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Northwest researchers fight plastics pollution with sugar

In college sports, conference realignment continues to be a major topic for schools. The Pac-12 is in the middle of a lawsuit as it continues to restructure its conference.

Lillian Karabaic goes on a journey around Oregon via rural public transit.

Portland youth tries to reach the International Space Station -- via ham radio

Counties will approach enforcement differently, providing yet another large-scale experiment in drug policy.

Records show La Mesa police officials recommended firing Kent Vander Kamp for “serious incidents of misconduct,” but he said they ultimately did not.

Two Oregon counties, two different approaches to drug defflection

The representative for Oregon’s sprawling 2nd District seeks to become key player in canyonland negotiations.

Some Oregon congressional races this fall could prove nail-bitingly close. The contest to replace outgoing U.S. Rep. Earl Blumenauer is not one of them. Former state Rep. Maxine Dexter virtually punched her ticket to become the state’s newest congresswoman by winning the Democratic primary in May. In Oregon’s ultra-blue 3rd Congressional District, she faces no serious competition in the general el...

Multnomah county opens its long awaited deflection center this week

At the latest count, nearly 13-hundred people who are not citizens have mistakenly been added to the voter rolls.

The University of Oregon takes on Ohio State this Saturday in one of the biggest games in Ducks football history.

Election officials have found hundreds more people in Oregon who may have been improperly registered to vote. That's on top of the more than 1200 people officials found who didn't give proof of citizenship when they were registered.

Racist incidents have plagued David Douglass football

Portland is entering a new chapter of city government in 2025, and many want a seat at the top. In all, 19 people have filed to run for mayor.

Behind the scenes with a burlesque dancer

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The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation announced Tuesday its 2024 class of fellows - often known as recipients of the “genius grant.” The list includes Wendy Red Star, an Apsáalooke artist based in Portland. Red Star’s work seeks to reclaim images of Native Americans from history by creating, beading, sewing, building, configuring and then photographing finished sculptures, paintings an...

Class of 2025 Jobs vs School

Portland writer Tom Spanbauer is no less than a legend in some literary circles. A Portland Monthly profile  earlier this year  called him “The Godfather of Portland’s writing scene.” When we talked with him earlier in the year (2014), we focused on his latest novel, " I Loved You More “ and about his practice of teaching and creating “ Dangerous Writing .” But we didn’t get to talk too much about...

GAVE Foundation

An artist has created a comic strip to make voting easier for a group that doesn't speak English

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Influential Oregon author Tom Spanbauer died last week after a long illness with Parkinson’s disease. He was the author of five novels, including "The Man Who Fell In Love With The Moon" and "I Loved You More." Spanbauer shaped a generation of Pacific Northwest authors through his ‘Dangerous Writing’ workshops, with authors like Chuck Palahniuk, Lidia Yuknavitch, Chelsea Cain and Cheryl Strayed, a...

Oregon's history with table tennis goes way beyond ping pong diplomacy