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Three young people with lived experience of homelessness share their ideas on how to improve support for Oregon’s homeless youth.

New challenges are overwhelming an already inadequate network of services for young people struggling with substance abuse.

Environmental group accuses them of “greenwashing” their own role in nitrate pollution

Unhoused young adults in Oregon count on each other for support amid limited services

Three years after Oregon eliminated criminal consequences, influential lawmakers say it’s time for a course correction. Republicans say the changes wouldn’t be enough.

Cottage Grove residents haven't had power, internet or phone service for the past seven days. They have a long road to recovery after facing the worst of the latest winter storms.

Sherwood Ice Arena is getting good at producing elite skaters.

Oregon's ice storms could be the winter wave of the future

It’s been a tough week for most Oregonians: battling snow, downed trees and sheets of ice. At least a dozen people have died, and falling limbs and ice have caused millions in damages.

“Downwind” looks at how miscalculated wind forecasts, government proclamations that radiation exposure wasn’t a serious health threat, and revelations from now-declassified documents referring to those who lived near the test site as a “low use segment of the population” potentially contributed to illnesses suffered by Americans who were never warned about the dangers of living near the test sites...

Geoff Norcross is moving over to host in the afternoons

Tackling climate change and the housing shortage on the Grande Ronde reservation

Wash Leg kicks off

Oregon Department of Transportation has been working to rebuild the old Columbia River Highway for 37 years.

Mayor Ted Wheeler and Councilmember Carmen Rubio join for a skate on the holiday ice rink to talk about downtown economic revitalization.

The piece of the plane’s fuselage landed not far from his house. OPB's Crystal Ligori spoke with Portland teacher Bob Sauer about finding the plane's door plug in his own backgyard.

Once considered one of the most progressive legislative leaders in the country, Kotek has spent the last year preaching pragmatism over ideology.

In 2020, protesters marched in racial justice demonstrations following George Floyd’s murder. Several monuments were pulled down in Portland as part of a reckoning over the city and country’s racist history. Now the fate of those monuments is back in the spotlight.

Christopher Hendon is an associate professor at the University of Oregon who has the appropriate nickname of ‘Dr. Coffee’. He and a team of volcanologists on campus have found a way to up your coffee game: adding a little bit of water before you grind your beans.

Coastal residents attempt to study offshore wind projects and call for a pause in development as a federal agency fails to convey its message

Clackamas Community College wants to fast-track students into the workforce

Portland band that helped to define the sound of the 1970s

It's that time of year when we take a deep dive into the niche genre of Christmas music with JT Griffith. He's the longtime curator of holiday tunes for OPB and KMHD and the founder of Liminal Music. He spoke with our "All Things Considered" host, Crystal Ligori.

Among the things Kris Kringle has learned over his six winters in Portland: Christmas season is hard on Santa’s suits, but soft on his heart.

The ‘Train Man’ triumphantly returns to Bend