In interviews with OPB, former St. Helens High School students say teachers have crossed lines for decades. A teacher who allegedly had a sexual relationship with a student in the 1980s later represented state agencies responsible for protecting Oregon’s children and holding accountable those who abuse them.
Six years ago, Oregon quietly started sending children in foster care to locked residential treatment facilities in other states. Now, the state Department of Human Services would like the ability to do so again.
Senate Bill 54 would require property owners of 10 or more multifamily rental units to provide tenants with indoor cooling in at least one room. By 2036, all bedrooms would require cooling devices.
Saving programs that serve Portland kids has been a central theme in the first two public budget sessions, held in Southeast Portland’s District 3 and East Portland’s District 1 last week.
Oregon legislators are now considering House Bill 2964, which would provide loans and grants for nonprofits looking to build affordable housing on their land by covering those initial costs.
Wildlife protection officers have been cracking down on the illegal use of thermal imaging cameras for hunting in Oregon.
Grant School District is hundreds of thousands of dollars into a project that is supposed to be reimbursed by the federal government. Now, it’s not clear the feds will pay.
The Oregon Liquor and Cannabis Commission is also proposing permanently canceling its license, a process that could take weeks.
We take a tour of OPB’s newsroom and hear from reporters covering politics, climate, health, business and more about what federal policy changes mean for people in the Northwest.
The Trump administration is asking the Supreme Court to halt a ruling ordering the rehiring of thousands of federal workers let go in mass firings across several agencies.
More than 50,000 Palestinians have been killed in Israel's war with Hamas, Gaza health officials say. This strike on a Gaza apartment building killed 132 members of one family in October 2024.
Former U.S. Rep. Mia Love of Utah, a daughter of Haitian immigrants who became the first Black Republican woman elected to Congress, died on Sunday.
The father of Norwegian middle-distance runner Jakob Ingebrigtsen has gone on trial accused of violently abusing his superstar son.
23andMe has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection and its co-founder and CEO has resigned as the struggling genetic testing company continues its push to cut costs.
Navy veteran Michael Bryant has spent decades restoring forgotten instruments, but as he retires, his rare skills fade, leaving fewer experts to keep old player pianos alive in town.
