Matthew Reynolds exhorts readers to reach for Biggest Fullest Brightest, Shifting the Consciousness of Humanity.

Governor Kate Brown declared May Foster Care Month in Oregon, to put some focus on the reasons for foster care, the people who provide it, and the need for more people to get involved helping children get to a better day.

Eldridge C. Hane (Redge) about immigration and human trafficking in his novel, a thriller called The Bus to Beulah.

Lynn Kunstman of Jackson County Master Gardeners

Ira Shapiro was a senate staffer many years ago, working with some of the powerful (and bipartisan) figures he profiled in his book "The Last Great Senate." His latest book is The Betrayal: How Mitch McConnell and the Senate Republicans Abandoned America.

The Oregon Health Authority and the Oregon Department of Education teamed up to announce the "Fentanyl & Opioid Response Toolkit for Schools."

Ira Shapiro was a senate staffer many years ago, working with some of the powerful (and bipartisan) figures he profiled in his book "The Last Great Senate." His latest book is The Betrayal: How Mitch McConnell and the Senate Republicans Abandoned America.

The Oregon Health Authority and the Oregon Department of Education teamed up to announce the "Fentanyl & Opioid Response Toolkit for Schools."

Providence Medford Medical Center recently announced that it is the first health care facility in the Northwest to incorporate ShakeAlert, to enhance safety for its patients.

Gold Hill-based Sweed Machinery in this month's edition of The Ground Floor, our business segment.