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State initiative helps Oregon inmates forge new career pathways 19.11.2024 4:32 ↓

State initiative helps Oregon inmates forge new career pathways

Hayden Island residents feel unheard during Interstate Bridge replacement planning 18.11.2024 4:51 ↓

Hayden Island residents feel unheard during Interstate Bridge replacement planning

St. Helens school officials for years sat on multiple reports of sexual abuse, police say 18.11.2024 4:28 ↓

St. Helens school officials for years sat on multiple reports of sexual abuse, police say

The Archive Project - Renée Watson  13.11.2024 51:01 ↓

Acclaimed writer Renée Watson speaking at the World Stage Theater

Dissecting the Democratic victory in Washington's 3rd district 12.11.2024 4:35 ↓

Dissecting the Democratic victory in Washington's 3rd district

Old growth logging hasn't slowed down 12.11.2024 7:17 ↓

Old growth logging hasn't slowed down

Working through angst with the Portland Yelling Choir 12.11.2024 5:02 ↓

Working through angst with the Portland Yelling Choir

A conversation with Sophia the Robot 11.11.2024 5:28 ↓

Every year, the Oregon Health and Science University brings a speaker to Portland for the Calvin and Mayho Tanabe address. But this year's keynote speaker isn’t human. Sophia the Robot and her creators at Hanson Robotics say she’s the world's first robot citizen.

A visit to Washington's one of a kind Crowberry Bog 11.11.2024 3:53 ↓

A visit to Washington's one of a kind Crowberry Bog

Multnomah County Election Night Behind the Scenes 08.11.2024 3:25 ↓

Multnomah County Elections Behind the Scenes Audio postcard on election night.

Post election, colleges encourage students to decompress 08.11.2024 3:48 ↓

Post election, colleges encourage students to decompress

The Rose City Rollers clinch their fifth championship win 08.11.2024 5:59 ↓

Last weekend, 13 of the best roller derby teams in the world were in Portland competing in the International World Flat Track Derby Association championships. It was hosted (and WON!) by Portland’s own Rose City Rollers who this year celebrated their 20th anniversary.

A look at ranked choice voting in Portland 07.11.2024 5:47 ↓

For the first time, Portlanders used ranked choice voting to select their mayor and city council members. They ranked candidates in order of preference, and their votes got distributed as candidates were eliminated. So how did it go?

Central Oregon returns show strong leads in state Senate, sheriff and Bend city races 07.11.2024 4:52 ↓

Broadman claims victory in his Oregon Senate race, Vander Kamp leads the Deschutes sheriff race, and Bend City Council has two new members.

Oregon’s second-largest school district to put weapons detectors in high schools 05.11.2024 4:45 ↓

Salem-Keizer will have weapon detection systems operating in all six comprehensive high schools this school year, with a likely expansion to middle schools next year. Here’s what you need to know.

Oregon conservationist Bob Sallinger dead at 57 04.11.2024 4:18 ↓

Oregon conservationist Bob Sallinger dead at 57

Stop Requested: Christmas Valley to La Pine 03.11.2024 5:38 ↓

Stop Requested joins the weekly Christmas Valley Shopper Bus into La Pine.

Electrical Boxes Supply Hiccups 03.11.2024 7:13 ↓

Oregon needs more housing, but challenges getting electrical equipment could hurt the effort.

Ducks excitement covers University of Oregon campus, city of Eugene and beyond 01.11.2024 3:41 ↓

The Oregon Ducks’ #1 national ranking has led a supportive fanbase of students to new emotional highs for the green and yellow.

Let's do the time change together -- it's DST time again 01.11.2024 4:41 ↓

Let's do the time change together -- it's DST time again

Weekend Edition host Lillian Karabaic interviews a haunted house actor for OPB's At Work With series 31.10.2024 4:30 ↓

Weekend Edition host Lillian Karabaic interviews a haunted house actor for OPB's At Work With series

Rare plant plowed under at Camas golf course leaves researchers worried 30.10.2024 4:25 ↓

The majority of the world’s population of the once-endangered Bradshaw’s lomatium was destroyed a few weeks ago on a golf course in Camas, Washington. Some experts are worried that the removal is a sign of species losing federal protections too soon.

Portland facility works to break down cultural barriers to psilocybin access for marginalized groups 30.10.2024 5:14 ↓

The Cora Center is the first psilocybin facility in the state that is run by majority BIPOC and LGBTQ+ facilitators. They help clients from those groups get over cultural barriers to treatment, like trauma and stigma.

Voting for president while Black and mixed race in Bend 29.10.2024 4:35 ↓

Voting for president while Black and mixed race in Bend

How candidates — and their donors — are navigating a first-of-its-kind election season in Portland 28.10.2024 4:14 ↓

Candidates running for office in Portland this fall are navigating uncharted waters, and that means trying out different strategies.