The Bonneville Power Administration is planning to cut funding for a program that raises millions of hatchery salmon. Now a bipartisan group of Oregon coastal lawmakers wants the agency to reverse that decision. OPB’s Bryce Dole reports.

Washington Senate Republicans are looking to make a summer road trip to Olympia.

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This fall in Pierce County, voters will decide if they want an ombuds to oversee the county sheriff’s office.

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Host lead-in: This fall, Pierce County voters will decide whether to amend the county

Two nurse-midwives are currently unable to deliver babies at a Lewiston, Idaho hospital. That’s because a physician stepped down from their support role. N-W-P-B’s Rachel Sun has more. :15

Two nurse-midwives are currently unable to deliver babies at St. Joseph Regional Medical Center in Lewiston until at least August.

Oregon’s pear growers in the Hood River Valley had a bad 2025 season. And now, as OPBs Alejandro Figueroa reports, Governor Tina Kotek is asking the federal government to step in to bring much needed aid.

A wood veneer mill in Roseburg announced Friday that it’s shutting down after 72 years in business.

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Fans celebrated Monday's final World Cup match in Seattle, cheering for experience.