Oregon Public Broadcasting

Oregon Public Broadcasting (OPB) serves as the main public broadcasting network for a large portion of Oregon and southern Washington. The network includes five powerful television stations, numerous VHF and UHF translators, and more than 20 radio stations and frequencies. OPB offers a mix of local shows alongside programs from the Public Broadcasting Service (PBS), NPR, Public Radio International, and the BBC World Service. The organization is headquartered in Portland, where its television studios are located.

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With CDC injury prevention team gutted, ‘we will not know what is killing us’

2 days ago | opb.org | Will Stone

Federal layoffs affected teams at CDC that research injuries — including car crashes — to understand how to prevent them. Car crashes are the second leading cause of death for children ages 1 to 12. Before they were fired, staff at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention were about to launch a new data system to improve how the U.S. tracks concussions.
Police hiring bill advances in Washington, requiring mix of state and local funds

4 days ago | opb.org | Amy Radil

FILE - Vancouver Police Department, West Precinct, in Vancouver, Wash., June 29, 2024. Washington state Senate advanced HB 2015, offering police hiring grants tied to local sales tax increases for broader criminal justice funding, amid bipartisan support, lingering concerns and debate over funding strategies. Washington state is closer to providing new state grants for cities and counties to hire more police officers following a bipartisan vote in the state Senate on Wednesday.
Top manager of 4 Columbia River wildlife refuges leaves amid federal workforce reductions

4 days ago | opb.org | Erik Neumann

Undated photo of hunters surveying their decoy setup from a blind at Ridgefield National Wildlife Refuge in Washington state. The top manager of four national wildlife refuges along the lower Columbia River in Southwest Washington had his last day on the job Friday. Eric Anderson was the acting project leader for the Ridgefield National Wildlife Refuge Complex, managing the Steigerwald Lake, Franz Lake, Pierce and Ridgefield national wildlife refuges. He took a buyout this week.
US senator returns from El Salvador trip, says Abrego Garcia case is about far more than one man

4 days ago | opb.org | Mary Clare Jalonick |Adriana Gomez Licon

The dispute over the wrongful deportation and imprisonment of Kilmar Abrego Garcia “is not only about one man” but about Donald Trump’s disregard of the American judicial system as well, Sen. Chris Van Hollen said Friday as he returned from a three-day trip to El Salvador to press for the detained man’s release. Sen.
No more ‘made-in-China’ in the U.S.? It’s headed that way, Chinese exporters say

4 days ago | opb.org | John Ruwitch |Aowen Cao

Decorations outside the Canton Fair Complex, the venue for the 137th session of the China Import and Export Fair, popularly known as the Canton Fair, on April 15, 2025 in Guangzhou, Guangdong Province of China. Huang Taiming / VCG via Getty ImagesFrom blenders to bicycles, it could get tough for Americans to buy made-in-China products soon. That’s the message from manufacturers and exporters this week at China’s oldest and biggest trade fair — the Canton Expo.
‘Lab Leak,’ a flashy page on the virus’ origins, replaces government COVID sites

4 days ago | opb.org | Rob Stein

The White House recently launched a web page entitled: "Lab Leak. The True Origins of COVID-19"Whitehouse.gov/Screenshot by NPRThe White House has taken down some government websites providing COVID-19 information and replaced them with a new boldly styled page dedicated to the controversial theory that the pandemic was caused by the virus leaking from a Chinese government laboratory.
A wind project is stalled in New York. Experts worry about impacts across the U.S.

5 days ago | opb.org | Julia Simon |Jeongyoon Han

The Trump administration is halting an offshore wind project in New York. Energy experts worry that the U.S. will fall behind other countries with booming offshore wind, like the United Kingdom. U.S. Secretary of the Interior Doug Burgum has ordered a halt to an offshore wind project near the coast of Long Island. Today, Equinor, the Norwegian energy company that owns and operates the project, announced it is complying with the order and suspending all construction.
Tension over new taxes mounts in Olympia as Ferguson slams latest pitch from Democrats

5 days ago | opb.org | Jeanie Lindsay

FILE - Washington Gov. Bob Ferguson answered questions from reporters about his savings plans at a news conference Thursday, Feb. 27, 2025. On April 17, 2025, Ferguson criticized Washington Democrats' revised tax proposals as unsustainable amid federal threats, urging caution and budget changes while lawmakers scramble to finalize a deal before session ends. Gov.
As Trump jettisons its staff, HUD puts its D.C. headquarters up for sale

5 days ago | opb.org | Jennifer Ludden

The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development says its current staff use only half the available office space and that relocating will "reduce the burden on the American taxpayer."Mark Wilson / Getty ImagesThe U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development is looking for a smaller, cheaper building for its headquarters. It’s part of a larger Trump administration push to shrink not only the number of federal employees, but also the office spaces where they work.
Grants Pass approves 2 new homeless campsites to meet court mandate

5 days ago | opb.org | Jane Vaughan

One of the new homeless campsites, located on 6th Street in Grants Pass, Ore., is equipped with a parking lot nearby, as shown on March 25, 2025. The Grants Pass City Council approved two more homeless campsites on Wednesday night in an effort to get a court order lifted. The court ordered Grants Pass to increase its designated campsites to the same capacity it offered before the city closed a location in January, an estimated 150 tents.