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.

Some special education programs are not required to report the same information to the state as other educational institutions, leading to a lack of accountability for systems serving Oregon's most vulnerable students.

QA with Dawn Nolt from OHSU on covid and schools

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Colegio Cesar Chavez is coming up on its 50th anniversary.

Gov. Tina Kotek, who briefed reporters on a new task forced aimed at reviving the city, says she’s not ruling anything out.

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Addressing questions of race and representation in Oregon’s political system can be fraught. That can be especially true in some Eastern Oregon communities. In Ontario, a recent discussion about the city code defining its diversity committee became a full-on debate over what the committee’s actually accomplishing.

We wrap up the week's Northwest news with OPB's Anna Griffin. We also hear from Bend Bulletin reporter Taylor Bayly about her reporting on student discipline reform efforts in Bend and throughout the state of Oregon.

Summer is a time for festivals – and celebrating the bounty of the Pacific Northwest. And one of the most fragrant celebrations takes place in Washington County: the North Plains Elephant Garlic Festival.