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Candidates running for Secretary of State

Cathy Wood Wyrick helped organize the anti-Vietnam War protests at Portland State University in 1970. She compares that action to the recent pro-Palestinian demonstrations on campus.

Mike Schmidt faces Nathan Vasquez in a race that’s become much more than a contest to manage the district attorney’s office.

Candidates for 5th congressional district.

In demonstrating against the war in Gaza, student protesters are using the longtime tactic of demanding schools cut financial ties to companies they deem harmful

Eugene author uses run across Oregon to explore the complicated experience of grief

When Eugene trail runner Emily Halnon’s mother died of cancer, she wanted to honor her with something big. In 2020, Halnon set the overall speed record for the Oregon section of the Pacific Crest Trail. Halnon's new book 'To the Gorge', explores how she celebrates her mom's life through running.

Police made 12 arrests and are pursuing more. There’s no timeline for opening or damage estimates yet for Portland State University’s library.

They don’t disagree on much — so congressional candidates Eddy Morales, Susheela Jayapal and Maxine Dexter are selling voters on experience.

Former Portland Timbers star Diego Valeri led his team to win the 2015 MLS Cup and was ultimately named the league's MVP in 2017. Valeri now covers matches as a studio analyst for the Spanish broadcasts on MLS Season Pass. Valeri weighs in on his role off the field, and what the future of Major League Soccer might look like in North America.

Biden moves to reclassify cannabis

Oregonians are being asked to create more defensible space around their homes, with vegetation modified in that space to reduce wildfire threat and help firefighters defend the house.

School officials say they’ve given Portland police the authority to clear the library at some point.

Preparing for wildfire season with defensible spaces

Emails released Friday confirm that senior members of the governor’s team had questioned Aimee Kotek Wilson’s expanding role.

Native youth have the highest suicide rate of any demographic in the country and need solutions that address their unique needs.

On a Portland sidestreet, there's a window just above street level - the window of poet Anis Mojgani's studio. The humble space belies the exalted title he's held for the past four years: Oregon poet laureate. The Evergreen's Jenn Chávez visited his studio to ask him what it's like to be a poet and to serve as the state's poet laureate, for the latest interview in OPB's "At Work With" series.

Warm Springs members establish an indigenous crisis line

Records obtained by OPB offer new insight about Elias Huizar’s past and the events that led to his ex-wife’s death and the death of his 17-year-old girlfriend.

On Thursday night, a small group of protesters set up tents and barricades in the South Park Blocks in Portland. The encampment was in support of Palestinians in Gaza and in protest of Portland State University’s ties with companies that have contracts with Israel. By midday Friday, the University announced it will temporarily pause accepting gifts or grants from the Boeing Company.

Both men’s and women’s rugby clubs of Western Oregon University have qualified for the Rugby 7s Collegiate National Championships which take place this week in Maryland. This is the first time both teams qualified in the same year and the first time Western’s women’s team has made it to the national championships.

Measure 110 is history, but one Eastern Oregon recovery group soldiers on

For more than 50 years, Earth Day has been used by environmental advocates to raise awareness and support sustainability and environmental protection.

Portland's pet grief support group is still going strong

Portland has become a popular destination for musicians who made their names in other cities or music scenes. A new addition to that list is Freedy Johnston.