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Missed For A Decade, Roots Icons Buddy And Julie Miller Return To A Shared Spotlight

A prolific force in Americana, beloved and emulated by Nashville royalty, the couple is back with its first album together in a decade — guided, as always, by a powerful but adaptable partnership.

This California City Has The Nation's Worst Job Market: 'I'm Applying Everywhere'

At a time when the United States is enjoying the lowest unemployment rate in a half-century, California's Imperial Valley suffers from a shortage of good jobs.

Dan’s Tractor Inc. owner Skip Ogden stands at the counter of his southwestern Washington store. CREDIT: Kate Davidson/OPB

What Washington Can't Tax, Oregon Might

On July 1, Washington stopped letting Oregon shoppers skip paying sales tax at the register, with a few exceptions. Some businesses in southwestern Washington fear the change will drive away Oregon customers who won’t want to cross the river to shop when there is no sales tax at home.

On Tour De France, A Celebration Of Cycling's Famous Yellow Jersey

VIDEO: A look at why yellow is all over the Tour de France.

João Gilberto, Master Of Bossa Nova, Dies At 88

The Brazilian singer and guitarist, who won wide acclaim for his abundant technical skill and minimalist style, was behind one of the best-selling jazz albums of all time, 1964's Getz/Gilberto.

The Guggenheim Museum, designed by Frank Lloyd Wright who developed the concept of "organic architecture," that a building should develop out of its surroundings. Stan Honda/AFP/Getty Images

UNESCO Adds 8 Frank Lloyd Wright Buildings To Its List Of World Heritage Sites

The Guggenheim Museum in New York and Fallingwater in Pennsylvania now belong to a list that includes Machu Picchu and the pyramids of Egypt.

KYNR host Ryan Craig at the station in February 2018, in front of the audio board that was stolen in October. CREDIT: Esmy Jimenez/NWPB

Yakama Nation Radio Station Gets Tuned Back On Air 8 Months After Burglary Knocked It Off

Typically, if you tuned in to KYNR 1490 AM, "The Voice of the Yakama Nation," you’d hear everything: local high school sports, birthday call-outs, musical guests. But eight months ago, the station was robbed and the broadcast came to a halt. That left 6,000 tribal members and other non-Native listeners without local news.

Located between Capitol Reef and Bryce Canyon and Zion national parks, the Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument has become a big tourist draw since its designation in 1996. CREDIT: KIRK SIEGLER/NPR

When Everybody Wants A Piece Of 'God's Country'

About 300 miles south of Salt Lake City, the Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument is at the heart of some of the most remote terrain in the lower 48. Famous for its red rock canyons, arches and fossil beds, the rugged land is punctuated by sites like Death Ridge, Carcass Canyon and Hell's Backbone Road.

By one estimate, emissions from producing and incinerating plastics could amount to 56 gigatons of carbon — almost 50 times the annual emissions of all of the coal power plants in the U.S. — between now and 2050. CREDIT: KOJI SASAHARA/AP

Plastic Has A Big Carbon Footprint — But That Isn't The Whole Story

Plastic waste gets a lot of attention when photos of dead whales with stomachs full of plastic bags hit the news. Pieces of plastic also litter cities, and tiny plastic particles are even floating in the air.

Hanford Advisory Board Cools Heels Waiting For Energy Department

At the Hanford Site in southeast Washington state, a powerful group of citizens who keep watch on the nuclear reservation hasn’t met in months. Northwest…

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