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A snow-capped mountain is seen with a lenticular cloud above its peak. A timber mill is in the foreground.
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JPR News
Business and Labor
A Northern California community familiar with disaster pulls together after losing a historic mill
Justin Higginbottom
The Roseburg Forest Products mill was one of the largest employers in Siskiyou County. In December, it laid off its entire workforce. Now, for the first time since its founding, the small community of Weed is a mill town without a mill.
Federal officers confront protesters at the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility, Portland, Ore., Oct. 4, 2025.
Eden McCall
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OPB
Law and Justice
Federal judge to rule whether Homeland Security must help detainees meet attorneys
Troy Brynelson
FILE - A snowplow clears a path on Highway 26 near Government Camp, Oregon, in this Jan. 9, 2024, file photo.
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Politics & Government
With new road funding suspended, Oregon lawmakers spar over money for winter maintenance
Dirk VanderHart
Deer Creek Park in Roseburg in July 2025, where many homeless people are camping illegally.
Jane Vaughan
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JPR
Poverty and Homelessness
Upcoming memorial services to honor homeless people who died this year
Jane Vaughan
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Bonanza High School in the Southern Oregon Education School District is one of many rural schools in Oregon that could benefit from the Secure Rural Schools Reauthorization Act of 2025 passed by Congress.
  1. Congress approves funding for rural counties and schools
  2. RCC Foundation gives $650K to support RCC programs
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Union president Lisa Danskin speaks to media on Tuesday, Dec. 16, 2025.
Klamath Falls Association of Classified Employees
Education
Union negotiations continue in Klamath Falls City School District
Jane Vaughan
School support staff, including bus drivers, health aides and secretaries, are seeking higher wages.
FILE - Portland police central bike squad Officer Joey Yoo issues a citation for drug possession in the city’s Old Town neighborhood in downtown Portland, Ore., Nov. 15, 2023.
Kristyna Wentz-Graff
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OPB
Law and Justice
Oregon’s Measure 110 programs for substance use treatment have unclear results, audit finds
Amelia Templeton
FILE: A northern spotted owl in the old growth forest of Oregon in an OPB file photo.
Todd Sonflieth
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OPB
Environment, Energy and Transportation
New bill would hike Oregon’s lodging tax to protect imperiled wildlife, habitat
Bryce Dole
About 200 people showed up to protest outside the Immigration and Customs Enforcement building in Portland on Sunday, Sept. 28.
Alex Baumhardt
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Oregon Capital Chronicle
Politics & Government
‘Not grounded in reality’: Oregon leaders slam GOP bill cutting funds for states that charge feds
Shaanth Nanguneri
A minivan is stuck after flooding along Tualco Road near Monroe, Wash. on Saturday, Dec. 13, 2025. The Northwest is seeing warm rains instead of snow in much of the region, concerning climate scientists.
Jake Goldstein-Street
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Washington State Standard
Environment, Energy and Transportation
Northwest just finished warmest fall on record, scientists report
Alex Baumhardt
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Some proponents of Measure F worried that low-income housing would change the character of Eureka's downtown.
Justin Higginbottom
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JPR News
Environment, Energy and Transportation
Humboldt County adopts regional climate action plan
Roman Battaglia
The plan focuses on transportation, development standards, and preparing for California’s 2045 climate goals.
Graduating students walk into the DeVore Stadium during a commencement ceremony at Southwestern College in Chula Vista on May 24, 2024.
Adriana Heldiz
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CalMatters
Education
As job market tightens, more Californians are heading back to college
Adam Echelman
California Gov. Gavin Newsom signs legislation calling for a special election on a redrawn congressional map on Thursday, Aug. 21, 2025, in Sacramento, Calif.
Godofredo A. Vásquez
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AP Photo
Politics & Government
Court battle begins over California's new congressional map designed to favor Democrats
Michael R. Blood, Trân Nguyễn
FILE - Former Vice President AL Gore, right, listens as movie director Rob Reiner addresses a Tribeca Film Festival news conference on a series of global warming-themed short films produced by the SOS (Save Our Selves) campaign which opened the festival in a gala hosted by Gore, April 25, 2007, in New York. (AP Photo/Richard Drew, File)
Richard Drew
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AP
Music, Arts & Culture
Rob Reiner was more than a Hollywood legend. He helped shape California politics
Ryan Sabalow
A correctional officer works at one of the housing units at Pelican Bay State Prison near Crescent City. Pelican Bay is the site of one of the California prison system’s solitary confinement units.
Rich Pedroncelli,
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AP Photo
Health and Medicine
California's prison health workers are among the best-paid public employees. Why are so many jobs vacant?
Kristen Hwang
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