The Yakama Nation plans a 500-megawatt advanced rail energy storage project using gravity and rocks to generate power, ...

Earlier this month, a levee separating Agency Lake and the Upper Klamath National Wildlife Refuge was breached, reconnecting ...

Lawmakers in the House State Affairs Committee introduced a resolution Thursday to remove language in the Idaho constitution that gives the state power to enforce mandatory education for children.

If everything proceeds as expected, crews will begin construction on a new Interstate Bridge over the Columbia River in 2027, ...

Portland's sewer system combines sewage and runoff into the same pipes. Sometimes heavy rains cause those pipes to overflow. But a sewer overhaul 14 years ago has drastically reduced this pollution.

Unions and attorneys who represent federal employees are telling workers not to take the offer from the Trump administration ...

President Trump has called for blanket tariffs on U.S. trading partners. To prepare, Oregonians have been buying consumer ...

On Friday morning, homeless residents dragged tarps and carried piles on their backs, heaping their belongings just outside ...

Kristian Foden-Vencil is a reporter and producer for Oregon Public Broadcasting In 2004 he was embedded with the Oregon National Guard in Iraq. Kristian started as a cub reporter in 1988, working ...

Emily Cureton Cook is OPB’s Central Oregon bureau chief. Her reporting seeks to hold powerful people to account, promote honesty and transparency in public affairs, and amplify voices of rural ...

This event recording will be aired soon on “Think Out Loud.” Listen to “Think Out Loud” weekdays at noon on OPB Radio, or find the episode on our show page when the recording becomes ...

Vince Patton retired in 2016 from OPB's outdoor documentary show, "Oregon Field Guide." Previously, Vince worked in television news for 27 years in Portland, Dallas, Denver and Wichita, Kansas.