Seattle Mayor Katie Wilson announced on Wednesday that open drug use will not be tolerated in the city’s Little Saigon community.

Pushback against the dismantling of ocean-research stations in the Northwest and beyond has led the Trump administration to reverse course.

The National Science Foundation today [THUR] announced a halt to the removal of floating observatories off four states and the coast of Greenland.

Summer visitors are hitting the trails and rivers of Central Oregon. This week bus services from Bend are starting up to help tourists – and locals – maximize time outside. Kathryn Styer Martínez reports.

ummer visitors are hitting the trails and rivers of Central Oregon. This week [WED 6/17] bus services from Bend are starting up to help tourists – and locals – maximize time outside. Kathryn Styer Martínez reports.

As the 20-26 FIFA World Cup continues across North America, an Oregon product is making a special appearance.

Intro: Officials now report at least one person has died in the Upriver Fire,  which has been burning in a densly populated neighborhood near Spokane since Tuesday. 15 houses have also been lost.  SPR's Owen Henderson has more.

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Lane Transit District will reduce its bus fares and passes across the system by up to 50 percent this summer.

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Lane Transit District will reduce its bus fare to $1 dollar for a ride, or $2 dollars for a day pass starting in July.

KLCC’s Rebecca Hansen-White reports most fares and passes will be reduced by up to 50%.

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Advocates believe Asian American households in the Eugene, Springfield area are again being targeted by burglars.

Generally, ticks in Oregon don’t transmit disease as often as those in the eastern U.S. However, as KLCC’s Karen Richards reports, the sheer number of ticks is higher this year.