A new 48-bed mental health facility north of Vancouver will not open as planned. As OPB's Erik Neumann reports, it didn’t get funded by the state legislature.

A brand new mental health facility outside of Vancouver will sit vacant for at least the next two years.

The 48-bed Brockmann campus was meant to open next month. But it was targeted in the legislature’s recent budget cuts.

Nine health-related organizations are taking the Trump administration to court to protest the government removing information from federal health agency websites.

They include the Washington State Medical Association.

A new course at Lane Community College in early childhood education will be offered completely in Spanish this summer. It’s aimed at addressing the need for childcare for a growing population of Spanish speaking families.

An anti-tax millionaire behind last year’s statewide ballot measures in Washington is back. Olympia correspondent Jeanie Lindsay reports, his group is preparing to run more voter initiatives this year.

A policy fight over parents’ access to their kids’ school records will continue this summer. Olympia correspondent Jeanie Lindsay explains, a key figure in the debate wants to push back on recent changes to the state’s parents rights law.

St. Joseph Catholic Church in Salem was damaged in an arson attack two years ago. Last weekend [[MAY 18]], parishioners got their first look at the repairs. Joni Auden Land reports.

The Multnomah Falls timed permit system is back. OPB's April Ehrlich [[ER-lick]] explains how to see Oregon's tallest waterfall this summer --- with or without a permit.

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For months, the Oregon Department of Transportation has been asking lawmakers for vast sums of money to help fix its budget gap, avoid layoffs and manage the state’s infrastructure. A new report hitting lawmakers' desks this week shows that the agency faces a lot of problems. OPB’s Bryce Dole reports.

The Oregon Health Authority is cautioning people to watch out for harmful algae blooms when visiting waterbodies this summer.