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Erik Neumann/JPRThe U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is proposing new rules requiring national wildlife refuge managers to promote biological diversity and environmental health. Some Southern Oregon farmers worry that could stop activities like farming on refuge land. -
Lutheran Community Services NorthwestMore than 1,400 refugees from Afghanistan have arrived in Oregon since the nation fell to the Taliban in 2021.
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This Saturday, a benefit concert in Ashland will help Ukrainian refugee families who came to the Rogue Valley after the Russian invasion. One of those families traveled 7,000 miles from Mariupol to Ashland, Oregon. -
A Portland garden for African refugee growers provides African foods, cultural connection and the joys of farming. -
As the first anniversary of the war in Ukraine passes, Oregon legislators are considering a bill to make it easier for Ukrainian refugees to do things like rent an apartment and get a driver's license. -
Lawmakers pass bills providing relief for Oregonians facing eviction, enduring drought, and combating illegal cannabis operations. -
Legislative Emergency Board will consider the request based on a 12-month plan outlined by Rep. Khanh Pham and Sen. Kayse Jama who have led Oregon鈥檚 effort to welcome Afghan refugees. -
Sen. Kayse Jama and Rep. Khanh Pham are at the center of an effort to coordinate responses between the nonprofits sector and government agencies as the local Afghan community details horrific accounts of family members trapped in Kabul. -
Sen. Kayse Jama and Rep. Khanh Pham say Oregon is well-poised to help those fleeing Afghanistan as the Taliban takes over. -
Lewiston, Maine and Somalia are nearly 7,000 miles apart, and could not be more different culturally. Or could not have been, past tense. Because Lewiston鈥� -
The stories of the refugees are truly sad: they fled in a hurry from their homes with few possessions and a risky journey ahead. The stories of the people鈥� -
June 20th is World Refugee Day, a day to think about the people who left their homes because they HAD to, seldom knowing where they would end up. The鈥�
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The refugees arriving in rickety boats in the Mediterranean are half a world away. But not for Stratis Valamios and Father Christoforos Schuff, who goes鈥�
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The world gasped at the picture of the Syrian boy, Omran Daqneesh, covered in dirt and blood after his home was bombed in Aleppo. It's clear why people鈥�
