Two lawsuits related to protests outside the Portland ICE building are set to return to court later today/Friday [[10AM PST]]. As Oregon Public Broadcasting's Conrad Wilson reports, both aim to stop the Trump administration from deploying tear gas and other crowd control weapons outside the facility.

A new round of projects funded by last year’s Together Spokane bond issue has begun.

Construction crews have begun to convert some of Spokane’s publicly-owned sports fields from grass to all-weather turf.

The Chelan [SHUH-lan] Hills Fire, which is located in the McNeil Canyon area of Douglas County, is nearing full containment after burning about 97-hundred acres. N-W-P-B’s Rachel Sun reports.

[OHA announces fee hikes on an already struggling industry.

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The Oregon Health Authority announced plans to double psilocybin fees next year, but some say the fee hikes could cripple the already struggling industry.

[One Ashalnd psilocybin center is preparing to weather the storm if state fees increase.

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One Ashland psilocybin center is preparing to weather the storm if state fees increase. JPR’s Peyton Gast has the story.

40 new homes for low-income older adults are coming to Phoenix.

Low-income seniors living in Phoenix will soon have a new affordable housing option.

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It’s been about 6 weeks since the tragic chemical spill at the Nippon [nih-PON] Dynawave pulp and paper mill in Longview. Now, the incident has transitioned out of emergency status.  Officials continue to investigate the cause of the accident. KNKX environment reporter Bellamy Pailthorp has the story.

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An Oregon law requiring political campaign ads to alert the public when they are created with artificial intelligence is getting its first test this year. Dirk VanderHart reports.