We wrap up the week's Northwest news with OPB's Emily Cureton Cook. We also hear from Oregon Capital Chronicle reporter Ben Botkin about his reporting on new scrutiny of Oregon’s system for getting mental health services to people on Medicaid, following a whistleblower complaint.

Oregon’s largest homeless shelter has won a reprieve and will remain open — at least until the end of the year. The Bybee Lakes Hope Center, which is housed at the old Wapato Jail site in North Portland, received $1.5 million from Multnomah County on Thursday. The money comes with one condition: that Bybee Lakes open its books for a third-party financial review.

Three years after the 2020 fires devastated communities in Southern Oregon, survivors are still recovering from the fires’ impact on their homes, their stability and their mental health. A local long-term recovery group is helping support residents who’ve experienced trauma.

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Organ donation in the US is broken - but there's a possibility that breaking the monopoly that runs it might change things.

What happened to Bend's famous osprey nest

Vaux Swifts return to Portland early this year

OPB politics reporter Dirk VanderHart to talk about the record 5 billion dollar kicker that is making its way back to taxpayers next year.

WA County Public Defender Lawsuit

School staff are working to ensure a smooth and celebratory start to the new school year. Here’s a look inside a few Oregon schools.