Local Head Start programs are preparing for potential closures as they question whether or not they’ll be able to access their funding. That’s because some regional Head Start offices were recently closed by the federal government.

Local Head Start programs are preparing for potential closures after their regional offices were recently shut down. As Jefferson Public Radio's Jane Vaughan reports, that was part of the Trump administration’s reduction of the Department of Health and Human Services.

The Eugene Public Library is bracing for budget cuts as the City Council crafts a budget for next year. The city faces an 11.5 million dollar deficit.

The Oregon DMV says it has found more potential noncitizens who were improperly registered to vote in the state. Dirk VanderHart reports.

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The ex-mayor of Waldport was cited for disorderly conduct at a tense meeting yesterday [Thursday] after she refused to leave a seat at the city council table.

The public confrontation is the latest in a long-running dispute between the former mayor and other city leaders.

KLCC’s Rebecca Hansen-White explains.

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In February, we reported that area food banks were facing record levels of need. As KLCC’s Karen Richards reports, now a federal food assistance program has been cut, adding to their troubles. [NOTE: stations may want to rewrite the intro to localize it.]

Oregon lawmakers are halfway through this year’s legislative session. As OPB’s Bryce Dole reports, three major gun bills are advancing.

Students at universities on the Palouse have suddenly had their student visas revoked. N-W-P-B’s Lauren Paterson has more. :07

At least four students at the University of Idaho and three students at Washington State University have had their student visas suddenly revoked.

The mobile crisis intervention service CAHOOTS is essential and needs to be continued. That was the message from those who attended last night’s [Thursday night’s] town hall meeting held at the University of Oregon, following the elimination of CAHOOTS services in Eugene earlier in the week. KLCC’s Brian Bull reports [as part of our continuing coverage].