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Kristyna Wentz-Graff/OPBBeing back in school in-person is more effective for most students than the days of distance learning. But many students with disabilities missed out even more when they were at home. And that time at home gave parents a chance to see what their children were not learning — and take matters into their own hands. -
Oregon Department of TransportationWashington lawmakers are debating possible new responses to surging traffic fatalities. And similar action is being considered by Oregon lawmakers in Salem.
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Northwest science news roundup: Really old humans, jellyfish jets, better cookies and winter slumberThis month’s top five Pacific Northwest science stories from “All Science. No Fiction.” -
As the Dry January trend continues this new year, more non-alcoholic beverage options line market shelves than ever before. Northwest Public Broadcasting's Lauren Paterson takes us around the region, where business is booming.
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As a string of attacks on electrical substations unfolded in Oregon and Washington in 2022, the FBI was warning utilities of white supremacists’ plots to take down the nation’s power grid. An investigation by OPB and Washington public media station KUOW reveals the scope of the threat to the Northwest grid.
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Despite expecting 12.5 million electric cars by 2035, California officials insist that the grid can provide enough electricity. But that’s based on multiple assumptions — including building solar and wind at almost five times the pace of the past decade — that may not be realistic.
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Everywhere they look, Pacific Northwest scientists find teeny-tiny plastic pollution. Broken down particles are in our water, falling out of the air, in salmon, shellfish and in our own bodies.
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Though tributaries like Horse Creek are far out of the spotlight, they are an integral part of the whole Klamath River ecosystem. Without these, it’s unlikely that dam removal alone will help coho and Chinook fully recover.
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The Oregon Shakespeare Festival announced a slew of staffing changes this week as part of a "restructuring strategy aimed at aligning its business model with its vision and realities of the post-pandemic market."
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About 1,900 people in recovery have been hired to help those struggling with addiction find their way to sobriety, but with too few places to send people to safely detox or receive treatment there’s no clear path to success
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JPR’s Roman Battaglia sat down with Interim Executive Director Bill Ihle to find out what’s changed at the region’s largest homeless services provider since he took over in September.
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After leading Oregon through nonstop crises, Gov. Kate Brown leaves office with a complicated legacyBy the end, even her fellow Democrats were criticizing her work as governor. But a closer look reveals a longer list of accomplishments than conventional wisdom suggests.
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Staffing shortages are among the challenges that have left students in special education physically at risk and academically unserved — even though they are among the student groups in greatest need after more than two school years of pandemic disruptions.
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In 2022, the California Legislature passed nearly 1,200 bills — and nearly 1,000 became law with Gov. Gavin Newsom’s signature.
