Dec 11 Patchwork Nation: Looking for Treasures in Lincoln City By Anna Shoup Hand blown glass floats can still be found and made on Oregon's Central Coast. Senior Correspondent Ray Suarez tests his skill at creating his own. Continue reading
Dec 11 Patchwork Nation: Catching the Wind on Oregon’s Central Coast Lincoln City, Ore., known as the "Kite Capital of the World," hosts three kite festivals every year. Continue reading
Dec 11 Watch Good Times Go On Holiday In Oregon Tourist Town As part of the Patchwork Nation series examining communities across the U.S., Ray Suarez travels to picturesque Lincoln City, Oregon, where the recession has sapped the local tourism industry. Continue watching
Dec 10 Ray Suarez: What the Recession Looks like in ‘Boom Town’ of Eagle, Colo. By Ray Suarez Eagle, Colo. | Next in our Patchwork Nation series, we set off for a "Boom Town." Eagle County had doubled in population since the early years of the decade, and was set to double again quickly. Fueled by income… Continue reading
Dec 10 Patchwork Nation: In One Boom Town, ‘Simple Supper’ Offers Community Relief By Online DA As the recession has dragged on in Eagle, Colo., a church dinner has provided relief to dozens of local residents hard hit by the economy's slide. Continue reading
Dec 10 School Opens Doors with Second Language Learners in Focus By Anna Shoup The New America School in Eagle County, Colo., opened three years ago to educate the area's Latino high school students. Continue reading
Dec 10 Watch Economic Bust Strikes Colorado ‘Boom Town’ As part of the Patchwork Nation series, Ray Suarez travels to Eagle, Colo., where the real estate boom of earlier this decade has culminated in an especially painful bust. Continue watching
Dec 09 Ray Suarez: Sioux Center, Iowa, and the Ins and Outs of ‘Tractor Country’ This Iowa town of just under 7,000 people has weathered the recession well, so far. Food prices spiked higher in the last few years, providing a steady income stream to the farmers of Iowa's northwest corner. Government support for… Continue reading
Dec 09 Watch Iowa Farmers Squeezed by Belt Tightening In part three of his Patchwork Nation series, Ray Suarez travels to Sioux Center, Iowa, to look at how the recession has hit agricultural centers known as "tractor country."… Continue watching
Dec 09 Patchwork Nation: Sioux Center Rallies Around High School Football On Fridays in Sioux Center, Iowa, the high school football game is the place to be, and the competition is about more than just moving the ball down the field. Continue reading