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An effort to keep more recycling and food waste out of Lane County’s landfill has hit a few setbacks.

A hearings official recently ruled against the building permit for a new diversion center that the county refers to as “The Clean Lane Project.”And funding for the facility is being complicated by the fact that one trash hauler is now sending thousands of tons of local garbage to a landfill nearly 170 miles away.

KLCC’s Rebecca Hansen-White explains.

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Oregon Democrats will meet this weekend to nominate replacements to state Senator Aaron Woods, who recently died of cancer. Dirk VanderHart reports.

Public health authorities in Washington are raising alarms over low vaccination rates as measles cases continue to be identified across the country.

Landlords in Washington state will soon be limited in how much they can raise their tenants’ rents each year. Olympia correspondent Jeanie Lindsay reports, before adjourning this year’s legislative session, lawmakers approved new caps on rent hikes.

New tax hikes and spending cuts are poised to become law in Washington state. Olympia correspondent Jeanie Lindsay reports, lawmakers adjourned their grueling 105-day session Sunday night after approving the state’s spending plan.

Easter is one of the most popular holidays in Ukraine. For the hundreds of Ukrainians living in Portland, this joyous holiday comes amid an ongoing war in their home country and newfound concerns in the United States. O-P-B's Joni Auden Land reports.

It's been four months since Oregon's state forester resigned. OPB's April Ehrlich [[ER-lick]] reports it could take months more to find a replacement.

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Admirers of the late Pope Francis will have the chance to honor his life during a special requiem mass at St. James Cathedral in Seattle later today [Monday, 4/28].

KUOW’s Noel Gasca has more.

The number of detainees at the *Immigration and Customs Enforcement* Processing Center in Tacoma has nearly doubled since November.

Hackers have released over a million files that they say they stole from the Oregon Department of Environmental Quality. OPB's April Ehrlich [[ER-lick]] reports.