'Wicked Problems' are those problems facing the planet and its inhabitants, present and future, which are hard (if not impossible) to resolve and for which bold, creative, and messy solutions are typically required. The adjective 'wicked' describes the mischievous and even evil quality of these problems, where proposed solutions often turn out to b…

Meteorologists say it’s been an incredibly busy summer tracking and forecasting the wildfires across Oregon.द्वारा Oregon Public Broadcasting

In Bend, this year’s city council race has been shaped by pledges some candidates made to the Deschutes County Democrats – and that means voters will have fewer choices in November.द्वारा Oregon Public Broadcasting

The Oregon-Oregon State game wasn't expected to be this interesting. The Beavers are playing well, and the Ducks aren't so much. Tyson Alger of the I-5 Corridor newsletter joins us to preview the game.द्वारा Oregon Public Broadcasting

The rise of the railroad helped create Pendleton, and that heritage can still be found in many downtown buildings. Now, the city is working to restore some of that frontier history while giving businesses the modern signs they say they need. But not everyone’s happy.द्वारा Oregon Public Broadcasting

Republican lawmakers in Oregon have struggled to raise campaign money this year. That means the GOP is increasingly relying on a familiar face: former Congressman Greg Walden.द्वारा Oregon Public Broadcasting

The youth development program, housed at MacLaren Youth Correctional Facility in Woodburn, teaches its participants specific skills and broader life lessons, all while finding homes for dogs in need.द्वारा Oregon Public Broadcasting

In Museums, Archives and Protest Memory (Palgrave Macmillan, 2024), Red Chidgey and Joanne Garde-Hansen address the emergence of ‘protest memory’ as a powerful contemporary shaper of ideas and practices in culture, media and heritage domains. Directly focused on the role of museum and archive practitioners in protest memory curation, they make a co…

Court-Appointed Special Advocates are volunteers for children in the foster care system.द्वारा Oregon Public Broadcasting

R.G. Shore on memoir ‘The Ocean Inside Me,’ incarceration and healing racial traumaद्वारा Oregon Public Broadcasting

The Ocean Inside of Me QAद्वारा Oregon Public Broadcasting

The Oregon College of Oriental Medicine is closing. Its graduates face one of the worst combinations of high debt and low earnings in the country.द्वारा Oregon Public Broadcasting

The company that owns Sizzle Pie, Rudy’s Barbershop, See See Motor Coffee Co. and Bamboo Sushi is facing evictions and lawsuitsद्वारा Oregon Public Broadcasting

Portland's Native American Youth and Family Center celebrates culture and history with a powwow as nonprofit turns 50.द्वारा Oregon Public Broadcasting

OPB is nearing the end of a 13-year reporting project following a group of students in the Class of 2025. Today, several students in the class we’ve been following start senior year at David Douglas High School in Southeast Portland — their last, first day of high school.द्वारा Oregon Public Broadcasting

Oregon has ended its experiment with drug decriminalization. Starting Sept. 1, possession of small amounts of illicit substances are once again considered a misdemeanor crime. Earlier this year, state lawmakers rolled back key provisions of Ballot Measure 110, the voter-passed initiative that decriminalized drugs nearly four years ago.…

Portland's community solar program aims to lower utility billsद्वारा Oregon Public Broadcasting

Fast fashion and its effect on Portland clothing makersद्वारा Oregon Public Broadcasting

Spending the summer restoring Oregon waterwaysद्वारा Oregon Public Broadcasting

Portland water managers plan for a smoky futureद्वारा Oregon Public Broadcasting

Creating a Person-Centered Library: Best Practices for Supporting High-Needs Patrons (Bloomsbury, 2023) provides a comprehensive overview of various services, programs, and collaborations to help libraries serve high-needs patrons as well as strategies for supporting staff working with these individuals. While public libraries are struggling to add…

Talking with the Executive Director of The Montavilla Jazz Festivalद्वारा Oregon Public Broadcasting

Two different projects are moving forward to develop entertainment venues that are able to accommodate audiences of more than 3,000 people.द्वारा Oregon Public Broadcasting

Some of the people at the heart of that process believe Oregon is on the verge of making critical mistakes that mean many parts of the state will flop when it comes to meeting the overarching goal: steering drug users who are causing public angst and disorder away from the public eye and toward recovery.…

The investigation into the mass shooting last October in Lewiston, Maine, said local law enforcement and Army Reserve leaders failed repeatedly to take steps to prevent the tragidity. We’ll find out more in our newscast, just two minutes away on O-P-B. (IDS). Today is Tuesday August 20th … it’s 4 o'clock … Good afternoon. 4:00 BILLBOARD This is OPB…

In a reversal, Multnomah County Sheriff Nicole Morrisey O’Donnell has agreed to start booking people into jail who have been charged with violating Portland's anti-camping policy.द्वारा Oregon Public Broadcasting

Oregon swimmer braves a 5-mile swim across the Columbia River — and her own traumaद्वारा Oregon Public Broadcasting

As a relationship therapist, social media influencer and author Guenther helps his clients in Portland and his audience of millions of subscribers on TikTok navigate the joys and difficulties of relationships. Guenther spoke with OPB Morning Edition host Jess Hazel about his new book “Big Dating Energy” and shared some relationship tips.…

When three Portland pizzerias were added to national and international rankings, they had no idea how deeply it would affect their business.द्वारा Oregon Public Broadcasting

Oregon’s temperatures are dipping, but last month’s heat wave solidified an unsettling trend: Extreme heat is hitting Oregon’s aging population hard.द्वारा Oregon Public Broadcasting

Portland pizzerias and the pain of going viralद्वारा Oregon Public Broadcasting

We speak with Taylor West of the group Healing Advocacy Fund, an organization that advocates for psychedelic-assisted therapy in Oregon and Colorado.द्वारा Oregon Public Broadcasting

Wildfires have dramatically altered the Eastern Oregon Landscape this summerद्वारा Oregon Public Broadcasting

The Jade International Night Market in Southeast Portland is marking its tenth yearद्वारा Oregon Public Broadcasting

Kids are learning STEAM through Mariachi musicद्वारा Oregon Public Broadcasting

With the passing of those who witnessed National Socialism and the Holocaust, the archive matters as never before. However, the material that remains for the work of remembering and commemorating this period of history is determined by both the bureaucratic excesses of the Nazi regime and the attempt to eradicate its victims without trace. Dora Osb…

Private investigator Tea Godfrey says you need curiousity and tenacity to do her job. For the latest installment of At Work With, we follow her around.द्वारा Oregon Public Broadcasting

Oregon is asking the public to weigh in on a plan to reboot the Climate Protection Program.द्वारा Oregon Public Broadcasting

Renee Miller hiked 457 miles alone and unsupported to break the women’s record for fastest known time on the Oregon section of the Pacific Crest Trail.द्वारा Oregon Public Broadcasting

Restoring Portland Art Museum's Monetद्वारा Oregon Public Broadcasting

A redesign of Bend's Greenwood Avenue is proving controversialद्वारा Oregon Public Broadcasting

The Oregon Department of Emergency Management says over a million acres have already burned across the state. In Malheur County, the Cow Valley Fire has burned 130-thousand acres much of it rangeland for cattle. We’ll learn more about how this wildfire season is affecting Eastern Oregon ranchers.द्वारा Oregon Public Broadcasting

Candidates seem to agree that the best path to victory in the primaries -- and ultimately November -- is to distance themselves from the Biden administration.द्वारा Oregon Public Broadcasting

The eel-like fish join the likes of salmon and sturgeon as a first food, a staple for local tribes long before European contact. But their numbers are dwindling.द्वारा Oregon Public Broadcasting

UO Chamber Choir wins at World Choir Gamesद्वारा Oregon Public Broadcasting

2024 Pickathon Previewद्वारा Oregon Public Broadcasting

The sudden emergence of Vice President Kamala Harris as the presumptive Democratic nominee for president provides an opportunity for Oregon’s voters of color to recenter the values and issues most important to their communities.द्वारा Oregon Public Broadcasting

QA with historian Johanna Ogden, who wrote a book about the Ghadar Party's roots in Astoria.द्वारा Oregon Public Broadcasting

Identifying road kill could help save wildlifeद्वारा Oregon Public Broadcasting