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News Outlet
& Journalist
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& Location
MEDIA TYPE
& LENGTH
29 October 2021
Sandia Pueblo, New Mexico, United States
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Tribes in New Mexico have enlisted over 70 goats to help clear dry brush, branches, and invasive plants, which can otherwise become fuel for potential fires. The program, which has been running for almost a whole year...
20 September 2021
St. Johns, Arizona, United States
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1500-3000 Words
Unrealistic fears of a wave of youth violence left rural Apache County, Colorado, with an unused, costly youth detention facility. So the local courts decided to refashion the empty jail into the Loft Legacy Teen Cent...
8 July 2021
Tucson, Arizona, United States
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1500-3000 Words
Casitas, also known as accessory dwelling units (ADUs), are being legalized and promoted by several western states. Arizona is the latest to legalize ADUs in a bid to ease the shortage of affordable housing. An ADU pi...
High Country News
Louise Johns
4 June 2021
United States
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Over 3000 Words
Research suggests that in the 1500s there were 30 million to 60 million bison, 400 years later roughly 1,000 remained. Today, their ecosystem, the Great Plains, is one of the most endangered in the world. However, the...
3 June 2021
Oregon, United States
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1500-3000 Words
Hotels and motels are being converted into free housing for people experiencing housing instability in Oregon. Project Turnkey is a state-funded initiative that buys potential housing units and puts local organization...
13 May 2021
Arizona, United States
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Over 3000 Words
Through settlements, the Gila River Indian community was able to regain rights to its river and tributaries. Aside, from that the community created partnerships with other water projects. The community also decided to...
25 February 2021
Nevada, United States
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800-1500 Words
A program known as Conrad 30 is helping some foreign-born doctors gain the ability to practice medicine in the U.S. by waiving the need for a visa. Although there are concerns about tying a visa to a job, many doctors...
1 January 2021
Tucson, Arizona, United States
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800-1500 Words
Constables tasked with enforcing evictions in Arizona are taking a different approach during the coronavirus pandemic. Instead of forcing residents out and changing the locks, constables are delaying evictions to foll...
30 November 2020
Lincoln County, Oregon, United States
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1500-3000 Words
After a contact tracing effort spurred by an outbreak of COVID-19 cases in Lincoln County, Oregon resulted in the realization that resources weren't being offered in Indigenous Mayan languages, the Oregon Health Autho...
1 November 2020
Spokane, Washington, United States
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Over 3000 Words
A food hub in Spokane, Washington, is providing a marketplace where fresh, local food is accessible from multiple small farms in one convenient location and website. LINC gives farmers access to a market of consumers ...
29 October 2020
Denver, Colorado, United States
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800-1500 Words
For environmental groups like Conservation Colorado looking to expand their reach, they’ve learned that they need to rebuild relationships and trust with communities that have historically been excluded from conservat...
29 October 2020
New Jersey, United States
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800-1500 Words
A company known as TerraCycle recycles "items other companies won’t accept" – including the many masks, gowns, and gloves that have been used during the coronavirus pandemic. While the service is free for those who ca...
22 September 2020
Oregon, United States
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800-1500 Words
Indigenous communities in need of clean drinking water have turned to aid from a Black-led nonprofit in Portland. Don't Shoot Portland raised $16,000 dollars for water and other basic supplies for the Warm Springs Tri...
2 September 2020
Bozeman, Montana, United States
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1500-3000 Words
Scientists in Bozeman, Montana are tracking community spread of COVID-19 by studying samples from the city’s wastewater. Although this form of tracking is more tedious and not necessarily as effective as testing indiv...
28 August 2020
Fort Apache Reservation, Arizona, United States
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800-1500 Words
The White Mountain Apache and the Navajo Nation are using contact tracing to not just slow the spread of coronavirus but to "completely contain" it in their communities, and they are already seeing success from their ...
6 August 2020
California, United States
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Under 800 Words
The Industrial Areas Foundation, the country’s oldest community organizing group, adapted to coronavirus restrictions by using technology to win relief for immigrants without legal documentation in California. Organiz...
30 June 2020
San Francisco, California, United States
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800-1500 Words
A "right-to-purchase" policy has enabled nonprofits to purchase residential buildings in gentrified neighborhoods in order to prevent the displacement of those relying on rent-controlled housing. Mission Economic Deve...
18 June 2020
Washington, United States
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1500-3000 Words
Employees at 7 Yakima Valley fruit packing plants, who are predominately Latinx, went on strike to protest inadequate protection and pay during the Covid-19 pandemic. Agricultural workers accounted for nearly one-fift...
11 June 2020
Eugene, Oregon, United States
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800-1500 Words
CAHOOTS, the 31-year-old program considered a model for the growing number of community-based crisis programs, fielded more than 24,000 calls in 2019, less than 1% of which required police involvement. The program's u...
22 May 2020
Corvallis, Oregon, United States
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800-1500 Words
A partnership between Oregon State University and the Benton County Health Department has helped one Oregon county implement TRACE – widespread coronavirus testing that is available even for those who don't show sympt...
14 May 2020
Enterprise, Oregon, United States
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Under 800 Words
A community health care clinic in Oregon’s Wallowa County has been able to offer mental health services to its clients during the coronavirus pandemic thanks in part to an already-established virtual practice. In plac...
High Country News
Peter Rice
7 May 2020
Las Cruces, New Mexico, United States
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800-1500 Words
To cope with the crush of people experiencing homelessness around the West, formalized encampments like Camp Hope provide local governments with a quick, affordable way to put people into safe, temporary housing where...
24 April 2020
Yurok Reservation, California, United States
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800-1500 Words
The Indigenous Peoples Burning Network works with a group of other similar networks with the shared goal of promoting prescribed fire in a positive and safe manner that will help local ecosystems and minimize the risk...
9 April 2020
Tucson, Arizona, United States
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800-1500 Words
A fleet of mobile health units across the nation have been helping low-income and immigrant communities to access public health care resources, but during the coronavirus pandemic, the focus has shifted to providing r...
25 March 2020
Seattle, Washington, United States
Text
800-1500 Words
Social connection is crucial to recovery for people participating in Alcoholics Anonymous, but the quarantine mandated by the coronavirus has made that impossible. Support groups across the state of Washington are gra...
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