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The University of Oregon is facing between $25 and $30 million in budget cuts over the next few months.

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Grant-funded projects, through the Washington State Department of Ecology are focusing on communities overburdened with air pollution.

[OPTIONAL HOST OUTRO: Find more information on those surveys at N-W-P-B-dot-O-R-G.]

Host lead-in: A ramen restaurant that was special to the Tacoma queer community closed last month. N-W-P-B’s Lauren Gallup reports.

A Tacoma restaurant has closed. It was known as a home away from home for Tacoma’s queer community.

Samuel Kirbawy [cur-bow-ee] was the general manager at Moshi [mo-she] Ramen Bar.

Environmental groups continue to fight two logging claims in the Elwha watershed on the Olympic Peninsula. These are mature forests that were sold off shortly before state Public Lands Commissioner Dave Upthegrove took office. Upthegrove put a 6-month moratorium on that kind of logging as his first official act.

More from KNKX environment reporter Bellamy Pailthorp.

The state Department of Natural Resources was back in court Friday, defending its timber sale of two parcels in the Elwha watershed.

[WRAP: New grants could help overburdened communities in Washington clean up the air

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HOST LEDE: New statewide grants are helping people find ways to improve the air in their communities. [N-W-P-B’s senior environmental correspondent Courtney Flatt has more from Yakima.] [SOQ 0:43]

[OPTIONAL HOST OUTRO: Community System Solutions has an air quality survey for people in Yakima and Ellensburg. For more information, go to N-W-P-B-dot-O-R-G.]

Washington state officials say their work to create cool, shady neighborhoods for everyone will continue despite opposition from the Trump administration.

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President Trump has dispatched federal officers to suppress protests against immigration raids in Los Angeles. His decision has raised concerns among Oregon leaders who see parallels to the 2020 protests and riots in Portland. OPB’s Bryce Dole reports.

Intro: The list of Rite Aid stores in Oregon that will be closed has expanded, bringing the total to 32. KLCC’s Zac Ziegler reports: