Another COVID crisis for Oregon's prisons
Oregon’s state run prisons have had some of the worst workplace outbreaks during the pandemic. Now as the clock ticks toward a key deadline where pris...
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Beat Check with The Oregonian is a weekly podcast hosted by reporter Andrew Theen that takes listeners behind the headlines and inside the state's largest news organization.
Under the gun: Inside Portland's rise in homicides
Portland is on pace to shatter the record for most homicides in a calendar year. It’s a confluence of factors. People lost their lives in all corners ...
Land at Willamette Falls is finally in tribal hands again. Now what?
Willamette Falls is one of Oregon's most impressive natural wonders, but chances are you've never seen it up close.That may eventually change.On the l...
Eli Saslow of The Washington Post on his new book, 'Voices from the Pandemic'
Perhaps nothing in our lifetimes has so universally affected humans than the coronavirus pandemic, and a new book from a Portland-based journalist has...
Report Card: Checking in on the back to school situation
--Students at Reynolds high school will be learning from home once again this week. Dozens of students have had to isolate so far for potential exposu...
An update on Portland politics, plus Rose Quarter project hits potential uncertainty
The summer doldrums are here and fall is just around the corner – but some things don’t seem to change – Portland City Hall is filled with uncertainty...
Dispatch from a Portland critical care unit
Eighteen months into the pandemic, healthcare workers in hospitals and intensive care units in Oregon are still at it. They are tired, frustrated and ...
What you need to know about back to school plans
It’s the first week of class for Portland public school students and many others around the state return in a matter of days. But the Delta variant of...
A Portland pediatrician on back to school, Delta, vaccines
Public students are going back to school full-time in the coming days for the first time in 18 months. We figured this was worth a couple episodes of ...
Oregon breweries died, survived or grew during the pandemic
Beer is part of the culture in Oregon, and a year and a half into the pandemic, the renowned industry is tired, but still standing. Some big names are...