diff --git a/src/openrct2/management/NewsItem.cpp b/src/openrct2/management/NewsItem.cpp
index f1cc1f0934..855348b7d2 100644
--- a/src/openrct2/management/NewsItem.cpp
+++ b/src/openrct2/management/NewsItem.cpp
@@ -484,3 +484,23 @@ void News::RemoveItem(int32_t index)
     }
     gameState.NewsItems[newsBoundary - 1].Type = News::ItemType::Null;
 }
+
+void News::importNewsItems(
+    GameState_t& gameState, const std::vector<News::Item>& recent, const std::vector<News::Item>& archived)
+{
+    gameState.NewsItems.Clear();
+
+    for (size_t i = 0; i < std::min<size_t>(recent.size(), News::ItemHistoryStart); i++)
+    {
+        gameState.NewsItems[i] = recent[i];
+    }
+    size_t offset = News::ItemHistoryStart;
+    for (size_t i = 0; i < std::min<size_t>(archived.size(), News::MaxItemsArchive); i++)
+    {
+        gameState.NewsItems[offset + i] = archived[i];
+    }
+
+    // Still need to set the correct type to properly terminate the queue
+    if (archived.size() < News::MaxItemsArchive)
+        gameState.NewsItems[offset + archived.size()].Type = News::ItemType::Null;
+}
diff --git a/src/openrct2/management/NewsItem.h b/src/openrct2/management/NewsItem.h
index 8e850b2a89..00efbade45 100644
--- a/src/openrct2/management/NewsItem.h
+++ b/src/openrct2/management/NewsItem.h
@@ -18,10 +18,16 @@
 #include <iterator>
 #include <optional>
 #include <string>
+#include <vector>
 
 struct CoordsXYZ;
 class Formatter;
 
+namespace OpenRCT2
+{
+    struct GameState_t;
+}
+
 namespace OpenRCT2::News
 {
     enum class ItemType : uint8_t
@@ -315,4 +321,7 @@ namespace OpenRCT2::News
 
     void AddItemToQueue(News::Item* newNewsItem);
     void RemoveItem(int32_t index);
+
+    void importNewsItems(
+        GameState_t& gameState, const std::vector<News::Item>& recent, const std::vector<News::Item>& archived);
 } // namespace OpenRCT2::News
diff --git a/src/openrct2/park/ParkFile.cpp b/src/openrct2/park/ParkFile.cpp
index fc5356d344..6c5c1d27c4 100644
--- a/src/openrct2/park/ParkFile.cpp
+++ b/src/openrct2/park/ParkFile.cpp
@@ -1129,26 +1129,13 @@ namespace OpenRCT2
             os.ReadWriteChunk(ParkFileChunkType::NOTIFICATIONS, [&gameState](OrcaStream::ChunkStream& cs) {
                 if (cs.GetMode() == OrcaStream::Mode::READING)
                 {
-                    gameState.NewsItems.Clear();
-
                     std::vector<News::Item> recent;
                     cs.ReadWriteVector(recent, [&cs](News::Item& item) { ReadWriteNewsItem(cs, item); });
-                    for (size_t i = 0; i < std::min<size_t>(recent.size(), News::ItemHistoryStart); i++)
-                    {
-                        gameState.NewsItems[i] = recent[i];
-                    }
 
                     std::vector<News::Item> archived;
                     cs.ReadWriteVector(archived, [&cs](News::Item& item) { ReadWriteNewsItem(cs, item); });
-                    size_t offset = News::ItemHistoryStart;
-                    for (size_t i = 0; i < std::min<size_t>(archived.size(), News::MaxItemsArchive); i++)
-                    {
-                        gameState.NewsItems[offset + i] = archived[i];
-                    }
 
-                    // Still need to set the correct type to properly terminate the queue
-                    if (archived.size() < News::MaxItemsArchive)
-                        gameState.NewsItems[offset + archived.size()].Type = News::ItemType::Null;
+                    News::importNewsItems(gameState, recent, archived);
                 }
                 else
                 {