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Many researchers, Buhl included, are now arguing that these drought-driven die-offs are the beginning of a much larger and long-predicted shift in tree growing ranges due to climate change.

Christine Buhl, a forest health specialist for the Oregon Department of Forestry, plunges a tool called an increment borer into the dead tree’s trunk. Twisting the handle of the corkscrew-like borer, Buhl extracts a long, thin sample of the tree’s inner growth rings. The rings become thinner over time, indicating the tree’s growth slowed before the tree finally died, a sign that this red cedar, like thousands of others in Oregon and Washington, died from drought.

After three decades of providing affordable living and studio space for artists in Toronto, Artscape set out to develop a new co-working and creative project called Launchpad. That’s when it all began to unravel

A proposal to bail out a flailing police district near San Francisco was postponed after its sponsor realized he did not have enough votes.

Developer John Basalyga is seeking lower taxes on some of his highest-profile projects.

CHS Social Studies teacher Angila Golik, along with teachers Curtis Kortemeier, Mike Malley and John Martin, and a few other teachers, wanting to help the fire victims in Paradise, Calif. have donated completed art pieces to be raffled among teachers and the Carson City community since many of them know someone affected by the fire.

Lackawanna County homeowners who struggle financially could receive temporary relief from property tax hikes caused by reassessment under a proposed new program.

There is a drug crisis in Ottawa and across Canada, and a toxic street supply only makes it worse. The calls for change to policy continued in the capital on Overdose Awareness Day.

Also, Rick's Lobby Cafe to close; MarketFest on first Thursdays at the Yarmouth Farmer's Market; and St. Peter's Italian Bazaar returns to Portland's Little Italy.

CHS has many opportunities for students to become a part of something bigger than just themselves, not that making a name for oneself is a bad idea or anything, but it is up to the student to step on up, come on in, and check them out.