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12/15/2025

Professional and home bakers have taken an interest in craft flour following pandemic-era baking trends. Washington’s Cairnspring Mills has recently partnered with the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation to expand the mill’s production and create new jobs.

12/15/2025

Under President Trump’s tax and spending bill, changes to the federal student loan program impose new limits on how much graduate students and students in professional programs can borrow.

12/15/2025

Former Portland City Administrator Michael Jordan shares his experience with Portland's new form of government — and advice for his successor, Raymond Lee, who's the first person to fill the role long term.

12/12/2025

New reporting from Underscore Native News reveals how a Washington program for Indigenous homeownership has yet to bear fruit.

12/12/2025

At a time when many businesses have been forced to reduce their hours due to low staffing and high labor costs, Rose City Coffee Co. decided to instead stay open 24 hours a day, seven days a week.

12/12/2025

Multnomah, Clackamas and Washington counties are tracking the health impacts of climate change with a new regional dashboard, replacing a lengthy report that was previously published every two years.

12/11/2025

Expansion work on Columbia Memorial Hospital in Astoria is continuing despite the loss of federal disaster resilience funding

12/10/2025

Funding for the Secure Rural Schools program was omitted from federal spending earlier this year. Now, with a new bill co-led by Rep. Marie Gluesenkamp Perez, that funding could be reinstated after recently being approved by Congress.

12/10/2025

When Emily Quandt’s mother, Angie, was diagnosed with ALS in 2022, the 23-year-old Beaverton resident postponed her plans after college to care for her mother. The two share their experience of the dynamics of family caregiving.

12/10/2025

After a spike during the pandemic, traffic deaths in Portland are on track to reach their lowest since at least 2019.

12/09/2025

Do you know someone who's been diagnosed with Alzheimer's? What stigma have they faced because of the disease?

12/08/2025

"Bright Violet" is the newest album from the Kinzie Steele Octet. It is inspired by pianist Seth Kinzie's time as a Rotary Peace Fellow in Africa.

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