The JPR news team discusses the top stories they're working on this week.

Marian Schembari found a new life after her autism diagnosis.

PACE stands for Program of All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly and is part of a national program. It provides medical services, socialization activities, home care and other resources to low-income adults aged 55 and over in Southern Oregon.

An Oregon Health & Science University study found states cannot slow the opioid crisis solely with more flexibility to use Medicaid funding for addiction treatment.

Rehabilitating drug offenders is the focus of Jackson County deflections programs funded by a revision to Oregon Measure 110.

Clocks fell back Sunday morning, but some people are still working to end government-mandated time shifts.

The state agency is the latest to express concern about students’ use of personal devices at school.

Providence St. Joseph Hospital agreed to provide emergency abortions after the state sued it, alleging it denied care to a woman who miscarried.

Despite an encouraging national dip in the past year, overdose deaths are still on the rise in many Western states as the epicenter of the nation’s continuing crisis shifts toward the Pacific Coast, where deadly fentanyl and also methamphetamine are finding more victims.

OHSU relies heavily on a single supplier, Baxter International, which suffered major damage to a critical North Carolina factory in Hurricane Helene.

Though a large majority of public schools feed students free breakfast and lunch, 65 do not, something Democratic lawmakers hope to change.

Jackson County has only one resource center for victims of domestic and sexual violence.