Ryan Sabalow of the Sacramento Bee has investigated water stories through the drought.

Peter Boag tells on his book "Pioneering Death: The Violence of Boyhood in Turn-of-the-Century Oregon."

Sam Quinones wrote the story of America's opioid painkiller epidemic, then came Fentanyl. Quinones relates successes in communities keeping addiction at bay in his new book The Least of Us.

Dr. Rashid Sumaila, the lead author, and UBC's Dr. Muhammed Oyinlala, a pair of researchers from the University of British Columbia say the growth curve in aquaculture is flattening, and will not be able to keep up with the lost of wild stocks... meaning a potential shortage of seafood.

Lynn Kunstman of Jackson County Master Gardeners

Science writer Elizabeth Weinberg takes note of the disturbing trend of of recently extinct creatures, and the many factors that have led us here.

Dana Thomson, a research scientist at Child Trends, which tracks many figures of child welfare, reports on a steadily dropping rate of child poverty since 1993.

Wilsonville gained infamy for a major bee kill, but now offers city-based programs in bee stewardship.

Rabbi Danya Ruttenberg writes about how important it is to repent for what we've done to damage other people in the book "On Repentance And Repair: Making Amends in an Unapologetic World."

Clayfolk Pottery Show & Sale is back at the Medford Armory next weekend (November 18-20), bringing ceramic art from around the region to the public.