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The Ponca Tribe of Nebraska is hosting its 32nd annual powwow beginning Thursday.
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Blake Sasse/Arkansas Game and Fish Commission/U.S. Fish and WildlifeThe plains spotted skunk is becoming harder to find in the central U.S. states it calls home. As federal officials consider the skunk for federal protections, researchers and environmentalists are hoping to learn more about the long understudied species. -
Tadeo Ruiz Sandoval/Harvest Public MediaPassing on the family farm to the next generation is typically an involved process, both financially and emotionally. A turbulent agricultural economy the past few years has made that transition even more difficult. -
Shahla Farzan/Harvest Public MediaFood safety experts say contaminated water in farm fields is a likely culprit. But questions still remain about the current outbreak. -
Marissa Lindemann/Harvest Public MediaWhen Congress allowed Affordable Care Act tax credits to lapse, healthcare premiums spiked for millions of Americans — especially self-employed farmers and ranchers. That added cost is multiplying the stress on their already stretched balance sheets.
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Additional details weren't provided, but Trump said he thought his latest actions would be constitutional. -
Iran's parliament is reviewing a plan to ban ships linked to the U.S., Israel and other "hostile countries" from transiting the Strait of Hormuz. The Trump administration has rejected the plan. -
Snails are slimy. But there's more to that goo of theirs than meets the eye. It's a fact that may help inspire the creation of new materials. -
President Trump's proposed arch in Memorial Circle would intrude on dozens of nearby sites, says the National Park Service. But there's been minimal discussion of alternate locations. -
Living in the desert is "not for everybody," says Watkins. Her home, in the Mojave Desert near Death Valley, is staggeringly beautiful and brutal. Her new novel Yellow Pine shares this landscape.
