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Sunday, September 13, 2026

By Public News Service Sunday, September 13, 2026

Wildfire smoke chokes out tourism in Oregon’s small towns

Travel/Wildfires & tourism— By Isobel Charle, producer, Oregon News Service, bureau of Public News Service. This year has been Oregon’s largest wildfire year on record, and for the state’s small, tourism-dependent communities, wildfires bring economic and emotional consequences long before any flames reach their doorstep. Many towns have been under evacuation warnings for weeks this summer, emptying them […]

Friday, December 26, 2025

By Public News Service Friday, December 26, 2025

Blood donations needed during the holiday season

Blood Donations— Isobel Charle, producer, Oregon News Service, a bureau of Public News Service. As Americans get swamped with holiday chores, travel, and winter weather, some may not have time to donate blood as they usually would. It takes about 1,000 donors a day just to maintain a healthy blood supply for hospitals in Oregon, according to […]

Saturday, August 3, 2024

By Public News Service Saturday, August 3, 2024

New data shows wildfires threaten food production as well as lives and property

Mason Kennedy, producer, Oregon News Service, a bureau of Public News Service. Firefighters are battling several wildfires in Oregon and California. The massive Park fire near Sacramento has grown to the fourth largest in state history. Among the other wildfires burning are the Lake Fire in Santa Barbara County, which is 98 percent contained, the Borel Fire in Kern […]