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St Helens students and parents grapple with sex abuse scandal fallout 25.11.2024 3:34 ↓

St Helens students and parents grapple with sex abuse scandal fallout

Private equity firm Sortis backs Thornburgh resort as it fights for Central Oregon water rights 23.11.2024 4:53 ↓

A planned resort in Oregon's high desert is a testing ground for reigning in groundwater pumping.

Stop Requested: Bend to Baker City, with Salt Licks 22.11.2024 5:54 ↓

For the fifth installment of Stop Requested, we solve a public transit mystery to Baker City, where we attend The Great Salt Lick Auction.

Portland’s new city council prepares for the next chapter 21.11.2024 4:23 ↓

Incoming Portland city councilors want to follow through on campaign promises, and are also expected to keep the city running smoothly under a new form of government.

After decades false starts the James Beard Public Market is finally happening 21.11.2024 5:30 ↓

After more than two decades, the James Beard Public Market is closer to reality than ever before. The market is expected to open in 2026 and will not only showcase dozens of local food vendors, but also house a bookstore, restaurant and test kitchen.

How Trump’s immigration policies could impact the Pacific Northwest 20.11.2024 5:15 ↓

How Trump’s immigration policies could impact the Pacific Northwest

Oregon lawmakers react to a second Trump administration 20.11.2024 4:24 ↓

The Democratic party is still processing President-elect Donald Trump’s resounding return to power. For some Democratic-led states, that means returning to a playbook of resistance from his first four years.

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.