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Newport Lighthouse Renovation 07.06.2025 4:49 ↓

Newport’s historic Yaquina Bay Lighthouse expected to reopen this fall after renovation

Job Corps Uncertainty in Astorai 07.06.2025 4:50 ↓

Tongue Point is one of 99 Job Corps centers facing closure, after the Department of Labor announced the abrupt pausing of the program last week.

Billie McBride-O'Neel on ice 06.06.2025 4:12 ↓

Billie McBride-O'Neel transitioned in 1985 after a career as a professional figure skater. She stayed in the closet for four decades, until trans youth were threatened.

Once a band nerd, always a band nerd with the One More Time Around Again Marching Band 06.06.2025 4:05 ↓

Once a band nerd, always a band nerd with the One More Time Around Again Marching Band

Portland city councilors build teamwork with paddles 06.06.2025 4:30 ↓

Portland city councilors build Teamwork with paddles

How Growing Gardens helped Lewis & Clark students uncover the ethics in everyday data 02.06.2025 4:49 ↓

Philosopher Devin Fitzpatrick designed his new course, “Data for Good,” to challenge students to get their hands dirty — both in messy datasets and in the soil, through a partnership with a gardening-focused nonprofit.

Special education makes a big difference -- when it's available 02.06.2025 4:44 ↓

Special education makes a big difference -- when it's available

Data for Good puts a human spin on numbers 02.06.2025 4:52 ↓

Data for Good puts a human spin on numbers

At Work With: Oregon tattoo artist helps people heal from trauma with tattoos 31.05.2025 8:51 ↓

For the latest installment of OPB’s ‘At Work With’ series, we get to know Oregon tattoo artist Ruby Gore. She specializes in helping people cover up scars with tattoos, and taking a trauma-aware approach to tattooing.

Newport is expanding its paid parking 30.05.2025 4:40 ↓

Newport is expanding its paid parking

Oregon's fishing industry weathers tariff uncertainty 30.05.2025 4:56 ↓

Oregon's fishing industry weathers tariff uncertainty

Nicky Young aged out of foster care without a family but started her own business 29.05.2025 5:51 ↓

How one former Oregon foster youth used financial literacy training to launch her own clothing business

College students see greater success when their basic needs are met 29.05.2025 4:02 ↓

College students see greater success when their basic needs are met

‘Like a jail cell’: Family of six detained at Washington state border facility for more than three weeks 28.05.2025 4:58 ↓

A pregnant mother-of-four is raising concerns about their detention in a single room for 24 days.

Danger lurks in the summer sun 26.05.2025 4:25 ↓

Danger lurks in the summer sun

The Void Fest puts the focus on tatoo artists 23.05.2025 4:28 ↓

The Void Fest puts the focus on tatoo artists

Portland tattoo festival aims to uplift artists 22.05.2025 4:13 ↓

A pair of Portland tattooers are hoping to fill a gap in the market with a new tattoo convention that focuses on the artists themselves. The three day event will also focus on inclusivity and education.

Oregon Republican Podcast Explosion 22.05.2025 5:32 ↓

Oregon Replublican's are Podcasting

Prosecutor in a Beaverton cold case murder contradicted DNA experts in closing argument 21.05.2025 5:06 ↓

Robert Atrops was convicted last month for the cold case murder of his wife. Statements made during the trial showcased the flexibility attorneys have in their closing arguments to interpret the evidence.

Trail Blazers up for sale 16.05.2025 6:40 ↓

The Portland Trail Blazers are officially for sale. Who could buy them and for how much

What Oregonians should think about as they vote in local school board races 16.05.2025 5:54 ↓

An in-depth guide to help voters navigate their local school board races on the May 20 ballot.

How proposed Medicaid cuts could impact health care in Oregon 16.05.2025 4:35 ↓

A bill that passed a key committee vote in Congress this week would add a work requirement for some on Medicaid and would jeopardize billions in Medicaid funding for Oregon.

After 28 years, Next Adventure is closing its doors. 15.05.2025 5:41 ↓

Next Adventure will be shutting its doors this fall, closing four retail locations and its online business.

The Portland Trail Blazers are for sale 14.05.2025 4:53 ↓

The estate of the late Paul Allen has begun the formal process to sell the franchise and direct all proceeds to philanthropic causes. We speak with Mike Richman, host of the "Locked on Blazers" podcast about the team's future.

How the Pacific Northwest’s dream of green energy fell apart 12.05.2025 5:24 ↓

Oregon and Washington passed aggressive goals to decarbonize their power supply — but left it to the Bonneville Power Administration to build the transmission lines needed for wind and solar. The agency hasn’t delivered.