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Interview with the Author "Tribal Histories of the Willamette Valley" 01.12.2023 10:11 ↓

An interview with David Lewis about his new book.

Mysterious respiratory disease sickening dogs 29.11.2023 4:42 ↓

Mysterious respiratory illnesses are sickening dogs in several states — including Oregon.

Geothermal energy is a boon for Klamath Falls, but only in certain spots 28.11.2023 4:30 ↓

High maintenance costs — and the geographic availability of hot water — limit the use of geothermal energy in Klamath Falls.

NPR's NextGenRadio - "I have roots all over the world:" A former diplomat makes home wherever she is 28.11.2023 4:32 ↓

NextGenRadio’s Ella Hutcherson speaks with Pat Johnson, a former diplomat who’s lived and worked in multiple countries around the world. The canopy of fruit trees enveloping her Portland house bear the same fruits that grew in countries she’s lived in all over the world.

PPS/PAT reached a tentative deal 27.11.2023 4:13 ↓

PPS/PAT reached a tentative deal

Beavers and Ducks Last Rivalry Game 26.11.2023 3:55 ↓

A postcard from the last game between the Beavers and Ducks.

NPR’s NextGenRadio - Finding home in the legacy of a beloved Indigenous musician 25.11.2023 5:04 ↓

NextGenRadio's Nora Colie speaks with Sean Cruz, who preserves the memory and legacy of Indigenous jazz musician, Jim Pepper.

NPR's NextGenRadio - The meaning of home for disability advocate Miguel Chavez 25.11.2023 4:33 ↓

NextGenRadio's Carrie Cantrell speaks with Miguel Chavez, a disability advocate. Chavez grew up blind in rural Washington, where few resources existed for people with disabilities.

NPR's NextGenRadio - The meaning of home at the Portland Grief House 24.11.2023 4:21 ↓

NextGenRadio's Anna Lueck speaks with Laura Green, co-founder of the Portland Grief House. Adrift after a series of losses, Green began holding gatherings online, and later in her mother’s house in North Portland.

NPR's NextGenRadio - Barbra Weber's meaning of home 23.11.2023 4:36 ↓

NextGenRadio's Terah Bennett speaks with Barbra Weber, a Portlander who used to live on the sidewalks of Portland’s Old Town. Now, she’s a prolific advocate for the safety of unhoused people.

Ride along with Oregon's first electric garbage truck 21.11.2023 4:31 ↓

Ride along with Oregon's first electric garbage truck

Portland teachers strike styimes college-bound students 21.11.2023 4:03 ↓

Portland teachers strike styimes college-bound students

Oregon is placing foster children in unregulated short-term rental homes and paying millions to do so 20.11.2023 5:05 ↓

Audio for Foster Kids in Short-Term Rentals QA

Audio 19.11.2023 4:29 ↓

Black Churches are Closing

Audio 17.11.2023 4:22 ↓

Update on Portland Public Schools Strike

Never Whistle at Night collects Native dark fiction 16.11.2023 7:56 ↓

A new anthology collects dark fiction that centers indigenous perspectives. An interview with the co-editor Theodore Van Alst Jr

Checking in with Portland teachers on the picket line 16.11.2023 3:41 ↓

Checking in with Portland teachers on the picket line

Northern spotted owl found in Portland's Mt Tabor park 15.11.2023 4:13 ↓

Northern spotted owl found in Portland's Mt Tabor park

Judge halts enforcement of Portland’s camping ban 13.11.2023 4:09 ↓

The city of Portland and attorneys for several unhoused Portlanders presented their arguments about the daytime camping ban just days before enforcement was scheduled to begin

Sunflower Seastars rebounding after mystery dieoff 13.11.2023 4:14 ↓

Sunflower Seastars rebounding after mystery dieoff

Portland teachers share life on the picket lines 10.11.2023 4:08 ↓

Portland teachers share life on the picket lines

Parents of Portland Public Schools students scramble as strike continues 10.11.2023 4:27 ↓

Parents of Portland Public Schools students scramble as strike continues

Scammers pounce on Oregon Paid Leave 09.11.2023 5:15 ↓

Scammers pounce on Oregon Paid Leave

Tribal Rights 08.11.2023 3:47 ↓

Tribes in Central Oregon are pushing back against a luxury resort development they say could violate their treaty rights.

Here's what Oregon's public defender crisis sounds like 08.11.2023 6:11 ↓

Here's what Oregon's public defender crisis sounds like