Pope Leo reiterated the Catholic Church's teaching that the death penalty is "inadmissible," in a video message released ...

The former Happy Valley mayor served as America’s labor boss for more than a year before a mounting scandal pushed her out of ...

Just this year, three gray whales have been found off the Oregon Coast, and 14 have been found off the coast of Washington — it's a higher level of early-season mortality than researchers have ever ...

Budget season is kicking off in earnest, and Portland and Multnomah County face major cuts.

Democrat Janelle Bynum flips Oregon’s most high-profile US House district Janelle Bynum, an Oregon legislator from Happy Valley, declared victory Friday morning. Responding to residents proved ...

A sign with the name of Renee Nicole Good, who was shot and killed in Minneapolis on Jan. 7, is posted outside of the U.S. Immigrations and Customs Enforcement building in Portland as demonstrators ...

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Alex Zielinski covers Portland city politics. Prior to joining OPB, Alex covered city government for the Portland Mercury. She’s also worked as a journalist in San Antonio, Texas, and Washington, D.C.

We’re back with more stories from our ongoing “At Work With” series. This time, we meet Pacific Northwesterners working to feed their neighbors, care for an urban forest, and help people discover ...

Oregon man sets new world record paddling a homegrown pumpkin boat down the Columbia River. The Oregon Donkey Sanctuary is not just a forever home for donkeys; it also offers a healing refuge for ...

Dirk VanderHart covers Oregon politics and government for OPB. Before barging onto the radio in 2018, he spent more than a decade as a newspaper reporter—much of that time reporting on city government ...

In 2002, Crater Lake National Park ecologist Michael Murray thought the park’s majestic whitebark pine trees were as good as gone. An invasive fungus called white pine blister rust was killing the ...