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Geoff Norcross is moving over to host in the afternoons

Tackling climate change and the housing shortage on the Grande Ronde reservation

Wash Leg kicks off

Oregon Department of Transportation has been working to rebuild the old Columbia River Highway for 37 years.

Mayor Ted Wheeler and Councilmember Carmen Rubio join for a skate on the holiday ice rink to talk about downtown economic revitalization.

The piece of the plane’s fuselage landed not far from his house. OPB's Crystal Ligori spoke with Portland teacher Bob Sauer about finding the plane's door plug in his own backgyard.

Once considered one of the most progressive legislative leaders in the country, Kotek has spent the last year preaching pragmatism over ideology.

In 2020, protesters marched in racial justice demonstrations following George Floyd’s murder. Several monuments were pulled down in Portland as part of a reckoning over the city and country’s racist history. Now the fate of those monuments is back in the spotlight.

Christopher Hendon is an associate professor at the University of Oregon who has the appropriate nickname of ‘Dr. Coffee’. He and a team of volcanologists on campus have found a way to up your coffee game: adding a little bit of water before you grind your beans.

Coastal residents attempt to study offshore wind projects and call for a pause in development as a federal agency fails to convey its message

Clackamas Community College wants to fast-track students into the workforce

Portland band that helped to define the sound of the 1970s

It's that time of year when we take a deep dive into the niche genre of Christmas music with JT Griffith. He's the longtime curator of holiday tunes for OPB and KMHD and the founder of Liminal Music. He spoke with our "All Things Considered" host, Crystal Ligori.

Among the things Kris Kringle has learned over his six winters in Portland: Christmas season is hard on Santa’s suits, but soft on his heart.

The ‘Train Man’ triumphantly returns to Bend

Like hundreds of other ranchers in Colorado, the Stanko family is anxious about wolf packs being airlifted back to the state, where they were eradicated by the 1940s. Supporters of the effort, however, see a bright future.

With a regenerative farm and an on-site larder, ōkta restaurant is celebrating the bounty of the Pacific Northwest while focusing on preservation.

Mat Johnson joined horror filmmaker Mike Flanagan’s team of writing scripts for the hit Netflix series The Fall of the House of Usher because he has long been fascinated with Edgar Allan Poe’s writing.

Coloradans brace for reintroduced wolves from Oregon

The state will send a jaw-dropping $5.6 billion back to taxpayers next year, ratcheting up pressure on a policy voters love.

Oregon wolves find a new home in Colorado

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.

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

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

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.