One year ago tomorrow, a downed PG&E power line sparked the Camp Fire, a catastrophic wildfire that swept through the Sierra foothills town of Paradise, CA, killing 85 people and destroying over 18,000 structures. Recent counts show that the town has lost 90 percent of its population since the fire. Many former residents have resettled in our listening area. Netflix has released a new documentary, Fire in Paradise , that tells the gut-wrenching stories of the evacuation of Paradise as the

Terra-Gen is proposing to build a large wind farm on the Monument and Bear River Ridges near the Humboldt county town of Scotia. The recent PG&E blackouts have refocused interests on energy generation closer to home. But environmental groups have raised questions about the project. Now, the Wiyot Tribe has raised objections of their own, saying the project threatens tribal resources and culture. The tribe, along with the Redwood Coast Energy Authority and Humboldt County, are working on an

One of the major complaints about the news business is with the stories it does NOT cover. Project Censored figured there was something better to do than complain, so it began putting out a yearbook of stories that did not get told in the mainstream or "corporate" media.

Republican Greg Walden has repesented Oregon's 2nd Congressional Distrct in the US House of Representatives since 1999. His seat has been considered one of the safest in Congress. A week ago, Walden announced he would not run again in 2020. This surprise announcement has many observers of Oregon politics scratching their heads.

14-thousand feet over Northern California, the view is spectacular. The climb up Mount Shasta (14,179 feet) is not for everyone, but it's worth it for the people who make it. But, uh... where do they go to the bathroom? The answer to that question in summer is the subject of a short documentary film in the works, called "Way to Go." It focuses on the composting toilet at the Sierra Club cabin at Horse Camp . Its claim to fame is that it is the highest composting toilet in the country.

Pacific Gas & Electric's planned blackouts last week left millions of Northern Californians in the dark. Businesses lost money, people with health issues that require electrically-powered medical devices scrambled to find alternative power sources, and schools were forced to cancel classes.

You can brush off the idea that America is run by corporations, but consider this fact: the money corporate America spends on lobbyists is now more than the combined salaries of all the members of Congress, in both houses. The power of corporations is examined in the new documentary film "The Corporate Coup D' Etat," which gets a screening this week (November 6th) at Southern Oregon University. Jeff Cohen is one of several producers of the film, which makes the case for a slow-motion corporate

The extreme views on climate change hold that science is just plain wrong, on one hand, or that science will fix the world before it gets too bad, on the other hand. Alejandro Frid chooses to land somewhere in between, trusting that science is correct about the causes of climate change, but that ancient knowledge could help correct the effects. Frid is an ecologist who spends a lot of time with the indigenous people of North America. He offers up his thinking on how to take the best of modern

With the legalization of cannabis in Oregon came, naturally, laws. And regulations. And rules. The Oregon legislature tasked the Oregon Liqour Control Commission (OLCC) with regulating the growing, distribution and sale of cannabis in the state.

Winter is coming, and it can mess with your motor vehicle in myriad ways. From cars that won't start because of cold batteries to cars that won't stop because of frozen pavement, there's a lot that can go wrong. Zach Edwards is in the business of fixing cars; he owns Ashland Automotive , a repair shop. Once a month we pepper him with questions about vehicle care and feeding, and invite you to join in, 800-838-3760 and [email protected] .