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Cascade PBS Cuts 12% Staff Amid Funding Crisis

9/23/2025

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  • Cascade PBS will lay off 16 staff, 12% of workforce, after a $3.5 million funding loss.
  • Long-form journalism will stop; The Newsfeed expands to five days a week of streaming and video.
  • President Rob Dunlop called the cuts painful, noting severance and benefits for affected staff.
  • The moves reflect broader public-media challenges after Congress defunded the Corporation for Public Broadcasting.