In Portland, volunteers help each other find stolen cars

Portland Public Schools is closing its online program, the Online Learning Academy, at the end of the school year. Staff was notified Tuesday during a meeting. Families found out from an email they received Tuesday evening. In the message to families, district officials cited future budget concerns as a reason for closing the school.

An institute promising to transform higher education’s impact on a major challenge facing the state and the country has taken a key step toward that goal. The University of Oregon announced Tuesday the first executive director for its new Ballmer Institute for Children’s Behavioral Health. Katie McLaughlin, a...