With the closure of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, some creative ways of coping with the funding loss have emerged. One involves the auctioning off — for thousands of dollars — of an artist ...

My uncle Frank, now 97 years young, introduced me to artist/broadcaster Bob Ross (1942-1995) when I was a kid. Growing up, my ...

The Corporation for Public Broadcasting, which funds PBS and NPR, is shutting down due to a lack of federal funding. How many ...

The Corporation for Public Broadcasting, which funded NPR and PBS, voted to dissolve after Congress clawed back $1 billion in ...

The South Platte River runs nearby, explaining the fishing theme of the cafe and providing some of the best trout fishing in Colorado. The town strikes that perfect balance between accessibility and ...

If you’re like me, then you would have been proven wrong or severely let down by too many of 2025’s stand-up comedy specials. Which made those who did step up this year stand out that much more. I’ve ...

A painting Bob Ross created in Muncie, Indiana, set an auction record last week with the help of TV show host John Oliver. “Cabin at Sunset” was sold for $1,044,000 through an auction by HBO’s “Last ...

Another of John Oliver and Last Week Tonight’s harebrained yet equally genius schemes has come to fruition, as the long-running HBO series successfully convinced Bob Ross’ estate to sell off one of ...

There are no mistakes: Late artist Bob Ross’ happy trees are about to once again help out public broadcasting. On last week’s 2025 finale of “Last Week Tonight With John Oliver,” the host convinced ...

Happy little trees and other curious items are bringing in big bucks for public broadcasting stations. John Oliver announced an auction to benefit local stations on the Nov. 16 season finale of his ...