What a loss for Northwest journalism. I did my first internship here when it was Crosscut

SW WA Rep. Gluesenkamp Perez splits with Democrats on government funding bill “I could not in good conscience vote to shut our government down" www.opb.org/article/2025...

The deal marks the end of a strike that pushed the start of the school year back three weeks for the district’s nearly 22,000 students. A ratification vote is expected today.

Last night, small cities in Clark County successfully lobbied to hold onto their voting power on the C-TRAN board. But it could put millions at stake in transit funding www.opb.org/article/2025...

OPB's legal team wins again! After months of opposing the release of a third-party investigation into sexual abuse at St. Helens High School, that report is now public thanks to OPB.

Questions about who can be on Clark County's C-TRAN board seem to have mostly been answered in a terse letter from Washington state yesterday: “WSDOT does not believe the proposed 3-3-3 Board composition complies with the law” www.opb.org/article/2025...

Federal agents showed up northeast of Lake Cushman to check identification of crew members fighting Washington's largest active wildfire.

"Hogan said he talked with representatives from the county’s other small cities Aug. 11, and they indicated their concern that the city of Vancouver is going to “stack the deck with proportionality on votes.”" 🧐

A Rotary Club in rural Oregon is not high on the list of places I would expect a Republican politician to get booed.

Congress failing to reauthorize Secure Rural Schools funding was the last straw for the Wind River Middle School in Carson, Washington, which will be closed this fall.

It’s true. If I had learned this… I dunno, 35 years ago?… I’d have had a very different writing career.

Fort Vancouver is hosting its bicentennial tomorrow. It's happening after the fort lost a third of its staff to federal layoffs and amid government directives that say none of their history books should disparage Americans, living or dead.

Vancouver's housing construction is at a historic low. One solution: remove parking. “If nothing new gets built over the next couple years, we’re going to be headed into another major rent spike”

The Burdoin Mountain Fire, which is burning on the Washington side of the Columbia River Gorge, also forced officials with the Washington State Department of Transportation to close State Road 14 in both directions between milepost 66 and 74.

Homelessness continues to grow in Clark County. Numbers from the annual Point-In-Time count were released yesterday. Especially concerning: numbers of homeless seniors went up 21%

Proud to be part of the OPB team today and the greater public radio family. In the words of my boss: "In this challenging moment, OPB will not back down."

By a partisan 216-213 vote, the House approved President Trump's request to pull back $8B in foreign aid and all $1.1B set aside for NPR, PBS and their stations for the next 2 yrs. Congress has now unraveled its role in public media stretching back more than a half-century. 1/2

In response to the extreme heat, local governments and organizations across Oregon and Southwest Washington have developed ways to keep people safe — including opening 24-hour emergency cooling shelters.

Update: Court records say the former city council president is charged with conspiracy to impede law enforcement and two counts of assault on an officer. At the time, he was trying to prevent a bus carrying two legal immigrants from leaving to a detention center in Tacoma.

I've been to KFSK in Petersburg. It's an important part of the community that does a lot with a little. Now is a good time to tell your members of Congress not to cut funding for public media

Southwest Washington voters will decide whether to boost funding or cut services at the Fort Vancouver Regional Libraries during an Aug. 5 special election. The library property tax levy will be on the ballot in Clark, Cowlitz, Skamania and Klickitat counties.

@opb.org reporters have already amassed an impressive list of ways the federal cuts and the Big Beautiful Bill will affect the Northwest. 👇🏻

Small hospitals that are already in bad shape financially will be pushed closer to the edge by the federal reconciliation bill. About two dozen got "distressed hospital grants" from the state this year, even before the medicaid cuts were approved www.opb.org/article/2025...

Oregon's wildfire risk map recently went down in flames. I asked the lawmaker behind it what Washington state can learn as it creates its own map.

What does the Republican budget bill mean for Oregon? A team of OPB journalists are breaking it down for you.

Former Oregon Gov. Kitzhaber's letter to Rep. Bentz:

public radio training opportunity for folks interested in expanding their skills

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Some positive news I got to work on about a restoration project in Southwest Washington where the "Ridgefield Pits" gravel mine is being turned back into habitat of the East Fork Lewis River

UPDATE: www.opb.org/article/2025...

Landmark campaign finance rules approved by Oregon lawmakers in 2024 might be pushed back by four years, amid widespread concerns the state won’t be ready to enact them by their planned 2027 start date.

Clark County has experienced a lot of growth in recent years from farmland to urban density to sprawl. The current 20-yr planning process asks: what is the best use of the land?

Oregon's Republican congressman, Rep. Cliff Bentz, acknowledges this likely doesn't end with the bombs on Iran. “Unless Iran immediately surrenders which is highly unlikely, this is not the end of this crisis."

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"I was an officer during the 1992 Los Angeles riots, when federal troops were last deployed to our streets. I witnessed the confusion and the risks created by sending soldiers trained for combat into a civilian environment."

“We reserved the right to actually catch fish, not merely the right to dip our nets into barren waters” -Yakama council member Jeremy Takala

Port of Longview officials are trying to assuage safety concerns in their $44 million rail terminal project. Can't say that everyone is on the same page yet

Today, the Rowena Fire in the Columbia River Gorge has grown to an estimated 3,500 acres. With wildfire season already underway, OPB created a special wildfire section to help you stay prepared and informed. Visit opb.org/wildfires to check it out.

NPR is recruiting a bunch of new interns. These are 🔥✨️⚡️🧨🎉 opportunities for people who care about mission, culture and journalism. And they're paid! Whatever your background, please consider learning and working with us. ♥️ job-boards.greenhouse.io/nationalpubl...

Immigration authorities have arrested at least two people in the Vancouver area over the past week, according to people close to each case. Similar arrests have taken place in other Northwest cities like Portland, Eugene and Seattle.

Tomorrow, the Longview City Council will vote on directing law enforcement to pursue a "zero-tolerance" approach to public camping in local parks. Law enforcement is still waiting for councilors to explain what that means.

Today I saw the work of my former colleagues at Jefferson Public Radio in Southern Oregon celebrated with awards and the request for Congress to cut NPR funding. These cuts would hurt the fabric of small communities and their access to local news and information the most. www.npr.org/2025/06/03/n...

"Ms. Leon’s daughter, Misti, sued seven oil and gas companies, claiming wrongful death. The suit alleges that they failed to warn the public of the dangers of the planet-warming emissions produced by their products..." gift link: www.nytimes.com/2025/05/29/c...

A truly horrific story of detention from @troywb.bsky.social. A family of six, including a pregnant mother, held in a single room with one toilet. Customs and Border Protection said this detention adhered to their national standards.

Port of Longview commissioners discussed safety concerns today about the contractor they chose for a $44 million dollar rail expansion project

NPR, Aspen Public Radio, Colorado Public Radio, KSUT sue over executive order defunding public media. Read the joint statement from the stations:

The complicated past and present in the Chinook Indian Nation's fight for federal recognition

Just heard that Larry Massett died. In honor of him, here’s an amazing radio story he produced

Sparks were flying during Rep. Gluesenkamp Perez's town hall in Vancouver last night.

One of my favorite public radio stations is hiring