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FILE: An election worker opens a ballot at the Clackamas County Elections Office in Oregon City, Ore., Nov. 5, 2024. A lead supporter for the push to end vote by mail in Oregon claims it’s gaining steam, but opponents say it has a long way to go.

Local election officials reel over ‘logistical nightmare’ of Trump’s vote-by-mail order

As election officials across the country steel themselves for the midterm elections in less than five months, President Donald Trump’s executive order restricting voting by mail threatens to upend their preparations.

A middle aged bald man wearing a gray suit jacket and glasses sits at a dais and speaks into a microphone.

State Emergency Board approves $7.5 million for Southern Oregon University

Southern Oregon University will receive the first half of a potential $15 million state funding package aimed at addressing its financial crisis.

Las Culturistas Culture Awards take the elitism out of awards shows

NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with Matt Rogers and Bowen Yang of the Las Culturistas podcast about their tongue-in-cheek "Culture Awards" broadcast.

A man walks past a billboard featuring the portraits of (right to left) Iran's new Supreme Leader Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei, the late Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, and the late Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, in Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir, on June 15.

Here's how much the Iran war cost -- and how its effects will linger

More than three months after the U.S. and Israel launched their war on Iran, the costs and aftereffects are felt around the world.

Former Iranian diplomat reacts to preliminary U.S.-Iran agreement

NPR's Scott Detrow talks with Seyed Hossein Mousavian, a former Iranian diplomat and nuclear negotiator who spent decades representing Iran, about President Trump's deal to end the war with Iran.

For author Jane Yolen, no word was too big for a children's book

Yolen, who authored The Devil's Arithmetic and the picture book Owl Moon, was an author's author — known for gathering loved ones in her Massachusetts home and collaborating with her friends and family.

Jen Picard

Tropical Storm Arthur, seen here in a satellite image from Wednesday morning, is the first named storm of the Atlantic season, bringing the threat of dangerous floods along the northern coast of the Gulf of Mexico. The National Hurricane Center predicts the system will not strengthen much before making landfall.

Tropical Storm Arthur is the first named storm of the Atlantic hurricane season

Forecasters say Arthur could generate life-threatening flash floods along the northern Gulf Coast. But it is not expected to strengthen further.

Greetings from Maputo, Mozambique's capital, shaped by a modernist architecture

An impromptu tour of Mozambique's capital city reveals a unique imprint left by architect Amâncio "Pancho" Guedes.

A freeway separates the university from the rest of downtown in the City of Arcata.

Why higher-income housing remains scarce in Arcata

Officials say limited land, high construction costs and a lack of incentives have slowed higher-income housing development in Arcata.

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