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Last week, congressional Republicans passed a domestic policy bill that makes sweeping changes to safety net programs like Medicaid. An analysis of an earlier version of the bill found that Oregon would be disproportionately hit by Medicaid cuts, with more people likely to lose coverage and end up uninsured. We hear from Eric Hunter, President and CEO of the state's largest Medicaid provider, Care...

Jewish leaders in Portland say they have seen more people express an interest in converting, a process that can last a year or longer.

Congressional Republicans have passed their sweeping domestic policy bill. In Oregon, the impacts of the legislation will be significant.

The U.S. Senate passed their version of President Donald Trump’s budget bill Tuesday. Oregon’s U.S. Sen. Jeff Merkley called the final vote, which came after hours of debate, “extraordinarily painful” and said the process of crafting the final bill was “the most chaotic legislative process” he’s ever seen.

Lewis river restoration forges ahead despite funding questions

Luis Lamas close to leave the United States at a moment, politically, when the Trump administration has made immigration a centerpiece policy. The administration is vowing to deport millions of immigrants without legal status, whether they have a criminal record, or not. But while the administration’s crackdown on immigration played a role in his decision, it’s more complicated than that. In some...

Yang became the third Chinese-born player ever taken in the first round of the NBA Draft. OPB’s Winston Szeto interviewed Yang at the Blazer’s Tualatin facility about his forthcoming move to Portland and the Blazers.

Most people are familiar with the green, spicy paste served next to sushi or sashimi, but the vast majority of folks in the U.S. have been eating dyed-green horseradish. Earlier this month, OPB's Crystal Ligori went to WasabiFest in Portland, and got a taste of some freshly grated wasabi grown on the Oregon Coast.

Kelly Ramsey’s literary memoir details her ‘circuitous’ journey from poet to being the only woman on an elite hotshot firefighting crew.

The Portland Trail Blazers made international headlines with their first pick in the NBA draft. Yang Hansen is a 20-year-old center from China. He was not on most NBA watchers’ radar to be picked in the first round. But Blazers general manager Joe Cronin says they’ve been watching Yang for years, and calls him a very unique talent. Yang's arrival to Portland could add a ton of newfound Blazers fan...

Some agriculture experts in the region are starting to consider “climate” as an ingredient in the food industry. Increased temperatures and more extreme weather patterns have impacted how and where some of our Northwest food staples grow.

Volunteers fill gaps in rural Oregon emergency medical care

The Oregon Country Fair is a special place and time of year for many people in the Pacific Northwest. Started in 1969, the fair takes place on a 20 acre fairyland of forests and meadows outside Eugene the second weekend of July. It’s sort of a renaissance fair, meets-hippie counterculture meetup, meets music festival. An hour-long OPB Oregon Art Beat special about the fair premieres on June 27th....

Clark County, Washington maps out its next 20 years

Oregon Accelerator gives student athletes a taste of the sports business

Paying college athletes has changed the game. This UO student group is leveraging the opportunity to help more than student-athletes.

Often called the Oscars of the food world, the 35th annual James Beard Awards happened this week in Chicago. Oregon cinched two of the top awards: best chef in the Northwest / Pacific region, and the most outstanding bakery in the country. That second honor went to North Portland’s JinJu Patisserie. We spoke with the owners about how they're incorporating Asian flavors with traditional French pati...

As a candidate, Nathan Vasquez wielded allegations of mistreatment of female employees against his predecessor. Now he’s on the receiving end as the county’s top prosecutor.

Dozens of protests are happened Saturday, June 14 in Oregon and Washington against President Donald Trump’s immigration policies and military parade. Joni Auden Land reports live from Portland's Waterfront Park.

Today we're At Work With a parent who's not just getting her own kid to school — she's leading a joyful, pedal-powered parade to the classroom - a bike bus.

President Donald Trump has pulled the federal government out of what Northwest tribes have hailed as a historic agreement to recover salmon in the Columbia River Basin.

On Thursday, dozens of young kayakers from a variety of Indigenous tribes will embark on the first source-to-sea descent of the Klamath River since the country’s largest dam removal project was completed last fall.

After years of talk and testing, autonomous vehicle deployment seems to a reality. Daimler promises autonomous trucks by 2027. Waymo’s fleet of autonomous ride hail vehicles are open for business in Los Angeles, San Francisco, Phoenix, and Austin. Zoox is testing in the Bay Area and Las Vegas. But news of Robotaxis on streets in the Northwest is still scant. As Julia Pickar reports, this could be...

A wildfire that started Wednesday afternoon near Rowena, Oregon, grew to an estimated 3,500 acres by Thursday morning. OPB's Kristian Foden-Vencil saw the Rowena Fire firsthand.