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Articles from the December 31, 2020 edition


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  • National service opportunities for youth, post-pandemic

    Eric Tegethoff, Oregon News Service|Dec 31, 2020

    The economic woes from the COVID-19 pandemic parallel the Great Depression in some ways, and new research suggests national service programs from the 1930s could be useful for the recovery and for young people who need work. A Brookings Institution report calls on the country to expand programs like AmeriCorps, YouthBuild and conservation corps over the next few years. Jeff Parker, executive director for the Eugene-based conservation nonprofit Northwest Youth Corps, backs the idea. "Our goal is...

  • Astronaut left a piece of Oregon lava on the moon

    Finn J.D. John|Dec 31, 2020

    When the moon is full and hanging low in the sky over Central Oregon, take a good close look at it. In one of its craters, surrounded by tire tracks and boot prints and the abandoned "moon buggy," a tiny chunk of Oregon lies on its surface. Here's how it got there: Starting around 1964, NASA started sending future lunar astronauts to various unusual places to study volcanic geology and to familiarize themselves with landscapes that they thought they might encounter on the moon. Although...