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Oregon Public Broadcasting (OPB) is the primary public media organization for most of the U.S. state of Oregon, as well as southern Washington. It provides news, information, and programming via television stations, dozens of VHF or UHF translators, on more than 20 radio stations, and via opb.org and other digital platforms. TV broadcasts include local and regional programming as well as programs from the Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) and American Public Television (APT), and radio programs from National Public Radio (NPR), American Public Media (APM), Public Radio Exchange (PRX), and the BBC World Service, among other distributors. Its headquarters and television studios are located in Portland, Oregon. Source
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| Scope | Local |
|---|---|
| Language | English, Spanish |
| Country | United States of America |
| Media Market | Portland, OR |
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Search ArticlesOregon, Washington among coalition to sue over Trump’s EPA eliminating rule that limits emissions from power plants
FILE - A barge on the Ohio River moves past the Mountaineer Power Plant, a coal-fired power plant near New Haven, W.Va., March 13, 2026. States and cities sued the Trump administration Thursday for repealing rules that limit planet-warming greenhouse gas emissions from power plants fueled by coal and natural gas. Twenty-one states, led by New York, are challenging the Environmental Protection Agency’s power plant rule.
Portland Metro Chamber CEO sues city over arts tax increase
FILE — Portland Metro Chamber president and CEO Andrew Hoan speaks during the annual Portland Metro Chamber meeting, amid discussions of renovating the Moda Center with public money, at the Moda Center in Portland, Ore., on June 24, 2026. The head of Portland’s largest chamber of commerce is taking the city to court for hiking the city’s arts tax without voter approval. “Cities have to talk to their voters about taxes,” Portland Metro Chamber President Andrew Hoan told OPB.
Roseburg City Council votes down yet another urban campground proposal
Roseburg city councilors voted 6-2 Monday to stop considering two downtown parking lots as homeless campground sites, saying the locations weren’t right. The decision ends consideration of two city-owned lots, but councilors unanimously agreed to hold a future study session to further discuss urban campgrounds. Deer Creek Park in Roseburg in July 2025, where many homeless people are camping illegally.
University of Oregon receives five sexual assault reports within first week of classes
If you or someone you know may be a victim of sexual violence, confidential support, information and advice are available at the National Sexual Assault Hotline by calling 800-656-4673. Text chat is also available online. Students began the fall term at the University of Oregon in Eugene on Monday. But by midday on Wednesday, university officials sent out a community safety warning about five reported sexual assault attacks on or near campus in the past week.
A plumber and a dentist are praised as heroes in FlyDubai near-disaster
A dentist and other passengers wrestled with a violent copilot. A plumber seized the controls of the plane as it plunged toward the desert. And that’s after the captain managed to open the cockpit door while being stabbed, helping to save all 174 people on board the Israel-bound flight.
Cornell Jane Doe's attorney says she told police in 2024: 'I was raped'
Students walk on the campus of Cornell University on Wednesday in Ithaca, N.Y. The woman who alleges she was gang raped by fellow Cornell University students in 2024 clearly stated in her statement to police two years ago that she was sexually assaulted. That’s according to her attorney, Thomas Giuffra, who confirmed to NPR that his client told investigators, “I can say with 100% percent confidence I was raped,” citing transcripts from Jane Doe’s sworn statement in 2024.
Oregon begins killing barred owls in push to save the northern spotted owl
Barred owls, like the bird at left seen at the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge, often out-compete the Pacific Northwest native northern spotted owl, seen at right in the Deschutes National Forest. Left image: Ray Bosch/U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service; Right image: Don Ryan/AP / OPB The push to kill one kind of owl to save another has reached Oregon’s Elliott State Research Forest.
How to navigate health information in Oregon during the age of AI
Between AI chatbots, social media influencers and websites offering medical advice, it can be difficult to parse the vast amount of health information online. It also presents a challenge to physicians and other healthcare providers who are fielding questions from patients based on what they’ve read online. Kristin Whitman is the head of information and learning services at the Oregon Health & Science University Library. Fabrice Jotterand directs the university’s Center for Ethics in Health Care.
New space station crew launches from Florida on SpaceX's Crew Dragon capsule
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket and Dragon spacecraft carrying NASA's Crew-13 lifts off Thursday from Cape Canaveral, Fla. SpaceX's Crew Dragon capsule "Grace" will take NASA astronauts Jessica Watkins and Luke Delaney, Canadian Space Agency astronaut Joshua Kutryk, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Sergey Teteryatnikov to the International Space Station for about six months. KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla.
Trump administration reverses stance on integration of people with disabilities
Hundreds of disability advocates gathered in New York in 2025 to protest cuts to Medicaid and demand the enforcement of disability rights protections. Erik McGregor / LightRocket via Getty Images For nearly 50 years, the federal government has said people with disabilities should live, work and learn in the most integrated setting possible rather than be segregated in institutions like nursing homes. The Trump administration just took its most concrete step yet to reverse that position.