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June 2025

Lawman of the Emerald: Sheriff Matt Kendall on Cartels, Weed, and Water Wars
Matt Kendall is a sheriff in the heart of California's cannabis country, the epicenter of black market marijuana production, dominated by transnational…
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Keely Covello
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1:36:20
Trump stops Snake River dam removals, says Biden plan elevated fish over citizens
Farmers and rural communities in the Pacific Northwest are celebrating the move as a win for citizen interests.
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Keely Covello
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New Jersey farm to be seized by state for affordable housing
“My family sacrificed on this land for 175 years. All the other farms disappeared. We did not. We will not.”
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Keely Covello
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Dam DISASTER with Theodora Johnson: Water, Wolves, and Ranching on the Klamath River
Theodora Johnson is a rancher and a journalist in Siskiyou County, California.
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Keely Covello
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Theodora Johnson
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Dam removals devastated the Klamath. Will agriculture take the fall?
In a dire warning for planned dam removals across the American West, journalist Theodora Johnson reveals the dark truth about the Klamath Dam removals…
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Theodora Johnson
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Back-to-back cannabis murders rock Northern California, sheriff says cartel involved
Sheriff says transnational drug trafficking organizations are operating on an Indian reservation. The same tribe is suing law enforcement over marijuana…
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May 2025

Family calls for justice in unsolved murder of Humboldt County rancher; names suspected killer
Dick Drewry's murder was the subject of "High Country Murder," a 2024 short documentary from UNWON.
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Keely Covello
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Country Music with J.B. Zielke: Six-Continent Cowboy
J.B. Zielke on herdsmen, music, and founding the Woodstock of Western grit (it's happening this weekend in Gillette, Wyoming).
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Keely Covello
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Heather Maude: Fighting for the American Dream
Heather Maude is finally free to speak about her case and what the federal government put her family through.
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Keely Covello
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Washington ranch family facing $267,000 fine, terminated grazing leases, and possible criminal charges
The King family is accused of damaging "wetlands" because of Google Earth photos officials claim show the area was dredged.
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Keely Covello
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"Big beautiful bill" seizes federal power for CO2 pipeline land grabs
The current budget reconciliation bill threatens American property rights. At the center of the fight: a controversial CO2 pipeline project backed by…
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Keely Covello
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