Free: “Several years ago, during one of the many wildfires that have swept through the Pacific Northwest, I wrote the following poem,” writes Leah Stenson of Mt. Hood-Parkdale. 

Free news: Smoky conditions are expected to continue this morning and gradually improve as easterly winds both calm and shift westerly later today.

Free commentary: According to the USDA Forest Service, Hood River County is among the Oregon communities identified as having higher wildfire risk. 

Free news: Oregon’s U.S. Sen. Jeff Merkley and U.S. Rep. Josh Harder (CA-09) reintroduced the Wildfire Smoke Emergency Declaration Act, legislation to help communities respond to increasingly dangerous wildfire smoke events, on June 10.

Free briefs: City of The Dalles water system; New cameras identify smoke