Faculty and teachers at Portland Community College are back at work today … after nearly three weeks on the picket line.

[[INTRO: ]] The Portland Trail Blazers are officially under new management.

As Oregon Public Broadcasting's Conrad Wilson reports, the buyers are a group of investors led by billionaire Tom Dundon.

The Cayuse [KAI-use], Umatilla [YEW-mah-till-uh] and Walla Walla tribes view their traditional food as something that deserves the utmost respect. So, they're working to save food from the dump. N-W-P-B's Senior Correspondent Anna King has this story about how these Northwest tribes are striving to repurpose their food waste.

LEDE: The Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla [YOU-mah-tilla] Indian Reservation are working to catch their food waste and turn it into soil. N-W-P-B’s Senior Correspondent Anna King reports.

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A research team in Oregon found that people who smoke illicit substances have a risk of burns about four times higher than people who do not.

Amelia Templeton reports.

A Republican politician from Southwest Washington went on social media this morning ((on Monday)) to tell people to make their voices heard about the war in Iran.

The Ashland City Council voted to ban the use of the newly renovated community center as office space. Jefferson Public Radio's Roman Battaglia (buh-TALLY-uh) reports that’s after a controversial move by city staff.

A popular recreation area in the Willamette National Forest will reopen this spring.

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This year's unusually warm and dry winter brought with it little snow across much of Oregon. As OPB’s Alejandro Figueroa reports, farmers are now figuring out whether they’ll have enough water.

LEDE: Washington state Republicans are mounting challenges to a historic income tax on high earners. State Government Reporter Sarah Mizes-Tan has more.