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9 things Oregon employers, colleges want to see from Oregon high school graduates 18.12.2023 3:43 ↓

As Oregon evaluates how schools prepare students for life after high school, employers and college representatives share what graduation requirements they’d like to see.

Portland businesses react to Gov. Tina Kotek's task force recommendations 18.12.2023 5:22 ↓

How Portland downtown businesses are responding to the Governor's task force recommendations

Tokyo Sando bids sayonara to Portland 18.12.2023 4:59 ↓

As Tokyo Sando prepares to close its doors Sunday, owner Taiki Nakajima intends to take an extended break in Japan, pondering the possibility of a return

Audio 18.12.2023 5:32 ↓

Portland artist and storyteller Andrew Dickson discusses his new book, "Me and My Family and Me", which is part memoir, part family history, and some antecdotes and advise for his kids.

OPB's Class of 2025 tries on different careers 14.12.2023 5:03 ↓

OPB's Class of 2025 tries on different careers

Vancouver volunteers give back during the holidays - with bikes 13.12.2023 3:39 ↓

Vancouver volunteers give back during the holidays - with bikes

Kotek’s recipe for Portland: More police and social workers, less plywood, trash and taxes 12.12.2023 4:38 ↓

The recommendations emerged from a sprawling task force that Oregon Gov. Tina Kotek convened to address the city’s most challenging problems.

Audio 09.12.2023 5:39 ↓

Knott Street Boxing Club

Alaska Airlines pilot who nearly shut down an aircraft’s engines mid-flight, to be released from jail. 08.12.2023 5:19 ↓

Alaska Airlines pilot who nearly shut down an aircraft’s engines mid-flight, to be released from jail.

Audio 06.12.2023 4:47 ↓

Andy Bryant from the National Weather Service on recent flooding.

Researchers explore using AI to count salmon and avoid fishy data, while others map human brain 04.12.2023 9:27 ↓

Five of the most illuminating, inspiring and just plain cool Pacific Northwest science stories from “All Science. No Fiction.”

Oregon K-12 School Funding 04.12.2023 4:24 ↓

Oregon K-12 School Funding

Remembering the first female mayor of Troutdale, Oregon 02.12.2023 3:34 ↓

110 years ago, part-Indigenous community activist Clara Latourell Larsson was elected Oregon’s second female mayor—just one year after women achieved the right to vote statewide.

Interview with the Author "Tribal Histories of the Willamette Valley" 01.12.2023 10:11 ↓

An interview with David Lewis about his new book.

Mysterious respiratory disease sickening dogs 29.11.2023 4:42 ↓

Mysterious respiratory illnesses are sickening dogs in several states — including Oregon.

Geothermal energy is a boon for Klamath Falls, but only in certain spots 28.11.2023 4:30 ↓

High maintenance costs — and the geographic availability of hot water — limit the use of geothermal energy in Klamath Falls.

NPR's NextGenRadio - "I have roots all over the world:" A former diplomat makes home wherever she is 28.11.2023 4:32 ↓

NextGenRadio’s Ella Hutcherson speaks with Pat Johnson, a former diplomat who’s lived and worked in multiple countries around the world. The canopy of fruit trees enveloping her Portland house bear the same fruits that grew in countries she’s lived in all over the world.

PPS/PAT reached a tentative deal 27.11.2023 4:13 ↓

PPS/PAT reached a tentative deal

Beavers and Ducks Last Rivalry Game 26.11.2023 3:55 ↓

A postcard from the last game between the Beavers and Ducks.

NPR’s NextGenRadio - Finding home in the legacy of a beloved Indigenous musician 25.11.2023 5:04 ↓

NextGenRadio's Nora Colie speaks with Sean Cruz, who preserves the memory and legacy of Indigenous jazz musician, Jim Pepper.

NPR's NextGenRadio - The meaning of home for disability advocate Miguel Chavez 25.11.2023 4:33 ↓

NextGenRadio's Carrie Cantrell speaks with Miguel Chavez, a disability advocate. Chavez grew up blind in rural Washington, where few resources existed for people with disabilities.

NPR's NextGenRadio - The meaning of home at the Portland Grief House 24.11.2023 4:21 ↓

NextGenRadio's Anna Lueck speaks with Laura Green, co-founder of the Portland Grief House. Adrift after a series of losses, Green began holding gatherings online, and later in her mother’s house in North Portland.

NPR's NextGenRadio - Barbra Weber's meaning of home 23.11.2023 4:36 ↓

NextGenRadio's Terah Bennett speaks with Barbra Weber, a Portlander who used to live on the sidewalks of Portland’s Old Town. Now, she’s a prolific advocate for the safety of unhoused people.

Ride along with Oregon's first electric garbage truck 21.11.2023 4:31 ↓

Ride along with Oregon's first electric garbage truck

Portland teachers strike styimes college-bound students 21.11.2023 4:03 ↓

Portland teachers strike styimes college-bound students