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JAMO showcases a half-year exhibit on Japanese American photographer Frank Matsura starting Sept. 27, and Vancouver's Kiggins Theatre will hold a screening of documentary Our Mr. Matsura on Matsura on Sept. 28.

A nonprofit is offering low-cost apartments to students, even if they have no credit score or co-signer. This story comes to OPB from the education journalism nonprofit, Hechinger Report.

Energized candidates aim to change Clark County government

The Oregon State Police forensic lab agreed to pay millions as part of a settlement after failing to disclose DNA evidence in the decades-old homicide of Leah Freeman.

The aerospace company that calls Tillamook home

The Beaver State has long prided itself on its two political parties finding common ground, but it is now lamenting the loss of centrist lawmakers.

How one nonprofit is reclaiming Indigenous land and embracing ancestral foods.

The four-state group, which includes Oregon, Washington, California and Hawaii, formed a vaccine policy alliance after concerns about partisanship at the CDC.

The owner of Hillsdale thrift shop Shirtzenpantz, Owen Gail, goes viral kicking a piece of granite named “Christosphere.”

Most Oregon hospitals have been bleeding cash for years, and at least two are already set to close their obstetrics units.

The deadline for Portland Mayor Keith Wilson’s big campaign promise to end unsheltered homelessness is quickly approaching. He’s not just opening shelters, he’s changing city policies to try and meet his goal. Starting next month Portland will handle so-called derelict recreational vehicles differently.

Fans of scary stories can dig their teeth into Coffin Moon, a book set in Portland right after the Vietnam War and full of surprising twists on the vampire genre.

Eight months ago, Josephine County Commissioners put their local library in limbo after terminating the lease of the Grants Pass branch. It came after years of turmoil about how the library should be funded and more recent political pressure from county commissioners.

Commissioners in Josephine County have put their local library in limbo after terminating the lease of the Grants Pass branch which has been in place since 2008.

A barrage of updates to the federal student loan repayment system this year has left borrowers feeling misled and frightened for their future.

Firefighters question leaders’ role in Washington immigration raid

Sean Strauss has worked five summer seasons inspecting rides like Zero Gravity at the Southeast Portland amusement park.

A year after her tragic death, Pomeroy’s impact on Portland’s culinary world is still present in dishes crafted by those who knew her best.

West Coast states are teaming up to issue their own vaccine guidelines in the face of rapid changes at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Food and Drug Administration. The federal turmoil has some people wondering what this means for their seasonal shots.

Despite the anxiety evacuees felt, a combination of swift firefighting efforts and fire prevention long in advance meant the Flat Fire’s legacy is more about the thousands of homes saved instead of lost.

The democratic governors of Oregon, Washington and California are forming a new public health partnership aimed at preserving access to vaccines. The announcement comes after a week of turmoil at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention over vaccines.

OPB obtained the records after months of appealing the local district attorney’s office.

Some 2020 Labor Day wildfire survivors still struggle with finding housing

Oregon Tuna Classic snags 14,000 pounds of fish for nonprofits

The paths of students in OPB’s Class of 2025 project didn’t always go in a straight line. And now that they’re out of school, they’re learning how hard their next steps can be.