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Election officials are increasingly recommending voters plan to use drop boxes rather than mailing their ballot.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.opb.org/article/2026/08/25/ken-kesey-iconic-psychedelic-bus-leaves-oregon/</loc><lastmod>2026-09-01T20:43:07.319Z</lastmod><changefreq>always</changefreq><priority>0.5</priority><news:news><news:publication><news:name>OPB</news:name><news:language>en</news:language></news:publication><news:publication_date>2026-09-01T20:43:07.319Z</news:publication_date><news:title><![CDATA[Ken Kesey’s iconic psychedelic bus leaves Oregon for first time in nearly 60 years]]></news:title></news:news><image:image><image:loc>https://opb-opb-prod.cdn.arcpublishing.com/resizer/v2/4YYQARHPBJHHJATUJIS362TXOU.JPEG?auth=055fbee6ca9cc942be4cce9fa329fdb47517d144f4215c22c1f02dc5b4b7812e&amp;smart=true&amp;width=2202&amp;height=1428</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[This undated, provided photo shows the 1939 school bus called Furthur parked inside a barn on the Kesey family farm in Pleasant Hill, Ore. For the first time since 1969, the bus that became a symbol of '60s counterculture will be on public display as part of a Grateful Dead-themed exhibition in San Francisco.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.opb.org/article/2026/08/25/how-ohsus-field-surgical-team-prepares-to-respond-to-emergencies/</loc><lastmod>2026-09-01T20:42:17.563Z</lastmod><changefreq>always</changefreq><priority>0.5</priority><news:news><news:publication><news:name>OPB</news:name><news:language>en</news:language></news:publication><news:publication_date>2026-09-01T20:42:17.563Z</news:publication_date><news:title><![CDATA[How OHSU’s field surgical team prepares to respond to emergencies]]></news:title></news:news><image:image><image:loc>https://opb-opb-prod.cdn.arcpublishing.com/resizer/v2/746ORXRLTVD25MGTP7KZHZCF6E.JPG?auth=d86ec79c8f1ced278766ddf7a8b3fa6a9c3fba1b9174602bd2b786404f2e401c&amp;smart=true&amp;width=3000&amp;height=2000</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[FILE - A bird flies overhead as OHSU's Marquam Hill Campus in Portland, Ore., on April 25, 2026.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.opb.org/article/2026/09/01/oregon-universities-brace-international-enrollment-drop-visa-delays-trump-policies/</loc><lastmod>2026-09-01T20:42:01.723Z</lastmod><changefreq>always</changefreq><priority>0.5</priority><news:news><news:publication><news:name>OPB</news:name><news:language>en</news:language></news:publication><news:publication_date>2026-09-01T20:42:01.723Z</news:publication_date><news:title><![CDATA[Oregon universities brace for international enrollment drop following visa delays, Trump policies]]></news:title></news:news><image:image><image:loc>https://opb-opb-prod.cdn.arcpublishing.com/resizer/v2/HRAFKND7UJHDHCPFNRWXHETBCM.jpg?auth=51c34a9c478846aadb72d8fc2e94b6ae7904e7c934c9ef8ec262f8f1b48c68d8&amp;smart=true&amp;width=2250&amp;height=1500</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Students walk across Oregon State University's Corvallis campus in this Oct. 27, 2017, file photo. International student enrollment at Oregon's public universities is expected to decline this year due to Trump administration policies. Oregon State University is currently home to about 1,900 international students and their families, down from 2,400 in recent years.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.opb.org/article/2026/09/01/ice-says-it-has-enough-body-cameras-now-after-deadly-shootings/</loc><lastmod>2026-09-01T20:41:32.381Z</lastmod><changefreq>always</changefreq><priority>0.5</priority><news:news><news:publication><news:name>OPB</news:name><news:language>en</news:language></news:publication><news:publication_date>2026-09-01T20:41:32.381Z</news:publication_date><news:title><![CDATA[ICE says it has enough body cameras now, after series of deadly shootings]]></news:title></news:news><image:image><image:loc>https://opb-opb-prod.cdn.arcpublishing.com/resizer/v2/ZPXOWFRNBVKJHIM6Z6AXK5URIQ.jpg?auth=57645f705346ed35e2123070d9e7314ab625cb0a0890c5b405efe1e4f5402e8f&amp;smart=true&amp;width=6000&amp;height=4000</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[A federal agent's body camera records as they question a woman before she is released as they patrol the halls of immigration court at the Jacob K. Javits Federal Building in March 2026 in New York City.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.opb.org/article/2026/08/25/think-out-loud-oregon-affordable-housing-spending-murky-details/</loc><lastmod>2026-09-01T20:41:29.009Z</lastmod><changefreq>always</changefreq><priority>0.5</priority><news:news><news:publication><news:name>OPB</news:name><news:language>en</news:language></news:publication><news:publication_date>2026-09-01T20:41:29.009Z</news:publication_date><news:title><![CDATA[Financial details of Oregon’s spending on affordable housing murky, ProPublica investigation reveals]]></news:title></news:news></url><url><loc>https://www.opb.org/article/2026/08/25/oregon-secretary-of-state-on-what-supreme-court-decision-on-mail-in-voting-could-mean-for-oregonians/</loc><lastmod>2026-09-01T20:39:30.182Z</lastmod><changefreq>always</changefreq><priority>0.5</priority><news:news><news:publication><news:name>OPB</news:name><news:language>en</news:language></news:publication><news:publication_date>2026-09-01T20:39:30.182Z</news:publication_date><news:title><![CDATA[Oregon Secretary of State on what Supreme Court decision on mail-in voting could mean for Oregonians]]></news:title></news:news><image:image><image:loc>https://opb-opb-prod.cdn.arcpublishing.com/resizer/v2/HNPYOFBOTBGVPMVMK6MAEIQTCY.jpg?auth=96d633c9910f192c4b00e9c8d837ba0faec4fcbc57c142474b04aa1ce5522cb9&amp;smart=true&amp;width=3529&amp;height=2462</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[FILE - An unopened Oregon ballot for Washington County and a Voters' Pamphlet for the 2026 primary election are seen on a table on Monday, May 11, 2026.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.opb.org/article/2026/09/01/congress-averts-a-government-shutdown-ahead-of-midterms/</loc><lastmod>2026-09-01T20:39:29.452Z</lastmod><changefreq>always</changefreq><priority>0.5</priority><news:news><news:publication><news:name>OPB</news:name><news:language>en</news:language></news:publication><news:publication_date>2026-09-01T20:39:29.452Z</news:publication_date><news:title><![CDATA[Congress averts a government shutdown ahead of the midterms]]></news:title></news:news><image:image><image:loc>https://opb-opb-prod.cdn.arcpublishing.com/resizer/v2/BSYN3PAPZ5KR5ORYREFJW4IRK4.jpg?auth=11c1f56ba1038625a0fc7b9cd7828423389ffec5f6daf102349901d5a7a57ce9&amp;smart=true&amp;width=2602&amp;height=1740</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[The U.S. Capitol is seen from Pennsylvania Avenue, on Aug. 30. The House voted Tuesday to extend government funding past this fall's midterm elections.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.opb.org/article/2026/09/01/the-length-of-oregon-school-year-isnt-everything-why-attendance-instruction-matter-too/</loc><lastmod>2026-09-01T16:34:29.828Z</lastmod><changefreq>always</changefreq><priority>0.5</priority><news:news><news:publication><news:name>OPB</news:name><news:language>en</news:language></news:publication><news:publication_date>2026-09-01T16:34:29.828Z</news:publication_date><news:title><![CDATA[The length of Oregon’s school year isn’t everything; why attendance and instruction matter too]]></news:title></news:news><image:image><image:loc>https://opb-opb-prod.cdn.arcpublishing.com/resizer/v2/JG3DW22ISBCNRFEWKVWSP3TSVA.png?auth=384b81948a9000ed9b73e87779b3e4953cb226bee87b45df851d27491305ebb1&amp;smart=true&amp;width=2100&amp;height=1500</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Douglas ESD mentor Keith Osmack checks in with high school students in the Elkton School District during the first week of school. Osmack is one of several mentors working with middle and high school students.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.opb.org/article/2026/09/01/sheriffs-sue-over-ice-cooperation-bans/</loc><lastmod>2026-09-01T14:39:03.716Z</lastmod><changefreq>always</changefreq><priority>0.5</priority><news:news><news:publication><news:name>OPB</news:name><news:language>en</news:language></news:publication><news:publication_date>2026-09-01T14:39:03.716Z</news:publication_date><news:title><![CDATA[As Democratic-led states block ICE cooperation deals, local sheriffs push back in court]]></news:title></news:news><image:image><image:loc>https://opb-opb-prod.cdn.arcpublishing.com/resizer/v2/E63Z5FEGM5MA5FWMC4EQWYHRWE.jpg?auth=794194917c4a6207e0ec1818bf397fbdde6a5b9ad9f84a3ad7143830b2cd6a82&amp;smart=true&amp;width=6000&amp;height=3999</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[The badges of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents are seen as they patrol the halls of immigration court at the Ted Weiss Federal Building in New York City.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.opb.org/article/2026/09/01/white-house-fills-in-some-of-the-details-in-venezuela-oil-deal/</loc><lastmod>2026-09-01T14:34:32.446Z</lastmod><changefreq>always</changefreq><priority>0.5</priority><news:news><news:publication><news:name>OPB</news:name><news:language>en</news:language></news:publication><news:publication_date>2026-09-01T14:34:32.446Z</news:publication_date><news:title><![CDATA[Days after Trump announces Venezuela oil deal, White House fills in some of the details]]></news:title></news:news><image:image><image:loc>https://opb-opb-prod.cdn.arcpublishing.com/resizer/v2/G6TSL3X635LLPGRIAOYASZTSWM.jpg?auth=3bf3c0a34921635e4a8c82c546ad2916116665934528a8bc9d0a0e27a44260af&amp;smart=true&amp;width=4582&amp;height=3055</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[FILE - Flames rise from flare stacks at the Amuay refinery in Los Taques, Venezuela, Jan. 14, 2026.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.opb.org/article/2026/09/01/oregon-short-school-year-first-look/</loc><lastmod>2026-09-01T14:30:00.668Z</lastmod><changefreq>always</changefreq><priority>0.5</priority><news:news><news:publication><news:name>OPB</news:name><news:language>en</news:language></news:publication><news:publication_date>2026-09-01T14:30:00.668Z</news:publication_date><news:title><![CDATA[OPB’s First Look: Quality and quantity]]></news:title></news:news><image:image><image:loc>https://opb-opb-prod.cdn.arcpublishing.com/resizer/v2/PPBVBT63DFCETN4HAS4IYCAGZ4.JPG?auth=b9eb59ae4848280046b151ec6abdd5308f202b306d53b5dbfe865dda2940b2a2&amp;smart=true&amp;width=5183&amp;height=3455</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Douglas Education Service District mentor Beth Hunter works with elementary school students in the Elkton School District on Wednesday, Aug. 26, 2026.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.opb.org/article/2026/09/01/whistleblower-warns-about-usps-plan-for-trump-mail-voting-order/</loc><lastmod>2026-09-01T14:30:00.769Z</lastmod><changefreq>always</changefreq><priority>0.5</priority><news:news><news:publication><news:name>OPB</news:name><news:language>en</news:language></news:publication><news:publication_date>2026-09-01T14:30:00.769Z</news:publication_date><news:title><![CDATA[Whistleblower claims USPS plan for Trump's mail voting order could 'derail' midterms]]></news:title></news:news><image:image><image:loc>https://opb-opb-prod.cdn.arcpublishing.com/resizer/v2/25A2WO7IBNL25MW6GGPRQAKEW4.jpg?auth=59218e301f6e0899d00ec7b72117281ff7f88a4700779882a6e74273e4e1048b&amp;smart=true&amp;width=4943&amp;height=3379</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Election workers stack ballots that were picked up at a U.S. Postal Service office to be processed in 2020 in Provo, Utah.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.opb.org/article/2026/09/01/poet-wendell-berry-dies-at-age-92/</loc><lastmod>2026-09-01T14:22:00.255Z</lastmod><changefreq>always</changefreq><priority>0.5</priority><news:news><news:publication><news:name>OPB</news:name><news:language>en</news:language></news:publication><news:publication_date>2026-09-01T14:22:00.255Z</news:publication_date><news:title><![CDATA[Beloved writer and environmentalist Wendell Berry has died at age 92]]></news:title></news:news><image:image><image:loc>https://opb-opb-prod.cdn.arcpublishing.com/resizer/v2/Y2LITEFGUZNG3DBMHTV3RX3F7A.jpg?auth=9155886d57ade83c6496e5dd65904907ebbba53d4088038bfc397b504281c6ad&amp;smart=true&amp;width=3013&amp;height=2260</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[President Barack Obama presents the 2010 National Humanities Medal to Wendell E. Berry during a White House ceremony in 2011.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.opb.org/article/2026/09/01/supreme-court-lets-white-house-continue-construction-on-trumps-dollar400-million-ballroom/</loc><lastmod>2026-09-01T14:18:29.379Z</lastmod><changefreq>always</changefreq><priority>0.5</priority><news:news><news:publication><news:name>OPB</news:name><news:language>en</news:language></news:publication><news:publication_date>2026-09-01T14:18:29.379Z</news:publication_date><news:title><![CDATA[Supreme Court lets White House continue construction on Trump’s $400 million ballroom]]></news:title></news:news><image:image><image:loc>https://opb-opb-prod.cdn.arcpublishing.com/resizer/v2/NHCJVQABQ5GHRBOHB472EKC4C4.jpg?auth=d36b687a831174e42306548b986d6bd289ad4a82676791c83c103c814cf7044a&amp;smart=true&amp;width=5433&amp;height=3622</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[The new White House ballroom under construction, built on the demolished East Wing, is pictured, as seen from the Washington Monument, Sunday, August. 23, 2026, in Washington.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.opb.org/article/2026/09/01/klamath-basin-southern-oregon-bird-crisis-water-rivals-botulism/</loc><lastmod>2026-09-01T13:00:05.942Z</lastmod><changefreq>always</changefreq><priority>0.5</priority><news:news><news:publication><news:name>OPB</news:name><news:language>en</news:language></news:publication><news:publication_date>2026-09-01T13:00:05.942Z</news:publication_date><news:title><![CDATA[How a Klamath Basin bird crisis brings old water rivals together]]></news:title></news:news><image:image><image:loc>https://opb-opb-prod.cdn.arcpublishing.com/resizer/v2/YBKM7POKCJE6BCIALVP5BWFIVI.jpg?auth=9f41a6ff869ada76bcca9bacabc9820819b1e84a3a386535f6fde62498cafeb5&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1760&amp;height=1320</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Scott Seus, president of the Klamath Water Users Association, looks over the Tule Lake National Wildlife Refuge from Sheepy Ridge on Aug. 20, 2026. Seus supports a proposal to circulate water through agricultural lands and refuge wetlands before returning it to the Klamath River.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.opb.org/article/2026/09/01/drain-farmstand-fresh-produce-option-food-desert/</loc><lastmod>2026-09-01T13:00:06.258Z</lastmod><changefreq>always</changefreq><priority>0.5</priority><news:news><news:publication><news:name>OPB</news:name><news:language>en</news:language></news:publication><news:publication_date>2026-09-01T13:00:06.258Z</news:publication_date><news:title><![CDATA[Drain farmstand hopes to provide fresh option in ‘food desert’]]></news:title></news:news><image:image><image:loc>https://opb-opb-prod.cdn.arcpublishing.com/resizer/v2/GLDIUUZI7BA63DMHGROORSSEIA.jpg?auth=3cda375e3a6aa80e355d4adbf7bb551839e550f1c60eea5e09c07c0ae7f94346&amp;smart=true&amp;width=880&amp;height=542</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[The farmstand at 5040 State Highway 38 in Drain, Ore., on Aug. 26, 2026.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.opb.org/article/2026/09/01/oregon-state-university-master-gardener-program-providing-gardening-advice-throughout-the-state/</loc><lastmod>2026-09-01T13:00:00.702Z</lastmod><changefreq>always</changefreq><priority>0.5</priority><news:news><news:publication><news:name>OPB</news:name><news:language>en</news:language></news:publication><news:publication_date>2026-09-01T13:00:00.702Z</news:publication_date><news:title><![CDATA[Oregon State University’s master gardener program providing gardening advice throughout the state since 1976]]></news:title></news:news></url><url><loc>https://www.opb.org/article/2026/09/01/coastal-oregon-landowners-aid-conservation-efforts-endangered-silverspot-butterfly/</loc><lastmod>2026-09-01T13:00:05.56Z</lastmod><changefreq>always</changefreq><priority>0.5</priority><news:news><news:publication><news:name>OPB</news:name><news:language>en</news:language></news:publication><news:publication_date>2026-09-01T13:00:05.56Z</news:publication_date><news:title><![CDATA[Coastal Oregon landowners aid conservation efforts for endangered butterfly]]></news:title></news:news><image:image><image:loc>https://opb-opb-prod.cdn.arcpublishing.com/resizer/v2/4POSLFERSNG2VBG6UGXMFI7W2Y.jpeg?auth=4c505ba02f511f99d749aa28fda027cb735dcd504745e2d02cf9a25a49f87869&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1760&amp;height=1258</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Field scientist Katie Farmer holds an Oregon silverspot butterfly. It's the 25th tagged for observation as of Aug. 4, 2026.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.opb.org/article/2026/08/31/oregon-washington-in-state-tuition-immigrant-students/</loc><lastmod>2026-08-31T23:38:52.424Z</lastmod><changefreq>always</changefreq><priority>0.5</priority><news:news><news:publication><news:name>OPB</news:name><news:language>en</news:language></news:publication><news:publication_date>2026-08-31T23:38:52.424Z</news:publication_date><news:title><![CDATA[Oregon, Washington plan to defend in-state tuition for immigrant students]]></news:title></news:news><image:image><image:loc>https://opb-opb-prod.cdn.arcpublishing.com/resizer/v2/EFHAIWWAAREM5BP2QZA5SJ6XN4.jpg?auth=ad9768d72d7af5802a07159e1a9a923cd5ee31765d84d64a02ae2a176c90bd83&amp;smart=true&amp;width=2888&amp;height=2271</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[FILE - A flyer informing Benson Polytechnic High School seniors about student financial aid on April 17, 2024. The federal government is suing Oregon over tuition and aid equity programs for undocumented students.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.opb.org/article/2026/08/31/faith-healing-idaho-deaths-followers-of-christ/</loc><lastmod>2026-08-31T22:13:45.848Z</lastmod><changefreq>always</changefreq><priority>0.5</priority><news:news><news:publication><news:name>OPB</news:name><news:language>en</news:language></news:publication><news:publication_date>2026-08-31T22:13:45.848Z</news:publication_date><news:title><![CDATA[Idaho children in a faith-healing sect keep dying. The state lets it happen]]></news:title></news:news><image:image><image:loc>https://opb-opb-prod.cdn.arcpublishing.com/resizer/v2/LWQKYYF7LFG2LAYEFCDCJ7UUAM.JPG?auth=f52c83bda555e730a95c5d9427819adc56782a15cbb7716f4d837c5af6ab3a23&amp;smart=true&amp;width=3000&amp;height=2250</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Newborn baby Malachi lies in the lap of his mother after dying from pneumonia and bleeding lungs — preventable conditions that could have been treated in a hospital — in 2023 in Idaho. 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The art form connects people with themselves and one another in the Pacific Northwest and beyond.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.opb.org/article/2026/08/31/oregon-state-university-wave-energy-testing-facility-ready-to-begin-operations/</loc><lastmod>2026-08-31T13:00:01.539Z</lastmod><changefreq>always</changefreq><priority>0.5</priority><news:news><news:publication><news:name>OPB</news:name><news:language>en</news:language></news:publication><news:publication_date>2026-08-31T13:00:01.539Z</news:publication_date><news:title><![CDATA[Oregon State University’s wave energy testing facility is ready to begin operations]]></news:title></news:news><image:image><image:loc>https://opb-opb-prod.cdn.arcpublishing.com/resizer/v2/F2GCBEPSQRD7HLR6MJNKS63GTE.jpeg?auth=e1619a8c2828296707d033aee712d9532cb377d173e87ddcd7bbeaa2f255f672&amp;smart=true&amp;width=880&amp;height=542</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Oregon State University President Jayathi Murthy cuts the ribbon for the opening of PacWave, a wave energy generation testing facility on Aug. 27, 2026.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.opb.org/article/2026/08/30/2nd-annual-parallel-parking-competition-draws-hundreds/</loc><lastmod>2026-08-31T00:56:19.675Z</lastmod><changefreq>always</changefreq><priority>0.5</priority><news:news><news:publication><news:name>OPB</news:name><news:language>en</news:language></news:publication><news:publication_date>2026-08-31T00:56:19.675Z</news:publication_date><news:title><![CDATA[2nd annual Parallel Parking Competition draws hundreds to a small street in Southeast Portland]]></news:title></news:news><image:image><image:loc>https://opb-opb-prod.cdn.arcpublishing.com/resizer/v2/O4IICWGBXFFPXFBO7PHHXJW5UE.jpeg?auth=90567ee00506ec504cdfe64733bb61cc6c16dc4c48dd3ed8b3bcfa040fbdaf36&amp;smart=true&amp;width=5184&amp;height=3456</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[The 2026 Portland Parallel Parking Competition grand prize, a gold spray-painted miniature Subaru glued to a wood slab, sits on Daniel Lyman's balcony in Southeast Portland, Ore., Aug. 30, 2026.]]></image:caption></image:image></url></urlset>