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The University of Oregon takes on Ohio State this Saturday in one of the biggest games in Ducks football history.

Election officials have found hundreds more people in Oregon who may have been improperly registered to vote. That's on top of the more than 1200 people officials found who didn't give proof of citizenship when they were registered.

Racist incidents have plagued David Douglass football

Portland is entering a new chapter of city government in 2025, and many want a seat at the top. In all, 19 people have filed to run for mayor.

Behind the scenes with a burlesque dancer

jess great divide QA intro

The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation announced Tuesday its 2024 class of fellows - often known as recipients of the “genius grant.” The list includes Wendy Red Star, an Apsáalooke artist based in Portland. Red Star’s work seeks to reclaim images of Native Americans from history by creating, beading, sewing, building, configuring and then photographing finished sculptures, paintings an...

Class of 2025 Jobs vs School

Portland writer Tom Spanbauer is no less than a legend in some literary circles. A Portland Monthly profile  earlier this year  called him “The Godfather of Portland’s writing scene.” When we talked with him earlier in the year (2014), we focused on his latest novel, " I Loved You More “ and about his practice of teaching and creating “ Dangerous Writing .” But we didn’t get to talk too much about...

GAVE Foundation

An artist has created a comic strip to make voting easier for a group that doesn't speak English

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Influential Oregon author Tom Spanbauer died last week after a long illness with Parkinson’s disease. He was the author of five novels, including "The Man Who Fell In Love With The Moon" and "I Loved You More." Spanbauer shaped a generation of Pacific Northwest authors through his ‘Dangerous Writing’ workshops, with authors like Chuck Palahniuk, Lidia Yuknavitch, Chelsea Cain and Cheryl Strayed, a...

Oregon's history with table tennis goes way beyond ping pong diplomacy

The Portland Trail Blazers have partnered with Sinclair Broadcast Group as the future broadcast home for Blazers games, quadrupling the broadcast reach throughout Oregon and Washington. They're also introducing a direct-to-consumer streaming service called BlazerVision.

Climate change is pushing farmers to be more climate resilient

Around 33,000 of Boeing’s unionized workers on the West Coast have been on strike since early Friday. That includes over 1,000 workers in Gresham. The walkout comes as the machinists’ union continues to negotiate toward better wages and pensions.

Oregon's Congressional District 5 - Part 3

Class of 2025 students getting to graduation with a little help from their friends

The state is still working to identify how many people were improperly registered to vote despite not being U.S. citizens.

Oregon's 5th congressional district - Part 2

The battle between U.S. Rep. Lori Chavez-DeRemer and state Rep. Janelle Bynum could come down to Clackamas County. Winning Oregon’s 5th Congressional District could help decide control of the U.S. House of Representatives.

Meteorologists say it’s been an incredibly busy summer tracking and forecasting the wildfires across Oregon.

In Bend, this year’s city council race has been shaped by pledges some candidates made to the Deschutes County Democrats – and that means voters will have fewer choices in November.

The Oregon-Oregon State game wasn't expected to be this interesting. The Beavers are playing well, and the Ducks aren't so much. Tyson Alger of the I-5 Corridor newsletter joins us to preview the game.