features a return visit from Gary Buck of the Siskiyou Smokejumper Base Museum near Cave Junction. 

On Thursday, May 10th at 2pm, JPR welcomes singer/songwriter Olivia Millerschin into the studios for a live session on Open Air.

Jes Burns / EarthFix

There’s broad agreement that fire plays a vital role in forest ecology in the West. Many of our problems with severe wildfires can be traced, at least in part, to a century of putting fires out, rather than letting them clean up excess forest fuels.

Now, there’s a need to deliberately set controlled fires to help re-establish a more natural fire pattern.

The chances of an Oregon horse winning the Kentucky Derby is the longest of long shots.

But if it were to happen, the horse would likely be born outside of Newberg, on Oakhurst Farm. It's the largest thoroughbred horse breeding operation in the state, and winning the Kentucky Derby has been the owner's dream since boyhood. 

It’s tied to a deep connection with horses that’s shaped Jack Root's life. 

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