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AMHERST — Amherst will have three days featuring numerous events to commemorate Juneteenth, the federal holiday that recognizes the last people being emancipated in Galveston, Texas in 1865 following the Civil War.On Saturday, Ancestral Bridges is...

Rescued as a sapling and now guarding my home, this blue giant stands resiliently against climate crises.

Poisonous ideology with those who join isis do and yet well have a problem. the organization will reconstitute itself and there is something deep tore tap in to. a deeper tap roots. in your reare paired statement, you will ensure the state department here on the war of ideas. based on your presentation for the hearing. what is your assessment of the state department current performance in the war of ideas and once you make your comments specific to our effort against the islamic state. >> i am n...

People from deadly mudslides one tree at a time. >> in guatemala, its typical tragically to have hundreds of mudslides. the rains come and downpours. the mountainside will simply give way and collapse. houses are washed away and people have been killed. >> translator: all three die here. they were like my children. the rain came, the mud took them away. >> they just live with it and make the best of it. but i say heres some things you can do. im ann motley hallum and helping the people if rural ...

Dedicated her life to protecting people from deadly mudslides one tree at a time. >> in guatemala, its typical tragically to have hundreds of mudslides. the rains come and downpours. the mountainside will simply give way and collapse. houses are washed away and people have been killed. >> translator: all three die here. they were like my children. the rain came, the mud took them away. >> they just live with it and make the best of it. but i say heres some things you can do. im ann motley hallum...

>> they just live with it and make the best of it. but i say heres something you can do. im ann motley hallum and helping the people if rural guatemala protect their families and field from the dangers of mudslides. pine trees with tap roots hold a mountain together. but the trees are cut for firewood and to make room for the crops. without realizing it, they have taken away their protection. we started to teach the villagers how to use the trees. we start with a little seed bed and build that. ...

I say, here are some things you can do. >> i am anne motley halum, i am helping the people in rural gat ma la protect their family and friends. pine trees with tap roots hold a mountain together. the trees are cut for fire wood. without realizing it, they have taken away their protection. we started to teach the villagers how to use the trees. we will start with a little seed bed and we will build that and then we transplant those seed lings on to the mountain slopes. we watch the trees grow. th...