A public radio station in Astoria, (on the Oregon coast) is phasing out programming from NPR. KLCC’s Zac Ziegler reports:

Phoenix is now home to Oregon’s first licensed outdoor preschool.

Under a new Oregon licensing program, a nature-based, outdoor preschool has opened in Phoenix.

Although it may have smelled strongly of smoke yesterday [Thursday], National Weather Service Meteorologist Colby Neuman says air quality in Eugene and the southern Willamette Valley saw highs in the “moderate” range.

Public health agencies for Lane, Benton, Deschutes, Lincoln and Douglas counties are among those who say they’ll follow the state’s vaccine guidelines for respiratory illnesses. KLCC’s Zac Ziegler reports:

A Yakima Nation woman from Wapato, Washington has now been buried in the Yakima region. She'd been missing for over 50 years. N-W-P-B-'s Renee Diaz has more

The U.S. Department of Agriculture is resurrecting a program that brought millions of dollars to Oregon nonprofits, Tribes and school districts.

Downtown Seattle is getting a boost of creativity on Saturday. That's when more than 100 artists will take over 20 blocks of sidewalk in what's being described as an Art Walk Marathon.

KNKX Arts and Culture Reporter Freddy Monares has more.

On Saturday, Downtown Seattle will be filled with dance, live music and artwork. It's all part of the free event Walk Don't Run that starts in Pioneer Square, setting off a wave of activities that ends in Belltown.

Efforts are underway in Lynwood to gather signatures for an initiative that would raise the city’s minimum wage to 20 dollars and 24 cents an hour….Lynwood currently follows the state’s minimum wage of $16.66 an hour.