Elizabeth Miller

Four of Oregon’s public universities will defend substantial tuition increases this week.

A new Secretary of State report provides an update on the state's efforts to improve graduation rates.

A central Oregon community heals after the deaths of two young men.

College students across Oregon return to classes Monday for the beginning of spring term. But 10 University of Oregon students have something else on their minds — basketball.

The Oregon Senate passed a bill Monday clarifying the use of restraint in schools.

The Great Lakes are one of the world's largest sources of fresh water. But an investigation from American Public Media and Great Lakes Today finds the cost of that water has doubled or tripled.

Migratory birds are flocking to northwest Ohio before they fly across Lake Erie — and so are thousands of birders from around the world.

The Flint water crisis prompted a focus on issues like drinking water infrastructure and on the people left out of the environmental movement. Some environmental groups are trying to change that.

President Trump's 2018 budget plan eliminates millions for Great Lakes restoration. What does that mean for projects across the Great Lakes, including research on harmful algae and Asian carp prevention efforts? NPR looks at the most important programs in each lake that could be targeted.

Across the country, many students ride the bus to get to school. But on one Lake Erie island, some students catch an airplane to get to class every day.

High winds and dangerous rip currents make swimming in the Great Lakes unpredictable, and sometimes deadly — most beaches have no lifeguards, and hundreds drown in the lakes each year.

The 120-year-old, 12,000-pound Port Clinton Lighthouse made a half-mile journey — by crane and barge — to its new permanent home on the Lake Erie waterfront.