Hoopla will return to Salem for its 26th rendition, beginning July 22 and wrapping up July 27. Here is the 2025 event schedule and road closures.

We see a stream of ads touting the country’s bestselling vehicles, but what about in each state? Take a guess at what your fellow Americans drive.

Four years after announcing that he was an actively gay professional baseball player, Bryan Ruby released 'Growing Season.' ...

The two maps showing wildfire hazard levels and the wildland-urban interface were released by the Oregon Department of Forestry and developed by Oregon State University scientists.

NPR's Adrian Ma plays the puzzle with North Country Public Radio listener Sarah Baldwin and Weekend Edition Puzzlemaster Will ...

The Oregon House voted Tuesday to repeal a controversial wildfire hazard map and home-hardening requirements that accompanied it.

The retooled conference begins play in 2026 with Oregon State, Washington State, Gonzaga, five Mountain West schools and at least one more school to be named.

Oregon lawmakers last week voted to repeal the state’s wildfire hazard maps — along with their unpopular property requirements — with only a single dissenting vote: the Legislature’s lone ...

Portland Jigsaw Masters kicked off, with participants from across the country competing for prizes.

Three Texas towns will soon get new Trader Joe's locations. The grocery store chain has plans to open 30 new stores across 18 ...

Oregon lawmakers have voted to repeal the state’s contentous wildfire hazard map, which subjected homeowners in certain areas at high risk of wildfires to stricter building codes.

Kristyna Wentz-Graff / OPB Oregon lawmakers are moving forward with a sprawling bill aimed at making it easier to force treatment on people with severe mental illness, while also ensuring other ...