Alaskans can keep bears wild with electric fencing Â
A mother bear known as 482 walks with spring cubs by the Brooks River in Katmai National Park and Preserve on Sept. 6, 2021. (Photo by L. Law/National Park Service)…
For WBUR, GBH, the answer is merge, purge, diverge
RECENTLY PBS premiered a documentary about WIlliam F. Buckley for their American Masters series. As a great admirer of the late founder of National Review I was excited to see…
Vermont search and rescues are rising — and first responders fear more people are headed out unprepared
A member of Stowe Mountain Rescue with a person in a litter, a type of stretcher. Photo courtesy Stowe Mountain Rescue Lauryn Katz is a reporter with Community News Service,…
Shell abandons North Slope oil leases, raising questions about the industry’s future in Alaska
A Shell station in Anchorage. (Photo by Nathaniel Herz/Northern Journal) Imagine, for a moment, that you’re the head of a publicly traded oil company. In your corner office, a team…
Utah, other states, sue California over rule to replace diesel trucks with zero-emission vehicles
A trucker fuels up his truck at the Loves Truck stop on Nov. 5, 2021 in Springville, Utah. (Photo by George Frey/Getty Images) Utah is one of 16 states suing…
Report: Medical care backlogged at Oregon women’s prison as hundreds wait months for care
The outside of Coffee Creek Correctional Facility in Wilsonville on Friday, Aug. 18, 2023. The facility is Oregon’s only women’s prison. (Ben Botkin/Oregon Capital Chronicle) In February, Coffee Creek Correctional…
Vineyard Wind 1 trying to pick up pace with good weather
LAST AUGUST, Avangrid was projecting that Vineyard Wind 1 would be operational by this August. But that seems unlikely now, with only a couple months to go and only about…
Wide scope of presidential emergency powers could be reined in by Congress this year
Former President Donald Trump used his emergency powers to construct a border wall at the U.S.-Mexico border. In this photo, construction continues on a new section of the barrier on…
NC House declines to concur with Senate changes to law governing mask wearing
(Photo by Carol Coelho/Getty Images) The North Carolina House on Wednesday rejected controversial Senate amendments to a bill that would, among other things, ban wearing masks in public, even for…
CDC confirms second bird flu infection of dairy worker
Dairy cattle infected by highly pathogenic avian influenza have large amounts of the virus in their milk. (Scott Olson/Getty Images) A Michigan dairy employee is the second known person to…