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How to address the Eastern Oregon city’s growing homelessness crisis has supercharged Tuesday's city council race, in a place that sometimes has struggled to attract candidates at all.

Oregon hopes to move from drone testing hot spot to drone building destination

A dozen large cruise ships will dock in Astoria this year, bringing a total of 28,000 passengers. And each of them will likely spend more than $100 over the few hours they spend in town.

A sold-out Moda Center gives warm reception to rekindled Portland Fire, despite loss

For Central Oregon apple tree detectives, juicy cases hide in plain sight

New bus route brings long-awaited service to remote parts of Warm Springs Reservation

A small Oregon town faces financial peril. Can residents save Lakeview?

Defense attorneys are pressing the parent company of Instagram and Facebook to turn over social media messages that could prove their client acted in self-defense.

Multnomah Athletic Club Attack QA

The WNBA has a history of activism - the same as its newest team, the Portland Fire.

Director Ben McKenzie calls cryptocurrency “like subprime, but dumber”

After 32 years of helping shape Portland's culinary scene, James Beard Award-winning chef Greg Higgins plans to sell his namesake Higgins restaurant and retire. OPB's Crystal Ligori sat down with him to discuss the legacy of his restaurant and where he sees Portland's culinary scene going in the future.

The small Clackamas County city is in the process of filling another vacancy following the recent arrest of a city councilor.

The San Antonio Spurs dealt a crushing blow to end the Blazers’ season in their first playoff appearance since 2021. The season was also marked by a coaching scandal, a change in ownership and org-wide penny-pinching.

Camden Spiller, the CEO of Maddox Industrial Transformer, has purchased a series of notable properties in the Southwest Washington town. Some see progress; others have concerns.

The court’s ruling eliminates restrictions imposed by two federal judges in Oregon that strictly limited when federal officers could use tear gas on crowds outside the facility.

OPB's Geoff Norcross calls Ava, an AI assistant currently being tested on the Salem non-emergency line.

The Willamette Valley Communications Center is testing an AI program (named "Ava") for non-emergency calls for 6 public safety agencies in Marion, Polk and Lincoln Counties. We talk with Brian Carrara with Salem Fire about how it's going.

An arbitrator said Amanda Gonzales should get her job back, but the district has not let her return to class. Gonzales was put on leave eight months ago.

Jonathan Maus has announced he is taking a hiatus from BikePortland.org, a blog that has documented more than 20 years of Portland's bike culture and politics.

The former member of Congress and Happy Valley mayor served as America’s labor boss for more than a year before a mounting scandal pushed her out.

The Booklover's Burlesque Festival, which just wrapped its fourth annual installment, pairs burlesque performances with literary readings.

Since it's founding in 2021, the Oregon Pro Wrestling School in Hillsboro has seen a growing stream of athletes looking to make it as far as they can and continue Oregon's long history between the ropes.

The executive order issued Thursday aims to stop Oregon school districts from going below minimum instructional hour requirements. The order is meeting questions and criticism from the state’s most powerful education organizations.

Credited with developing the first commercially made hamburger bun in the 1920's, Franz Bakery has grown to become one of the largest family-owned bakeries on the west coast and this week celebrated its 120th anniversary.