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Poisoned Fields: New Mexico’s Fight for Justice as PFAS Destroys Family Farms
ByYanasa TV News July 8, 2025July 11, 2025

Thousands of Dairy Cows Euthanized, Crops Unsellable—A Rural Community’s Lawsuit Against the Military Could Change America’s PFAS Reckoning Blood on the Land: New Mexico’s Dairy Catastrophe In the parched fields around Clovis, New Mexico, an unthinkable tragedy has unfolded: dairy farmers, some with tears in their eyes, have watched thousands of healthy cows—entire herds—marched to…

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Who Controls the Weather Now? Inside the Hidden World of Texas Cloud Seeding and the Storm That Shattered a Community
ByYanasa TV News July 6, 2025July 6, 2025

Yanasa TV News As families mourn the July 4th flood victims, questions emerge about the ethics, oversight, and unseen influence of state-run weather modification programs. A Holiday Turned Tragic ? The July 4th Flood That Shattered Central Texas On what should have been a joyful Independence Day celebration, a sudden and violent storm system transformed…

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Disaster on the Guadalupe: Flash Flood Tragedy at Camp Mystic Leaves Dozens Dead, 20+ Girls Missing in Texas Hill Country
ByYanasa TV News July 5, 2025July 6, 2025

Yanasa TV News Unprecedented Flash Floods Sweep Through Texas Hill Country, Leaving Dozens Dead and Families Clinging to Hope as Search Continues for Missing Campers at Historic Girls’ Retreat In the early hours of July 5th, beneath the normally tranquil canopy of cypress and oak along the Guadalupe River, Central Texas was transformed by one…

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Buffalo Burgers, Big Skies, and Bison Truths: Behind the Scenes at Durham Ranch
ByYanasa TV News July 3, 2025July 6, 2025

How 55,000 Acres of Bison and a Coleman Grill Are Fueling a Conservation Revolution If there’s one thing you learn fast while filming Native: The Prodigies of an Icon, it’s that bison are more than just beautiful creatures—they’re a way of life. And nowhere does that truth thunder louder than at Durham Ranch, a 55,000-acre bison operation nestled in…

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A Pipeline With a Price: Utah’s Pine Valley Ranchers Sound the Alarm as Cedar Valley’s Thirst Threatens Their Future
ByYanasa TV News July 2, 2025July 6, 2025

Yanasa TV News Utah’s Controversial Pine Valley Pipeline Could Dry Up Ranches, Drain Tribal Lands, and Set a Dangerous Precedent for Rural America The Rural Sacrifice Zone In the high-desert landscape of southwestern Utah, a showdown over water is drawing national attention—and exposing a harsh reality for America’s heartland. The Central Iron County Water Conservancy…

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Beefpocalypse? Nation’s Largest Beef Plant Faces Shutdown
ByYanasa TV News July 2, 2025July 2, 2025

Yanasa TV News A Looming Tyson Strike in Texas Threatens America’s Dinner Plate—and the White House May Have to Step In A Crisis on the Horizon America’s largest beef-processing plant—the Tyson Foods facility in Amarillo, Texas—stands on the edge of a historic shutdown. After months of negotiations, more than 3,100 workers represented by Teamsters Local 577…

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UPDATE: Ambush on the Mountain: How an Idaho Brush Fire Turned Deadly
ByYanasa TV News July 1, 2025July 1, 2025

Yanasa TV News New Details Emerge on Idaho Firefighter Ambush: What We Now Know About the Shooter and His Motives Original Yanasa TV Story https://yanasanews.com/news/ambush-on-the-mountain-how-a-fire-call-turned-deadly-in-northern-idaho/ On June 29, 2025, a routine fire call in the hills near Coeur d’Alene, Idaho, ended in one of the deadliest days for first responders in recent memory. Two veteran…

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Battleground in the Bay: Inside North Carolina’s Shrimp Trawling Ban Controversy
ByYanasa TV News July 1, 2025July 2, 2025

Yanasa TV News Why a Late-Session Bill Nearly Sank Generations of Coastal Fishermen—and What It Reveals About Science, Politics, and the Future of American Shrimp The Bill That Rocked the Coast In June 2025, a quiet regulatory bill—House Bill 442—ignited one of North Carolina’s fiercest fisheries debates in decades. Originally drafted to address recreational fishing…

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Washed Out: Record May Rains Leave U.S. Farmers Reeling—What Happens Next?
ByYanasa TV News July 1, 2025

Yanasa TV News Relentless rains swamp Southern farms, threatening local livelihoods while national food supply stays steady. After weeks of unrelenting downpours swamped Southern fields, American farmers are left to assess the damage, brace for lost crops, and hope for government intervention. Here’s what’s at stake for the national food supply—and why local families may…

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A Line in the Furrow: Cranbury’s Battle Over Farmland, Eminent Domain, and Federal Intervention
ByYanasa TV News June 30, 2025June 30, 2025

Yanasa TV News How a New Jersey Township’s Bid to Seize a 175-Year-Old Family Farm Sparked a Federal Showdown—and Could Redefine Eminent Domain in the Name of Affordable Housing A Town’s Mandate, a Family’s Stand On the outskirts of Cranbury, New Jersey, rows of corn and beans stretch across fields that have been farmed for…

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