The U.S. Department of Education recently awarded Central Oregon Community College a 2-million dollar grant. The money will help the school create short-term certificates in its manufacturing technology program in Redmond. Kathryn Styer Martinez reports, that’s good news for students looking to capitalize on the growing manufacturing economy.

Representative Pramila Jayapal and other Congressional Democrats are leading a new “monopoly busters” caucus focused on affordability and corporate consolidation.

As the midterms approach, Republicans and Democrats are refining their messaging around affordability…..A new Democratic caucus in Congress co-chaired by Representative Pramila Jayapal is building an argument that corporate consolidation is to blame for higher costs.

KNKX Murrow News Fellow Nate Sanford reports

Health districts across Washington are realizing they’re missing millions of dollars for foundational public health services. That’s because of a mistake by the state legislature last year.

Forestry officials are finalizing a guide to logging and conservation in western Oregon forests. OPB's April Ehrlich [[ER-lick]] reports.

A temporary board of elected officials in Josephine County met for the first time today (Thursday) to outline the process for filling two vacancies on the three-person board of commissioners.

A new appropriation bill has increased the share of federal logging revenue available to local governments in Oregon.

The federal government is increasing the amount of logging revenue shared with Oregon counties. As Jefferson Public Radio’s Justin Higginbottom reports, local governments welcome the bump in funding.

Oregon’s high school graduation rate for the Class of 2025 has hit 83 percent, a record high. As Elizabeth Miller reports, the increase is helped by improvements for numerous groups of students.

Josephine County’s elected officials met for the first time today (Thursday) to fill two vacancies on a non-functioning board of commissioners. Jefferson Public Radio's Roman Battaglia (buh-TALLY-uh) reports.