University of Washington researchers are scrambling to save a project that helps shelllfish growers and vegetable farmers.

The utility Pacific Power is preparing for wildfire season, which could mean more power outages for customers throughout Southern Oregon and Northern California.

Electric utilities are preparing for another wildfire season. Jefferson Public Radio's Roman Battaglia (buh-TALLY-uh) reports on the upgrades the area’s largest power company is doing to reduce the amount of power outages.

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Oregon news leaders are pushing back against a bill that would give people more time to demand corrections or retractions from news outlets.

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A Republican lawmaker wants Oregonians to have more time to fight media errors. He proposed a bill after he took issue with a report in the Eugene Weekly about his son. OPB’s Bryce Dole reports.

Deschutes county is the first county in Central Oregon to allow rural county residents to rent R-Vs on their property. Kathryn Styer Martínez reports.

An outdoor homeless shelter in south Eugene has been newly outfitted with utilities like electricity and water services.

There are over 1000 tide gates in Oregon. They keep the ocean from flooding agricultural land. But many tide gates were installed more than 70 years ago. And now, they’re at risk of failure. As Jefferson Public Radio’s Justin Higginbottom reports, replacing them isn't easy.

HOST LEDE: Indigenous women are at the center of a fresh storytelling performance at the Capitol Theatre in Yakima, Washington, this Thursday [May 15]. N-W-P-B’s Senior Correspondent Anna King has more.

A new live performance — called “The Aunties” — seeks to highlight Indigenous women’s voices across the Northwest and nation. The performance will be this Thursday [May 15] at the Capitol Theatre, in Yakima. It will feature three women’s voices in slide programs and live storytelling. The creator of the program — Andre Bouchard [AWN-dray BOO-chard] — says, the performance features Indigenous women transferring their own stories to younger generations.