Jen Schmidt News Today

Hear Black Hawk College student Brooke Thorpes take on the fall 2023 semester and other topics.

A new survey found that Fairbanks and Anchorage homeowners are increasingly threatened by climate-related hazards like wildfire, permafrost thaw and winter rain, the latter costing homeowners $25 million in annual damages.

OXFORD — An artistic annual auction advancing beautification and benevolent causes continues in Oxford this week.

Meet eight women who are headlining in summer theater festivals across the nation, from New York City to Nevada.

Our annual Career Issue spotlights individuals charting their own course through Earth and space sciences.

A small grocery repository has been installed outside Wheelings Indian Trails Public Library to help people struggling to afford food or personal care products.

A renovation project will close the Indian Trails Public Library Districts branch facility in Prospect Heights for most of May.

Music festival at Red in mid-September; tennis and lacrosse speak up; significant grants to the City relieve financial pressures; the Five Year Financial plan moves ahead; evaluating recreation proposals; anticipating rising policing costs; concern about short-term rental regulation; the latest RDKB report April 3, 2023 -- PRESENT: Mayor Andy Morel, and Councillors Stewart

The Partnership for the Performing Arts hosted a presentation/luncheon for community leaders Saturday at the Elk Valley Rancheria Sam Lopez Community Room.

Jen Schmidt is a science writer and editor based in California. She is a former AAAS Mass Media Fellow and holds a PhD in earth science. She studied rocks around the world before finding a home in science writing. Her work has also appeared in Eos and Science News.