Tillamook may be more widely known for its cheese, but it's also home to an aerospace company that recently made an airtight membrane for the International Space Station. But it's main products are high-altitude balloons that carry payloads miles above the Earth's surface.

Nearly two years after he was traded, Portland Trail Blazers legend Damian Lillard appeared before thousands of eager fans over the weekend. The atmosphere was electric and it almost felt as if he had never left the city at all.

Oregon recently began licensing outdoor, nature-based child care programs, one of only a few states to do so.

Deputies responded just before 8 p.m. to a collision between two vehicles near the 2400 block of Cordon Road NE. The site is next to Chávez Elementary School and Sunnyview Road, about 1.5 miles east of Interstate 5.

Forks was once the self-proclaimed “logging capital of the world” but that industry has waned. Now there’s a booming economy centered on the “Twilight” books and films that’s brought many changes to town over the past two decades — the good, the bad, and the glittery.

Adam Fugitt from Eugene fulfilled a longtime dream by stepping into the UFC at 33. After years of wrestling, jiu-jitsu and muay thai, he rose from amateur bouts to the pros, and now fights to leave a lasting mark.

Moore was 21-of-31 passing and spread his scoring strikes to four different receivers for the Ducks (4-0, 1-0 Big Ten), who had 585 yards in total offense.

Students at Marist Catholic High School in Eugene are speaking out after they claim a teacher was dismissed for commenting on the recently-slain conservative activist Charlie Kirk.

The Friends of Tryon Creek raised the funds for and oversaw the construction of the new facility that will allow the nonprofit to provide year-round community events and educational programming.

Owen Gail and his business partner, twin brother Ethan, knew drawing customers would be a sisyphean task, so he came up with a sisyphean solution: kicking the same rock every day and posting it online.

Last month, Beaverton engineer Alan Case fulfilled a lifelong dream. His arrow landed more than a mile away: 2,043 yards, 1 foot, 7 inches to be exact, which is 46.6 feet farther than the record that had remained unbroken since 1971.

Nurses and other health care workers at Kaiser Permanente voted 97% in favor of authorizing a potential strike, according to a Friday evening announcement from the Oregon Federation of Nurses and Health Professionals.

This spring, when Oregon school districts approved budgets for the 2025-26 school year, Reynolds had to make $25 million in budget reductions. Now the district has a lingering $5.5 million shortfall to address.

Citing potential cuts to Medicaid, Grant County’s only hospital announced it was laying off nine staff members this week.

Washington visits Washington State in the 117th Apple Cup on Saturday and Oregon State visits Oregon in a rivalry that dates back to 1894.

Nearly one month after immigration officials arrested an Oregon wildland firefighter while he fought a blaze in Washington state, his attorneys are petitioning for his release, saying his due process rights have been violated.

A fungus that’s devastated bat populations across much of North America over the past two decades has arrived in Oregon. The white-nose syndrome fungus was recently found in bat poop – known as guano – at a bus stop at the Lewis and Clark National Historical Park near Astoria.

The Southern Oregon University Board of Trustees voted on Thursday to cut $10 million over four years, affecting 70 faculty and staff positions, as part of a plan to address the university’s budget crisis.

Rep. Marie Gluesenkamp Perez of Southwest Washington did not vote on a short-term spending plan to keep the government open, but said she supports it.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture is resurrecting a program that brought millions of dollars to Oregon nonprofits, Tribes and school districts. But schools are still starting the academic year with less federal support for programs that used to bring fresh local foods to cafeterias.

Workplace issues at the city of Tigard have translated to the departure of at least seven high level city staffers in the past two years.

Nvidia will buy a $5 billion stake in Intel, which will help design tech for data centers and personal computers.

The "Oregon Way" might be over. Portland's red-light and speed cameras have been offline for months. And what high-profile resignations in Tigard and Bend mean for their respective cities. Here's what we're following on @opb.org today: www.opb.org/article/2025...

The Beaver State has long prided itself on its two political parties finding common ground, but it is now lamenting the loss of centrist lawmakers.

Check out the main highlights of Dr. Dean Sidelinger's conversation with OPB, breaking down the Western States Health Alliance’s new vaccine recommendations and what Oregonians should know.

Last year, Salem-Keizer Public Schools reduced the number of entrances and exits into its high schools, along with installing weapon detection systems. District officials said then that they wanted to expand these systems in middle schools during the 2025-26 school year.

Andrés Portela III is resigning from his role as Bend’s Equity and Inclusion Director. He said he faces discrimination and hostility in Bend and ultimately decided to leave after feeling forced into key decisions about his department, including a restructuring.

"Think Out Loud" hosted Oregon's health officer and epidemiologist Dr. Dean Sidelinger to talk about the newly formed Western Health Alliance, the partnership's vaccine recommendations and ongoing conversations about vaccines and public health.

This is the time of year when boosters for COVID and the flu are typically available. But this year, those boosters have been caught up in fights at the CDC and allegations that the agency’s scientists are being sidelined by politicians.

Since late July, the 32 speed and red-light cameras have been turned off, while the city switches to a new company to operate the program.

The University of Oregon’s Board of Trustees voted Tuesday to approve UO’s budget for its next school year. The board advanced a $1.54 billion operating budget for Fiscal Year 2026, which started July 1 and will run through next June.

In the so-called “big, beautiful bill” congressional Republicans approved in July, they included a prohibition on Medicaid funding for Planned Parenthood clinics across the country. Washington state will backfill lost Medicaid dollars for Planned Parenthood after a court ruling last week.

When it first opened in 2003, there weren't enough students to hold regular teachings at the Sravasti Abbey. Now, the Tibetan Buddhist monastery northeast of Spokane has recently expanded with people from all over the country — and all over the world — sending money for a new hall.

For Lucy Racehorse Suppah, a new community garden in Northeast Portland is more than just a place to grow food. It's a place of hope for her and other Indigenous people can cultivate what are called First Foods, whether it's chokecherry bushes, camas, corn or even tobacco.

A helicopter crashed near Joint Base Lewis-McChord in Washington Wednesday night. There was no immediate word of how many people were involved and their conditions.

An unplanned major pipeline outage last week pushed gas prices way up in Oregon and Washington, two states who already have some of the nation's highest prices. The good news: Gas stations just started selling winter gas blends, which should lead to a dip in prices.

- Why are gas prices so high? - West Coast states issue vaccine guidance. - Nvidia invests $5 billion in Intel. - And a field of dreams, in a manner of speaking, takes root in Portland. Here's what we're following on @opb.org today: www.opb.org/article/2025...

Nvidia announces a new partnership with Intel to work on custom data centers and personal computer products. Nvidia is also investing $5 billion in Intel's common stock. The deal is subject to regulatory approvals.

Starting Oct. 1, operations at Longview’s Hope Village, a 50-unit pallet shelter, will be put on indefinite pause.

Eleven more men filed a lawsuit this week against the Oregon Youth Authority, claiming they were sexually abused by Dr. Edward Gary Edwards, a pediatrician who worked at MacLaren Youth Correctional Facility for over 40 years and died in February.

In an email to city managers Wednesday, City Administrator Michael Jordan announced a freeze on hiring and overtime pay starting Oct. 1. In the email, Jordan said this is because of an unanticipated budget shortfall for the current fiscal year, which began in July.

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers held detainees at the agency’s Portland facility for more than 12 hours and sometimes overnight, violating its land use permit, according to the city of Portland.

After President Donald Trump signed a federal budget law that defunds Planned Parenthood by cutting access to Medicaid reimbursements, Democrats in the Oregon House of Representatives are forming a work group focused on brainstorming ways to reimburse Oregon’s Planned Parenthood affiliates.

A school principal who lived in Washington and worked in Oregon was booked in Cowlitz County Jail on charges of dealing and possessing depictions of minors engaged in sexually explicit conduct.

Oregon, Washington, California, and Hawaii formed a vaccine policy alliance due to concerns about partisanship at the CDC. It’s called the Western States Health Alliance. Now, the Democratic governors of the four states have released a set of immunization guidelines for their states.

The Eugene congresswoman said recent stock purchases arose after her husband's employer changed his retirement plan, but that they did not direct her husband's financial advisor on any individual stock purchases.

The loss of a Baker City maternity ward could be a harbinger for rural Oregon once Trump's Medicaid cuts take hold. The special legislative session is paused again. And no, Mount St. Helens did not erupt yesterday. Here's what we're following on @opb.org today: www.opb.org/article/2025...

The U.S. Department of Education has stripped away grants from colleges and universities that serve large populations of Latino, Asian, Native American and other underrepresented students. Advocates of these grants say the funding benefits all students.

For some firefighters and timber executives, new roads in remote areas represent a promising policy change — while environmentalists and some hunters worry it could affect wildlife habitat for the worse.

With roughly half of all Oregon births covered by Medicaid, rural hospital administrators say it is likely that more hospitals — already operating on thin margins — may close their maternity wards. The result: more dangerous pregnancies and higher rates of maternal and infant mortality.