skip to main content
skip to newscasts

Thursday, March 28, 2024

Public News Service Logo
facebook instagram linkedin reddit youtube twitter
view newscast page
play newscast audioPlay

Pulling back the curtains on wage-theft enforcement in MN; Trump's latest attack is on RFK, Jr; NM LGBTQ+ equality group endorses 2024 'Rock Star' candidates; Michigan's youth justice reforms: Expanded diversion, no fees.

view newscast page
play newscast audioPlay

Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg says rebuilding Baltimore's Key Bridge will be challenging and expensive. An Alabama Democrat flips a state legislature seat and former Connecticut senator Joe Lieberman dies at 82.

view newscast page
play newscast audioPlay

Historic wildfires could create housing and health issues for rural Texans, a Kentucky program helps prison parolees start a new life, and descendants of Nicodemus, Kansas celebrate the Black settlers who journeyed across the 1870s plains seeking self-governance.

OR: Sustainable Agriculture and Farming

Large-scale farm operations have raised concerns about nearby public health effects across the country. (Aaron/Adobe Stock)
Pollution concerns prompt OR county to limit large-scale farms

An Oregon county has enacted new restrictions on large-scale agriculture operations. Linn County commissioners approved a one-mile setback rule from …

play audio
There are more than 130 farmers markets across Oregon. (Tamela/Adobe Stock)
How to Eat Healthy, Even as Food Prices Rise

Higher food costs are a concern for many Oregonians, but one local health expert said people can still manage to eat healthy. Chelsea Warren…

play audio

Country Natural Beef ranchers are in nine western states covering more than 6.5 million acres of land.  (Patrick Jennings/Adobe Stock)
Collaboration Grows 'Regenerative Ranching' Program in Northwest

By Caroline Tracey for Civil Eats.Broadcast version by Deborah Van Fleet for Missouri News Service reporting for the Solutions Journalism Network-Publ…

play audio
Before the EPA's ban, Oregon had planned to phase out the use of the pesticide chlorpyrifos by 2023. (Dusan Kostic/Adobe Stock)
U.S. Pesticide Use Could Be on Docket in Trade Talks

As the United States enters into talks over a new trade framework with several nations, America's lax pesticide policy could be a sticking point for …

play audio

Catching salmon is big business for communities along the Oregon coast. (ftfoxfoto/Adobe Stock)
NW Proposal Could Boost Salmon 'Boat to Plate,' Supporters Say

PORTLAND, Ore. -- If the Pacific Northwest has a taste, it's for the region's salmon, but as the iconic fish species dwindles, it also effects a food …

play audio
In 2019, Oregon's mega-dairies produced 6.5 billion pounds of waste, according to the Stand Up to Factory Farms Coalition. (Lynn Ketchum/Oregon State University)
OR Lawmakers Could Freeze Mega-Polluting Dairy Farms

SALEM, Ore. - Critics say big dairy farms produce a massive amount of waste and pollution, and bills in the Oregon Legislature would hit pause on …

play audio

Food production makes up 25% of greenhouse gas emissions, but Americans throw away as much as 40% of edible food. (Pixel-Shot/Adobe Stock)
New Uses for Food Waste Include Possible Benefits for Environment

PORTLAND, Ore. - Edible food is wasted on a massive scale in the United States, but there are signs that it could be coming back to Americans' plates…

play audio
A solar farm near Medford, Ore., also is home to 48 thriving bee colonies. (Pine Gate Renewables)
Nation's Largest Solar Bee Farm in Ore. Creating Buzz

MEDFORD, Ore. - Bees are enjoying their days in the sun on a clean-energy farm in southern Oregon. The Eagle Point solar farm outside Medford is the …

play audio

A new report finds cropland is expanding in Oregon at nearly 230 square kilometers a year. (born1945/Flickr)
Fuel Mandate Contributing to Climate Change, Report Finds

PORTLAND, Ore. – New research from the University of Wisconsin examines how the expansion of cropland in Oregon and other states because of the …

play audio
Farmworkers are calling for suspension of the use of a toxic pesticide called chlorpyrifos. (jetsandzeppelins/flickr)
Farmworkers Want Toxic Pesticide Out of Farms

PORTLAND, Ore. – Oregon farmworkers are joining advocates across the nation to petition the Environmental Protection Agency, calling on them to …

play audio

In Oregon, an estimated 40 percent of agricultural workers are immigrants. (pixabay)
Study Shows Immigrants Helping to Boost Oregon's Economy

PORTLAND, Ore. - Immigrants play a vital role in Oregon's economy, according to a new study. The Partnership for a New American Economy said 10 …

play audio
A Honey Fungus in Oregon's Blue Mountains is thought to be the largest organism on earth. (Jorick Homan/Flickr)
Vast Underground Networks of Fungi Integral to NW Forests

PORTLAND, Ore. — The season for morel mushroom hunting in Oregon forests is over, but other varieties - like chanterelles - are in season; and …

play audio

 

Phone: 303.448.9105 Toll Free: 888.891.9416 Fax: 208.247.1830 Your trusted member- and audience-supported news source since 1996 Copyright © 2021