Oregon State

Salem, OR

Portland, OR

Eight months after giving the go-ahead for a gunshot detection pilot project, Portland Mayor Ted Wheeler announced Thursday that the city won’t pursue installing the technology. “It really came down to resources: time, money, bandwidth and personnel,” Wheeler said at a press conference announcing new violence intervention and outreach...

Portland will not pursue gunshot detection technology in favor of ‘better strategies’ to address gun violence

Downtown Portland has seen better days. Its recovery from the pandemic’s economic downturn and resulting vandalism has been uneven at best. The area continues to grapple with high numbers of homeless campers. In some areas, open drug use and gun violence threaten the survival of some local businesses. We’re joined in studio by Portland Police Chief Chuck Lovell to discuss how strained local law enforcement officers are trying to stay on top of the high demand, and his plans for responding to crime downtown more broadly.

Responding to drug trade, crime in downtown Portland

Washington State

Vancouver, WA

Husband-and-wife Jennifer Corio and Dave Frei worked in the high-tech world of Hewlett Packard. A simple smile brought the two together. But it was their love for complex design that drew them out of the office and into the world of public art. Corio and Frei, of Cobalt Designworks, took a trip down memory lane with “Oregon Art Beat.”

Love leads to monumental artworks for Vancouver, Washington, metal sculptors

Vancouver Police Chief Jeff Mori says his agency will release body camera footage that officers wore this week when they shot and killed a man at a shopping center, though the release date is unclear. Video captured by a bystander has already surfaced on social media showing multiple armed officers...

Vancouver police will release body camera footage of fatal shooting, but no date set

Ohio State

Your browser does not support the audio element. On this episode of “Literary Arts: The Archive Project,” we are celebrating the kickoff of National Poetry Month with a special event, recorded in front of a live audience at Literary Arts event space in downtown Portland on September 17, 2022. This event was part of a partnership with the Alano Club of Portland and their Artists in Recovery series, about the intersections of mental health and substance use recovery, creativity, and building community. Learn more at PortlandAlano.org.

The Archive Project - Hanif Abdurraqib, Kaveh Akbar, Leslie Jamison

Keizer, OR

Brooks, OR

Turner, OR

Independence, OR

Rickreall, OR

Aumsville, OR

Monmouth, OR

Gervais, OR

Silverton, OR

West Stayton, OR

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Marion, OR

Dallas, OR

Amity, OR

Jefferson, OR

Stayton, OR

Woodburn, OR

Bridgeport, OR

Scio, OR

Dayton, OR

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More Oregon state lawmakers are finally paying attention to child care issues. Will it matter?

Your browser does not support the audio element. For nearly a decade, Dana Hepper, a former school teacher turned policy director at the Children’s Institute, has...

More Oregon state lawmakers are finally paying attention to child care issues. Will it matter?

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