Local Voices

The Oregon Legislature considers additional funding of the Family Preservation Program at the Coffee Creek Correctional Institution in Wilsonville.

Oregon Governor Kate Brown explains who's next to get the vaccine and why they chose these priorities. The Oregon Legislature considers a bill that would allow felons in prison to vote.

A job fair is planned to help increase racial equity in people working in legal jobs. Find out about the Oregon Diversity Legal Job Fair. The ShakeAlert early earthquake warning system is coming to Oregon. The Rose Festival is looking for candidates to apply for the Rose Festival Court.

The Oregon Attorney General's Office conducts a study that finds steps it can take to improve racial equity for crime victims.

The City of Portland honors Black History Month. Komen of Southwest Washington and Oregon is being merged with the national Komen organization. Governor Kate Brown updates the pandemic and the state's response.

The Oregon Health Authority reports the state is making progress against COVID-19. Oregon U.S. Representative Earl Blumenauer discusses the next economic relief package, the pandemic and the second impeachment of former President Donald Trump. The Children's Cancer Association is conducting a fundraiser and you could win a new car.

Oregon Governor Kate Brown explains why teachers are going before seniors in getting vaccinations. OSU public health professor Chun Wei Chi updates the pandemic. Research at OSU has found a way to grow crops and harvest the sun.

Governor Kate Brown announces Oregon has been shorted by the federal government on COVID-19 vaccine. Oregon Senator Ron Wyden discusses the impeachment of President Trump and the inauguration of President-Elect Joe Biden. Portland City Council honors Martin Luther King Jr. Day.

The Oregon Health Authority has taken several steps to increase administration of the COVID-19 vaccine this week. The FBI is warning about COVID-19 Scams. Food insecurity in Oregon grew to 1 in 4, or 1 million, people last year in Oregon. It was a historic week in Washington D.C. and we look into just how historic it was.

FEMA has spent 116-million dollars in Oregon helping the state recover from the 2020 Labor Day wildfires. There's a major difference between the 1918 pandemic and the current pandemic. An Oregon State University history professor explains what that means.