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Health care cyberattack likely to harm Oregon clinics for months 29.03.2024 5:27 ↓

Health care cyberattack likely to harm Oregon clinics for months

Meet Timberline's rustic cousin, the Cloud Cap Inn 29.03.2024 4:23 ↓

Meet Timberline's rustic cousin, the Cloud Cap Inn

March Madness will bring more than attention to Portland 28.03.2024 4:44 ↓

March Madness will bring more than attention to Portland

Crook County residents threaten to sue over tainted well water near gravel mine 26.03.2024 4:20 ↓

A group of Crook County residents plans to sue the state for failing to regulate a nearby mine and polluting their groundwater.

Beaverton Gurdwara eyes larger building to accommodate growing congregation 23.03.2024 4:24 ↓

Beaverton Gurdwara eyes larger building to accommodate growing congregation

Mx. Dahlia Belle on the new Netflix special 'Gender Agenda' 22.03.2024 5:27 ↓

Portland comedian Mx Dahlia Belle talks about being part of the new Netflix special 'Gender Agenda'

Audio 22.03.2024 5:15 ↓

A report on how covid and distance learning affected class of 2025

Audio 21.03.2024 5:07 ↓

Look at in-school mental health resources for David Douglas students

Portland's Oregon Rail Heritage Center wants to be more than a workshop 15.03.2024 4:50 ↓

Portland's Oregon Rail Heritage Center wants to be more than a workshop

Rene Gonzalez’s first year: On the offensive, but not always on target 12.03.2024 5:18 ↓

To some, Rene Gonzalez is the savior Portland needs to pacify a city under threat by crime and leftist policies. To others, he’s a villain, using his position as the least progressive council member (but far from conservative) to harm the city’s most vulnerable residents.

What is a Pharmacy Benefit Manager? 08.03.2024 4:51 ↓

Oregon just passed a major reform to Pharmacy Benefit Manager. But what exactly are these secretive middleman of the drug industry?

Oregon Bans Copay Accumulators 08.03.2024 5:30 ↓

Oregon is the latest state to pass legislation to ban copay accumulators - but what exactly IS a copay accumulator?

What works and what doesn't in Newport's Urban Renewal efforts 08.03.2024 5:34 ↓

What works and what doesn't in Newport's Urban Renewal efforts

Changes are coming to the Northwest Forest Plan 07.03.2024 4:07 ↓

Changes are coming to the Northwest Forest Plan

I-5 bridge planners release renderings of new, larger span 06.03.2024 4:33 ↓

The commission planning the I-5 bridge overhaul will reveal today what the new project may look like.

Why Oregon is recriminalizing even small amounts of illicit drugs 05.03.2024 5:53 ↓

Oregon's state legislature voted to reverse a measure that decriminalized personal drug use. What does the Oregon experiment and its likely overhaul mean in the wider context of the U.S. war on drugs?

How a new approach in Oregon helps students realize they are ‘college material’ 05.03.2024 4:24 ↓

Corequisite education flips traditional remediation in higher education on its head. Some education advocates in Oregon are looking to make it a mainstay in the state’s community colleges.

Why it’s important to clean up residue from wildfire smoke, tracking tsunamis with AI and more 03.03.2024 9:42 ↓

The top five illuminating, inspiring and just plain cool Pacific Northwest science stories from “All Science. No Fiction.”

Oregon Hosts First-Ever State Tournament for Girls Wrestling 02.03.2024 4:09 ↓

Oregon hosted its first girls wrestling tournament recently and OPB was on hand to report on the action

Oregon coast nonprofit highlights disaster preparedness with emergency food cooking contest 02.03.2024 4:00 ↓

Oregon coastal communities are susceptible to major natural disasters, like earthquakes and floods. A nonprofit in Manzanita wants to highlight the meals you can make with what you can find in your pantry in case of an emergency.

Transgender firefighter found greater acceptance after transitioning 29.02.2024 6:51 ↓

Bobbie Scopa is a transgender woman and a wildland firefighter. She's the author of "Both Sides of the Fire Line: Memoir of a Transgender Firefighter."

At Work With: Multnomah County Bridge Operators 29.02.2024 5:46 ↓

Ride along with the people who lift the bridges of Multnomah County up and down.

Oregon Symphony’s ‘Heroes’ brings video game heroes to life 29.02.2024 5:23 ↓

The Oregon Symphony will perform musical arrangements from beloved video games at the Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall

Oregon’s unemployment insurance, paid leave programs will go offline to prep for new website 29.02.2024 4:33 ↓

To complete the transition, the benefits systems will close at 5 p.m. Wednesday and reopen on the upgraded site at 8 a.m. Monday.

Fed up with slow fix, Oregon residents sue businesses over nitrate pollution 29.02.2024 4:24 ↓

More than three decades into a nitrate pollution crisis, a handful of Lower Umatilla Basin residents are escalating their concerns to the courts.