It’s the time of year that Oregon’s black bears enter hyperphagia. That means they’re eating as much as they can before entering hibernation in the winter.

Lawmakers are speaking out following recent immigration arrests in Gresham. As Holly Bartholomew reports, ICE arrested four construction workers over the weekend.

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HOST LEDE: The Tri-Cities area is home to more than half of Washington’s ferruginous [FUR-oo-gen-us] hawks. Some of their nests are right in the middle of the largest proposed wind farm in the state. [N-W-P-B’s senior environmental correspondent Courtney Flatt has more.] [SOQ 0:50]

The U.S. Department of Energy announced that it has treated the first batch of radioactive tank waste at Hanford [in southeast Washington state] – binding it up in glass. NWPB’s Senior Correspondent Anna King has the details.

A federal judge in Oregon said today/Wednesday she would continue to temporarily block the Trump administration from deploying the National Guard to Portland. Oregon Public Broadcasting's Conrad Wilson reports.

The new signs add stories from the 20th century, plus fill historical gaps that left certain groups underrepresented– like Indigenous people, women, and immigrants.

Lede: Cancer is traumatic for anyone. And, for men who have been through it, they say not having someone to talk to made things harder. But being in a community together can help. N-W-P-B’s Lauren Gallup reports on how a man from Olympia, Washington, helped get guys a tool to be together and heal.

Wildfire season is officially over in Southwest Oregon.

Wildfire season is officially over in Southwest Oregon.

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Lane County Commissioners authorized pay raises today [Wednesday] for four elected officials, including the sheriff and the district attorney.

KLCC’s Rebecca Hansen-White reports:

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