Food safety needs to extend beyond the big meal, because you'll probably have those leftovers hanging around for several more days, at a minimum. We chat with a USDA rep about making only happy food memories on this or any holiday.

Nik Wiman is an Associate Professor in the College of Agricultural Sciences at OSU about the population of brown marmorated stink bugs exploded this year, possible due to the long, wet spring. Now the insects pose risks to some of the crops that bring in the bucks for Oregon farms and orchards.

RA encourages people to get involved in land-use planning. You never know what the people down the street might want to build.

Britt's residency program brings musical artists to schools. Britt's Abby McKee and Kay Hilton visit, with Alan Meyer from Pacific Power, whose foundation helps fund the residency.

Historical societies and other efforts large and small get a boost from the state through Oregon Heritage, the state's historic preservation office.

Con-Vey, a Roseburg company with a long history of providing automation to the timber industry. It recently branched out with a subsidiary, 7robotics, set up to provide automation to other industries. Dave Larecy is CEO of both companies.

Luke Mogelson got close to the people protesting, reporting what he saw and heard in The Storm Is Here: An American Crucible.

Kathryn Aalto called Writing Wild: Women Poets, Ramblers, and Mavericks Who Shape How We See the Natural World.

There is a Black rodeo on tour in our time, the Bill Pickett Invitational, and a series of photographs of it are on display now at the High Desert Museum in Bend. Gabriela Hasbun is the photographer, and Heidi Hagemeier, Director of Communications at the museum

Scharffen Berger Chocolate Maker is the focus of this month's food segment, Savor, with producer/food stylist Will Smith.