Portland remained in the national spotlight throughout the weekend — with dramatic developments occurring each day, including attempted efforts by the Trump administration to send National Guard troops from multiple states into Portland.

We vote for directors of soil and water conservation districts every couple years, but not everyone knows what they do. Oregon Public Broadcasting's Kristian Foden-Vencil talked to one director, and a farming family, for a better understanding.

President Trump has canceled millions of dollars in grants for animal testing … animal-rights activists have specifically called on him to claw back funding from one LOCAL lab.

KUOW’s Scott Greenstone went there.

The Trump Administration wants to deploy members of the Texas and California National Guard to the city of Portland. But a federal judge is temporarily barring the president from doing that. OPB’s Bryce Dole reports.

Top Oregon officials on Sunday condemned Donald Trump’s statements that the city of Portland is “war-ravaged.”

Regional labor leaders gathered in Bremerton on Friday to discuss the hardships facing workers at the Puget Sound Naval Yard posed by the ongoing federal government shutdown.

U.S. Representative Emily Randall held the event to hear about potential impacts on federal workers who are furloughed or are working without pay as a result. Randall says she represents around 27-thousand federal workers.

About a third of the 80-thousand [80K] federal workers in Washington are in U.S. Representative Emily Randall’s congressional district. Many of those people are furloughed or working without pay because of the government shutdown. Randall visited constituents at the naval shipyard in Bremerton on Friday. KNKX reporter Mitch Borden was there.

Lane Community College employees, students and allies marched through downtown Eugene on Saturday to protest the college’s administration.

KLCC’s Julia Boboc (Bo-bawk) has more: [SOQ 0:50]

A federal judge in Oregon has temporarily blocked President Donald Trump from sending National Guard troops to Portland. Joni Auden Land reports.

Starbucks union workers met today [((FRIDAY))] in Eugene for a practice picket – demanding the finalization of a fair contract and an end to what they call unfair labor practices.

KLCC’s Julia Boboc (Bo-bawk) reports: [SOQ 0:52]