The city of Seattle will hold a grand opening Thursday for a new overdose recovery center downtown.

for Monday: This week [THURS Aug 28] Seattle celebrates the opening of a new overdose recovery center downtown, to care for people and potentially connect them to treatment.

Temperatures are expected to reach triple-digits over the next several days for most of western Oregon and Southwest Washington -- and health authorities are sending staff out to check on people, both housed and unhoused.

A Vancouver school district union announced this week they’re ready to strike on the first day of classes.

Evergreen district administrators this/yesterday afternoon ((FRIDAY 8/22)) pushed the start of school back by a week so negotiations can continue.

The Evergreen Public School district in Vancouver announced today/yesterday ((FRIDAY 8/22)) it’s canceling the first week of school ahead of a possible strike. OPB's Erik Neumann reports.

[VOICER: Toxic algal bloom found on the Snake River for the third year in a row 082225CF_SnakeRiverBloom_VOICER.wav 0:44 8/22/25 Courtney Flatt/JD]

There’s another harmful algal bloom in the Snake River in Whitman County. [N-W-P-B’s senior environmental correspondent Courtney Flatt has more.] [SOQ 0:44]

Pendleton residents packed city council chambers this week ((TUES)) to hear from a group of local business owners and community members who unveiled a series of contentious proposals meant to remove and incarcerate more unhoused residents.

Oregon lawmakers will hear public testimony today/MONDAY on a set of tax hikes being proposed by Governor Tina Kotek. As Dirk VanderHart reports, a special legislative session on the proposal is scheduled for Friday.

Intro: Seattle City Council President Sara Nelson is facing a tough race to keep her at-large seat this November. Nelson has made addressing substance use disorder a central issue in her campaign.

Her opponent Dionne [DEE on] Foster comes from the nonprofit world. And she has some clear differences with Nelson on this issue.

Oregon Congressman Cliff Bentz discussed vote by mail this week during a Rotary Club meeting in The Dalles.