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Now playing at the Oregon Shakespeare Festival, "Come From Away" is based on a true story of hospitality in remote Newfoundland following the tragic 9/11 attack on the World Trade Center in New York. When the Federal Aviation Administration closes the US airways, flights are rerouted to small town Canadian airports. Gander Airport, located in a town of about 7,000, welcomes almost 7,000 passengers, thus doubling the need for everything from baby food to toilet paper.

City Club of Eugene honors those who stick their neck out for the good of the community.

The City Club of Eugene presents a community forum dedicated to exploring the city’s current police oversight system.

In this month's Living Less Unsustainably, there's nothing like a heatwave to make you realize how hot it is - and motivate you to keep your home cool with as little energy use and climate impact as possible.

Jess Mador comes to WYSO from Knoxville NPR-station WUOT, where she created an interactive multimedia health storytelling project called TruckBeat, one of 15 projects around the country participating in AIR's Localore: #Finding Americainitiative. Before TruckBeat, Jess was an independent public radio journalist based in Minneapolis. She’s also worked as a staff reporter and producer at Minnesota Public Radio in the Twin Cities, and produced audio, video and web stories for a variety of other news outlets, including NPR News, APM, and PBS television stations. She has a Master's degree from the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism in New York. She loves making documentaries and telling stories at the intersection of journalism, digital and social media.

Ammad Omar oversees coverage of the western United States for NPR and serves as the editorial lead at NPR West in Culver City, California.

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Before joining NHPR in August 2014, Jack was a freelance writer and radio reporter. His work aired on NPR, BBC, Marketplace and 99% Invisible, and he wrote for the Christian Science Monitor and Northern Woodlands.

Ben Bradford is a city kid, who came to Charlotte from San Francisco by way of New York, Washington, D.C., and Los Angeles. Prior to his career in journalism, Ben spent time as an actor, stuntman, viral marketer, and press secretary for a Member of Congress. He graduated from UCLA in 2005 with a degree in theater and from Columbia University’s Graduate School of Journalism in 2012. As a reporter, his work has been featured on NPR, WNYC, the BBC, and Public Radio International.