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The search continues for Nancy Guthrie, the 84-year-old mother of TODAY co-anchor Savannah Guthrie, as investigators examine the legitimacy of reported ransom notes and offer a reward for information leading to her recovery. The Milan-Cortina Winter Olympics are underway in Italy, with opening ceremonies and early competition drawing attention to U.S. contenders in figure skating and hockey.

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The White House refuses to say if ICE will be at polling places in November. A bill to ease display of the Ten Commandments in schools stalls in Indiana and union leaders call for the restoration of federal worker employment protections.

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Silver mining made Northern Idaho wealthy, but left its mark on people's health, a similar issue affects folks along New York's Hudson River and critics claim rural renewable energy eats up farmland, while advocates believe they can co-exist.

Kathryn Pardo

Director of Operations

Kathryn Pardo joins the Public News Service with an eclectic background in cultural resources management and nonprofit operations. With degrees from the University of Edinburgh, Kent State University, and Ohio University (THE state university of Ohio!), Kathryn has served in various capacities—from marketing to PR to operations to research, and beyond—for The Nature Conservancy, the National Parks Conservation Association, the National Park Service, Voices for Biodiversity, and the Owls Head Transportation Museum.


Topic Expertise: Cultural resources, ecotourism, anthropology

Local Expertise: Maine, Ohio, the Mountain West, Middle East and North Africa

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