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Songs to the mountains. And poems, and paintings, and more. This and more will be featured in Celebration of the Siskiyou Crest, planned for mid-July. Organizers visit... ijpr.org/show/the-jeffe…

A week alone will not do the trick, Oregon observes Arbor MONTH in April. State Forester Calvin Mukumoto visits to talk about urban forestry, trees in town, and their value... ijpr.org/show/the-jeffe…

AIFF lives! Ashland Film Festival puts up 20 documentaries, in-person and online, in the Documentary Showcase for 2023. We run the list with festival leaders... ijpr.org/show/the-jeffe…

Are you packing a poem (or two)? We want to air your short poem in our celebration of National Poetry Month. Follow the link for the submission guidelines... ijpr.org/2023-04-03/cel…

Despair IS called for in considering the climate crisis. So is anger, denial, and even humor. Andrew Boyd explores these and more in his book I Want a Better Catastrophe... ijpr.org/show/the-jeffe…

If the courts won't move it, the legislature will: Oregon legislators put contents of Measure 114--currently on hold--into bills that could increase gun controls in the state... ijpr.org/show/the-jeffe…

Rocking the region from Redding to Cave Junction: Josh Gross serves up another musical smorgasbord of traveling acts, in the April edition of Rogue Sounds... ijpr.org/show/the-jeffe…

They not only report on it, they LIVED it... Ashland High School's Truth to Power club delivers another episode of Fresh Eyes, on the subject of "swatting." ijpr.org/show/the-jeffe…

Continued bumpy times in Shasta County government... that's among the issues JPR reporters covered this week. Hear the weekend roundup in The Debrief... ijpr.org/show/the-jeffe…

People's Bank of Commerce in Medford hits a quarter century, and its bosses drop by to talk about what it takes to survive as a regional bank in the age of "too big to fail"... ijpr.org/show/the-jeffe…

How the bees helped research in Klamath County: they can go LOTS of places. We get details of BeeOdiversity's project in a chat on the JX: ijpr.org/show/the-jeffe…

Recording a new Garden for Life segment with Lynn Kunstman on Thursday afternoon... got questions for our resident Master Gardener? Send 'em now to JX@jeffnet.org! ijpr.org/podcast/garden…

Not a garden, but a food FOREST: one planted by the Community Food Council for Del Norte and Tribal Lands bore fruit last year for the first time. Details from Food Council (sorry about the feedback)... ijpr.org/show/the-jeffe…

Accusations and dissent roil county government. Not now; back in the 1930s, the subject of Jeff LaLande's book The Jackson County Rebellion. He dropped by JX to discuss it... ijpr.org/show/the-jeffe…

He doesn't announce next season, but Alexander Tutunov confirms there WILL BE a season for the Tutunov Piano Series, starting next fall. We talk about Joanna Trzeciak and more... ijpr.org/show/the-jeffe…

SO Derby board members visit the JX to talk about roller derby events coming down the track. That's Madame Morticia (Rachel Patstone) and Naughty Maudie (Tiffany Maude)... ijpr.org/show/the-jeffe…

Outreach to vets takes a podcast turn in the Rogue Valley. Geoffrey Geness, a veteran himself, started the Veterans Access Podcast to guide vets to benefits... ijpr.org/show/the-jeffe…

She loved life in the country, but it didn't always love her: Lewellyn Melnyk writes of seeking help for mental health challenges, for her and anyone, in the book Rooted. ijpr.org/show/the-jeffe…

Be careful saying "the weather didn't used to be like this," A-because of climate change now, B-because of climate change EVER. A pair of scientists talk about changes where we live... ijpr.org/show/the-jeffe…