OM Extracts in the Applegate Valley practices permaculture, sustainable farming designed to replenish the soil. Mitra Sticklen is the Central Operations Officer.

Oregon Office of Rural Health and the organization Age+ is teaming up with several other entities on a Forum on Aging in Rural Oregon next week in Seaside (May 15-17). Sarah Andersen, Field Services Director for OORH and Age+ President Stephanie Hooper.

Guy Tauer is a regional economist for the Employment Department, keeping an eye on figures from the southwestern corner of Oregon.

Eureka Chamber Music Series is weekend concerts of married-couple/soprano and pianist Lucy Fitz Gibbon and Ryan McCullough, with concert Saturday night (May 13th) and concert with conversation on Sunday afternoon. Tom Stone is both a violinist and the Artistic Director.

All the races and measures are strictly local, but their results will shape the governing boards of school and fire and special districts, and decide issues like school bonds and more. Votes are votes, and Jackson County's Elections Office is ready to count them. Jackson County Clerk Chris Walker

Redding Bikeshare puts electric-assist bikes on the streets for rent, with the goal of making it easier and cleaner to get around town. Executive Director Anne Thomas Shasta Bike Depot.

May is Wildfire Awareness Month, and the Oregon State Fire Marshal's office is putting out its annual warnings. Kyle Reed is a fire risk reduction specialist in the fire marshal's office.

Neil Gross worked for a time as a police officer, before going back to school to become a sociologist. He combines past and present occupations in a book, "Walk the Walk: How Three Police Chiefs Defied the Odds and Changed Cop Culture."

Impersonator scams were the top scam of the year 2022 in America once again, says the Federal Trade Commission.Kerry O'Brien is the Western Regional Director for FTC.

A new book, "The Making of the Northwest Forest Plan: The Wild Science of Saving Old Growth Ecosystems." K. Norman Johnson, Gordon Reeves, and Jerry Franklin all played key parts in detailing the fate of old growth forests and the implications.