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Oregon Attorney General Dan Rayfield joined 20 other Democratic attorneys general in the lawsuit. It marks the 48th lawsuit Rayfield has filed against the Trump administration.
Oregon AG Dan Rayfield sues Trump over latest changes to SNAP benefits
In a lawsuit filed on Wednesday, Oregon Attorney General Dan Rayfield argued the Trump administration is permanently cutting off legal immigrants, such as people who came to the U.S. seeking asylum, from receiving their food assistance benefits.
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November 26, 2025 at 10:59 PM
Oregon Attorney General Dan Rayfield joined 20 other Democratic attorneys general in the lawsuit. It marks the 48th lawsuit Rayfield has filed against the Trump administration.
Nearly one-third of participants have completed the county’s deflection program. The district attorney’s office hopes the consequence of a prosecution could raise that number.
Multnomah County DA unveils new plan for deflection program — more prosecutions
Starting Jan. 5, people that fail to complete the county’s deflection program could face criminal charges for possessing small amounts of illegal drugs.
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November 26, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Nearly one-third of participants have completed the county’s deflection program. The district attorney’s office hopes the consequence of a prosecution could raise that number.
Portland’s billion-dollar climate action program is set to invest more than $64 million over the next five years in community-led projects that will help the city reduce its greenhouse gas emissions and advance the renewable energy transition.
Portland Clean Energy Fund invests more than $64 million in community-led grants
The Portland Clean Energy Fund announced $64.4 million in grants for dozens of nonprofit-led community projects aimed at lowering greenhouse gas emissions and the renewable energy transition.
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November 26, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Portland’s billion-dollar climate action program is set to invest more than $64 million over the next five years in community-led projects that will help the city reduce its greenhouse gas emissions and advance the renewable energy transition.
Oregon Field Guide travels all over the region, capturing some beautiful and hard-to-reach areas. But the team's stories often include just a few location shots. Inspired by Norwegian "Slow TV," the team began setting up a camera to capture long, slow takes. Here's their first foray into the genre.
Explore the scenic Pacific Northwest ... slowly ... with ‘OPB’s Slow TV’
Linger in some of the region’s most wondrous sites and moments as OPB cinematographers take you on a barge through the Gorge, or on a train up Mount Hood, or in a canoe around Upper Klamath Lake.
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November 26, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Oregon Field Guide travels all over the region, capturing some beautiful and hard-to-reach areas. But the team's stories often include just a few location shots. Inspired by Norwegian "Slow TV," the team began setting up a camera to capture long, slow takes. Here's their first foray into the genre.
The "Hush" team sits down with the Zuber family for a final interview to lay out the facts of this case and seek some accountability from the people who have let this family down.
‘Hush’ Episode 8: The allure of an answer
For the past six years, all the Zuber family wanted are answers about what happened to their daughter, so they live a life that doesn’t feel stuck. The parties of a true crime story – the police, the community, the media – have mostly failed to deliver those answers.
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November 26, 2025 at 6:00 PM
The "Hush" team sits down with the Zuber family for a final interview to lay out the facts of this case and seek some accountability from the people who have let this family down.
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A volunteer kitchen cooks meals with donated foods and funds for delivery to families in Portland. A defense contractor tries to gobble up hotel rooms on the Oregon Coast. What Oregonians are learning from a dead whale. Here's what we're following on @opb.org today: www.opb.org/article/2025...
OPB’s First Look: Cooking up a hunger solution in Portland
A small-scale solution to a big hunger problem takes shape in a Portland kitchen. Here's your First Look at Wednesday's news.
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November 26, 2025 at 5:23 PM
A volunteer kitchen cooks meals with donated foods and funds for delivery to families in Portland. A defense contractor tries to gobble up hotel rooms on the Oregon Coast. What Oregonians are learning from a dead whale. Here's what we're following on @opb.org today: www.opb.org/article/2025...
A group of culinary students from the Siletz Valley School recently joined a trio of world-renowned Indigenous chefs to gain hands-on culinary skills and celebrate First Foods from the Americans and around the world.
Indigenous chefs are training the next generation of culinary students
The program's goal is to teach transferable, real-world skills to his students, and also to expose them to foods from around the world, including Indigenous, first nations foods from the Americas.
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November 26, 2025 at 5:00 PM
A group of culinary students from the Siletz Valley School recently joined a trio of world-renowned Indigenous chefs to gain hands-on culinary skills and celebrate First Foods from the Americans and around the world.
The anti-hunger movement still has gaps, and small nonprofits can’t totally fill them – but a growing network of businesses and organizations is working towards filling in where it can.
In a Portland kitchen, a nonprofit cooks up a small-scale solution to Oregon’s big hunger problem
Milk Crate Kitchen uses donated food from Portland-area restaurants and farms to cook up restaurant-quality meals for families. The grassroots nonprofit is working to reduce hunger in the region while minimizing food waste.
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November 26, 2025 at 4:00 PM
The anti-hunger movement still has gaps, and small nonprofits can’t totally fill them – but a growing network of businesses and organizations is working towards filling in where it can.
The death of a humpback whale on the Oregon Coast earlier this month brought together local residents, scientists and tribal members who say they’re drawing lessons – and hope – from the loss.
‘An honor and such a blessing’: People come together to mourn and learn from beached whale in Oregon
Studying the whale was a rare opportunity for scientists and students. And collecting those artifacts and praying for the workers and the whale were rare opportunities for the tribal members, according to Lisa Norton, chief administrative officer with the Siletz Tribes.
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November 26, 2025 at 3:00 PM
The death of a humpback whale on the Oregon Coast earlier this month brought together local residents, scientists and tribal members who say they’re drawing lessons – and hope – from the loss.
Sometimes it seems like the world is moving too fast. So we here at OPB wanted to try something: we wanted to see what happens when we take it slow. Really slow. 🐌
Check out OPB’s Slow TV. Now on YouTube
Check out OPB’s Slow TV. Now on YouTube
November 26, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Sometimes it seems like the world is moving too fast. So we here at OPB wanted to try something: we wanted to see what happens when we take it slow. Really slow. 🐌
Check out OPB’s Slow TV. Now on YouTube
Check out OPB’s Slow TV. Now on YouTube
The Portland Thorns have agreed to part ways with coach Rob Gale, the National Women’s Soccer League team announced on Tuesday.
Portland Thorns part ways with coach Rob Gale
The Portland Thorns have agreed to part ways with coach Rob Gale, the National Women’s Soccer League team announced on Tuesday.
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November 26, 2025 at 2:43 AM
The Portland Thorns have agreed to part ways with coach Rob Gale, the National Women’s Soccer League team announced on Tuesday.
Opponents of a recently passed transportation bill say they have enough signatures to refer the package and its related gas tax increase to Oregon voters. The initiative to send the bill to voters in the November 2026 election has gathered more than 150,000 signatures, according to estimates.
Opponents of Oregon gas tax increase say they’ve cleared key hurdle to let voters weigh in
The initiative needed roughly 78,000 signatures by Dec. 30 to qualify for next year’s election. Backers say they have more than 150,000.
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November 26, 2025 at 1:00 AM
Opponents of a recently passed transportation bill say they have enough signatures to refer the package and its related gas tax increase to Oregon voters. The initiative to send the bill to voters in the November 2026 election has gathered more than 150,000 signatures, according to estimates.
The 400-mile Olympic Pipeline carries gasoline, diesel, jet fuel and other petroleum products from refineries near Seattle down to Portland.
Olympic Pipeline partially restarts as Oregon remains under fuel emergency declaration
The pipeline delivers the majority of Oregon’s gasoline, diesel and other fuels from a refining hub in the Seattle area.
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November 26, 2025 at 12:30 AM
The 400-mile Olympic Pipeline carries gasoline, diesel, jet fuel and other petroleum products from refineries near Seattle down to Portland.
A federal defense contractor is inquiring about reserving hundreds of hotel rooms on the Oregon coast for a year, the city of Newport said Tuesday. It’s the latest sign that a suspected effort to build an immigrant detention center on the coast has not gone away.
A federal defense contractor seeks hundreds of coastal Oregon hotel rooms, city of Newport says
It’s just one recent sign that interest over an immigrant detention facility on the coast hasn’t faded.
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November 25, 2025 at 11:32 PM
A federal defense contractor is inquiring about reserving hundreds of hotel rooms on the Oregon coast for a year, the city of Newport said Tuesday. It’s the latest sign that a suspected effort to build an immigrant detention center on the coast has not gone away.
With the donation, first reported by the Oregon Journalism Project, Knight is signaling once again that he is fed up with Democratic dominance in Oregon.
Phil Knight is once again rooting for Oregon Republicans next year
A recent $3 million donation to back GOP candidates is the largest single contribution by an individual in state history.
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November 25, 2025 at 8:30 PM
With the donation, first reported by the Oregon Journalism Project, Knight is signaling once again that he is fed up with Democratic dominance in Oregon.
Four of Oregon’s top lawyers are “highly concerned” about immigration officers stopping a group of teenagers at gunpoint in October and, last week, arresting a high school student on his lunch break.
Oregon attorney general, county prosecutors warn federal officers that excessive force will be investigated
Elected prosecutors from Oregon’s three largest counties along with Oregon’s attorney general say they’ll investigate federal law enforcement officers when their actions appear criminal.
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November 25, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Four of Oregon’s top lawyers are “highly concerned” about immigration officers stopping a group of teenagers at gunpoint in October and, last week, arresting a high school student on his lunch break.
This fall, the Gladstone Food Pantry had a homecoming of sorts, moving back onto school grounds where it began. That move came at an opportune time as the federal government shut down and restrictions on SNAP benefits created a surge of people seeking help to fill their kitchen cabinets.
Gladstone School District, community pantry tackle hunger amid ongoing federal issues
Gladstone leaders work to provide free breakfast and lunch to all 1,500-plus students in the small district near Oregon City, as well as feed hundreds of local residents in need.
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November 25, 2025 at 6:30 PM
This fall, the Gladstone Food Pantry had a homecoming of sorts, moving back onto school grounds where it began. That move came at an opportune time as the federal government shut down and restrictions on SNAP benefits created a surge of people seeking help to fill their kitchen cabinets.
Two of Washington state's older ferries have been mothballed and up for sale now for four years. Prospective buyers have come and gone. If you're thinking of buying one, now's your chance but beware. The are some cautionary tales.
For sale: Two retired Washington State ferries. Dreamers need not apply
The vessels are lingering on the market as Washington State Ferries scrutinizes potential buyers. Past purchases haven’t always ended well.
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November 25, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Two of Washington state's older ferries have been mothballed and up for sale now for four years. Prospective buyers have come and gone. If you're thinking of buying one, now's your chance but beware. The are some cautionary tales.
Some members of a government workgroup will soon make recommendations on data center policy in Washington state. They want to make tax breaks contingent upon requiring data companies to come up with their own sources of clean energy. Their recommendation isn't in the final proposal.
Should Washington’s data centers generate their own clean energy to get tax breaks?
A government workgroup in Washington state is soon expected to make recommendations on ways to strike a balance on the debate surrounding the rise of the region's data centers.
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November 25, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Some members of a government workgroup will soon make recommendations on data center policy in Washington state. They want to make tax breaks contingent upon requiring data companies to come up with their own sources of clean energy. Their recommendation isn't in the final proposal.
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A judge rules the Coast Guard must return a rescue helicopter to Newport. The pipeline providing most of the Pacific Northwest's fuel is still shut down. Billups pleads not guilty. Blazers win. Here's what we're following on @opb.org today: www.opb.org/article/2025...
OPB’s First Look: Newport chopper update, plus a pipeline problem
A federal judge has ruled the U.S. Coast Guard must return a rescue helicopter to Newport. Here's your First Look at Tuesday's news.
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November 25, 2025 at 3:32 PM
A judge rules the Coast Guard must return a rescue helicopter to Newport. The pipeline providing most of the Pacific Northwest's fuel is still shut down. Billups pleads not guilty. Blazers win. Here's what we're following on @opb.org today: www.opb.org/article/2025...
Gov. Tina Kotek’s move is aimed at keeping enough fuel arriving to the state by ships and trucks partly by waiving certain regulations on how long commercial drivers hauling fuel can operate. In Washington, Gov. Bob Ferguson has declared a similar state of emergency.
Oregon’s governor declares emergency to ensure the state gets enough fuel after pipeline leak
Oregon's governor has declared a state of emergency to ensure fuel supplies continue despite the shutdown of the Olympic Pipeline due to a leak. The pipeline supplies 90% of the state's fuel.
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November 25, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Gov. Tina Kotek’s move is aimed at keeping enough fuel arriving to the state by ships and trucks partly by waiving certain regulations on how long commercial drivers hauling fuel can operate. In Washington, Gov. Bob Ferguson has declared a similar state of emergency.
The U.S. Coast Guard must immediately return a rescue helicopter to the city of Newport as a court case challenging the aircraft’s removal gets underway, a federal judge has ruled.
US Coast Guard must return rescue helicopter to Newport, judge rules
The temporary order comes just three days after a lawsuit challenging the removal. The U.S. Coast Guard has stationed a rescue helicopter in Newport since 1987, not long after three fishermen died when their boat capsized roughly 20 miles off the central coast.
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November 25, 2025 at 5:08 AM
The U.S. Coast Guard must immediately return a rescue helicopter to the city of Newport as a court case challenging the aircraft’s removal gets underway, a federal judge has ruled.
Eugene’s White Bird Clinic is suing a rival nonprofit, Willamette Valley Crisis Care, over copyright infringement and the stealing of trade secrets.
White Bird Clinic sues Willamette Valley Crisis Care over misuse of trade secrets, copyright infringement
Eugene’s White Bird Clinic is suing a rival nonprofit, Willamette Valley Crisis Care, over copyright infringement and the stealing of trade secrets.
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November 24, 2025 at 11:30 PM
Eugene’s White Bird Clinic is suing a rival nonprofit, Willamette Valley Crisis Care, over copyright infringement and the stealing of trade secrets.
This summer, young Indigenous kayakers made history on the first source-to-sea descent of the Klamath River since the removal of four dams. But this isn’t just a kayak adventure story.
‘The Evergreen’: Indigenous youth make history on a changed Klamath River
This week, we hear how the removal of four dams has changed the Klamath River, and what the journey meant to the Indigenous youth carrying on their ancestors’ work.
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November 24, 2025 at 7:30 PM
This summer, young Indigenous kayakers made history on the first source-to-sea descent of the Klamath River since the removal of four dams. But this isn’t just a kayak adventure story.
Oregonians have a little over a month to take advantage of federal tax credits helping to offset costs of home energy upgrades like heat pumps and solar panels.
Oregonians have 5 weeks to secure expiring federal home energy tax credits
The nonprofit Energy Trust of Oregon is encouraging residents to invest in heating and cooling pumps and solar panels, before federal money goes away.
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November 24, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Oregonians have a little over a month to take advantage of federal tax credits helping to offset costs of home energy upgrades like heat pumps and solar panels.