Local Voices

The Second Annual Oregon Diversity Legal Job Fair will be held March 9 and offers opportunities to enter the legal profession. The Sunshine Division expanded operations during the pandemic. Oregon health officials look at what's next after the mask requirement is lifted. Portland General Electric has advice on how to avoid utility scams.

Portland Mayor Ted Wheeler and local law enforcement officials explain what's being done to reduce gun violence. Portland City Council considers a permanent ban on private fireworks. The Oregon Health Authority moves up the date to end the mask requirement.

Washington Governor Jay Inslee sets a date to remove masks, but until then they continue to be used in public spaces and schools. ODOT details their plans to toll a section of I-205.

The FBI has tips on how to avoid scams involving cryptocurrency. A Cascadia Subduction Zone earthquake could disrupt fuel distribution in Oregon and cause a massive natural disaster in the Willamette and Columbia Rivers.

Portland Mayor Ted Wheeler announces a decision to move homeless campers away from high crash corridors. Governor Kate Brown outlines her priorities. The Portland Fire Bureau will have to wait at least a year to ask voters to approve a $147-million bond. An international expedition is heading into the Pacific Ocean to learn about the mysteries of salmon.

Multnomah County Health Officer Dr. Jennifer Vines updates the status of COVID-19 and the Omicron surge in cases. Dr. Blythe Layton, with Clean Water Services, explains how their COVID-19 wastewater testing program is finding COVID-19 before people know they have it. Oregon Senator Ron Wyden updates efforts to control prescription drug prices for Medicare and Medicaid recipients.

OSU experts discuss the widespread impacts of COVID-19. A COVID-19 effect on hospitals is leaving some people with out-of-network health insurance bills. The Portland Rose Festival is making an in-person comeback from the pandemic this summer.

Portland City Council remembers the life of Beatrice Gilmore and her contributions to Portland's African American community, health care, and housing. Washington Governor Jay Inslee details priorities in his State of the State address. Portland City Commissioner Jo Ann Hardesty announces an expansion of BIKETOWN!

The Omicron variant of COVID-19 is causing cases to soar in Oregon.

New federal legislation will help prevent surprise medical bills. An Oregon Congressman says now is the time to move forward with legalization of marijuana.