A mass timber company from Switzerland has chosen Portland for one of its North American facilities. As Kyra [[KYE ruh]] Buckley reports, the company manufactures homes and other buildings from engineered wood.

A wildfire that broke out yesterday ((MON)) in Central Oregon has grown to over 2-thousand acres and is threatening 200 homes.

The Alder Springs fire, located in Central Oregon, is now estimated to be about 25-hundred acres with zero percent containment. A 24-hour shelter has been set up at the Highland Baptist Church in Redmond. That’s where Kathryn Styer Martinez spoke with a volunteer.

The threat of deportations is sowing fear among farm workers who usually show up this time of year to pick cherries.

And that’s leading to a growing crisis for Washington cherry farmers.

KUOW’s Monica Nickelsburg reports.

A longtime REI member is taking legal action after the outdoor co-op refused to release information on the results of its recent Board of Directors elections

REI members are also partial owners of the consumer-cooperative…..but what does that mean in practice? One longtime member is going to court to find out…..KNKX Murrow News Fellow Nate Sanford has more.

One of the doctors who was ousted from the Centers for Disease Control's Advisory Committee for Immunization Practices is speaking out.

Dr. Helen Chu [CHEW]... a **highly** respected infectious disease doctor from the University of Washington... is one of the people ousted from the Centers for Disease Control's Advisory Committee for Immunization Practices.

In Bend, Juneteenth is being celebrated this year in a new location. The Fathers Groups, a nonprofit support group for Black fathers and families in Central Oregon, initially cancelled the event citing safety concerns among people who might participate.

In Bend, the large Juneteenth celebration normally held in Drake Park was canceled this year, until community organizers stepped up. Kathryn Styer Martínez reports.