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PNS Weekend Update - May 25th, 20130
Featured on our Memorial Weekend update: “March against Monsanto” protests in more than 200 cities to call attention to potential risks from genetically modified foods; The I-5 bridge collapse a call to action for the nation’s aging infrastructure, and one state just named the bird on their license plates.
Public News Service - Oregon
MEDFORD, Ore. – A new survey of voters over 50 in two Oregon counties offers some hints about what kinds of changes communities may have to make to allow people to age comfortably and as independently as possible. Jackson and Josephine counties in southwest Oregon have some of the largest pe...Read More
NEWPORT, Ore. - This is Bear Awareness Week - but in Oregon, maybe nobody told the bears. It's been pretty quiet so far, both in terms of the spring bear-hunting season and the number of complaints from property owners about bears raiding trash cans and chicken coops. This year they haven't had to,...Read More
PORTLAND, Ore. - Proposed cuts to the program most people know as food stamps are the hot topic in Congress this week. Today, the Senate Agriculture Committee is marking up its version of a new Farm Bill; Wednesday, it's the House Agriculture Committee. The Senate proposal trims the Supplemental N...Read More
JORDAN VALLEY, Ore. - River-rafters are a disappointed bunch if they counted on floating the Owyhee River in southeast Oregon this month. For a second year, there isn't enough water in the river. The Owyhee is a desert river, so low water is typical in the summer - but in April and May, it can be a...Read More
PORTLAND, Ore. - Donating food to a hungry family in Oregon this Saturday will be as easy as putting a bag of nonperishable food on your front porch near the mailbox. The goal for this year's annual "Stamp Out Hunger" drive in Oregon - and Clark County, Wash., too – is 1.5 million pounds. Th...Read More
WILSONVILLE, Ore. - When Oregonians who volunteer as long-term care ombudsmen got together last week, one thing they learned is that more of them are needed around the state. About 43,000 residents live in nursing homes, adult foster homes and other long-term care facilities in Oregon. Ombudsmen, wh...Read More
SALEM, Ore. - One of the big remaining tasks for Oregon lawmakers this session is deciding what to do with the recommendations from the Governor's Commission on Public Safety. A new poll offers clues about how their constituents might handle it. Just last week, 600 Oregon voters were asked if they...Read More
PORTLAND, Ore. - Unions in Oregon are banding together to help new unions get off the ground ... and organizers say the new approach is working. Some 300 Head Start employees submitted cards to the Employment Relations Board Monday to form a union, and about 3000 workers have set up unions in the pa...Read More