Oregon’s largest Medicaid provider is cutting the number of therapists it works with. Jefferson Public Radio's Justin Higginbottom reports that change will impact around 15,000 members.

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After four years of discussion – Roseburg city leaders are still struggling to decide how to handle downtown parking.

The Trail Blazers appear to be staying in Portland. As Kyra [[KYE ruh]] Buckley reports, the estate of Paul Allen is selling the team to a group expected to keep the franchise in Rip City.

Thirteen of the 40 Oregon Rite Aid stores that are closing will become locations for rival pharmacy chain C-V-S. KLCC’s Zac Ziegler reports on which ones will stay open under a different name:

Oregon’s unemployment rate continued its slow, steady climb last month, reaching five percent, a rate not seen in the state since 2021.

Healthcare officials worry that recent cuts to federal funding for mRNA research will make it difficult to develop new vaccines for a wide range of infections.

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services announced it is winding down contracts for mRNA vaccine research – claiming in a press release they aren’t effective against respiratory illnesses.

Federal health officials announced last week they are cutting hundreds of millions in funding for mRNA vaccine research.

KNKX reporter Mitch Borden spoke with a researcher at the University of Washington who’s now concerned it will become harder to develop inoculations for a wide array of infections.

Smoke from the Bear Gulch fire near Hood Canal has led to an air quality warning for Mason County.

For Olympic Peninsula communities like Hoodsport and Skokomish [sko-KO-mish], the air has become unhealthy.

KUOW’s John Ryan reports.

Heavy smoke from the Bear Gulch Fire near Hood Canal is making it unhealthy to breathe in nearby communities, including Hoodsport and Skokomish. [KUOW C&C]

Longview officials are negotiating with PeaceHealth over whether the hospital system will have to pay a decade of back taxes to the Southwest Washington city. OPB's Erik Neumann reports.