No Vacation: Amy Buckler and Mina Black

Mina Black and her mother, Amy Buckler STORYCORPS NORTHWEST

Life in Seward, Alaska wasn’t easy for English major Amy Buckler and her husband. They had a tough time making ends meet. One day, they decided to leave and start a new life in Oregon with their young daughter. In today’s StoryCorps Amy tells her now 10-year-old daughter, Mina Black, about a trip that would prove tougher than they’d ever expected.

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New funding to build farmworker housing in the Pacific Northwest, nationwide

The United States Department of Agriculture is soliciting applications for funding to build farmworker housing nationwide.
In the Pacific Northwest, leaders hope the money can address gaps in farmworker housing. The Pacific Northwest is in a housing crisis and that impacts rural small businesses and agricultural producers, as well as farmworkers, said Helen Price Johnson, who is the Washington State Rural Development director for the USDA.
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