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How a Northwest tribe is escaping a rising ocean
The Quinault Indian Nation in Washington state is gradually moving the village of Taholah away from a rising Pacific Ocean. Other communities in the U.S. may need to take a similar approach.
Crabbers rebound from Southwest Washington seafood facility fire
An estimated 4,000 pots were lost in the Jan. 22 fire at the Bornstein Seafoods facility. Now, almost as many are back in the fishermen’s hands.
Cape Meares loop road reopens, making coastal residents feel safer
Cape Meares loop road reopens, making coastal residents feel safer
Brookings City Council to appoint new members, rankling recall campaigners
The city's charter says if the number of vacancies on the council exceeds the number of members, those vacancies shall be filled by a special election. With three of the council's five members recalled, Brookings voters expected a special election to fill the vacated seats with new members. However, city councilors found an alternative.
Oregon State University gets millions to study attitudes towards offshore wind
Oregon State University researchers were recently awarded $2.5 million to study how coastal residents feel about potential offshore wind energy projects.
How To Clean Sand: Volunteers Take On Microplastics At Oregon Coast
How do you clean all the sand on a beach? A group of volunteers didn’t do it grain by grain, but took on the task screen by screen.
Novel Set On Oregon Coast Imagines A Reproductive Dystopia
Leni Zumas' novel, set on the Oregon coast, weaves together the lives of four women to explore identity, motherhood and politics.
Oregon Gets $350K For Coastal Community Tsunami Preparedness
Oregon’s been awarded $350,000 by the National Tsunami Hazard Mitigation Program to increase resilience in coastal communities.
Vaccination Numbers | Oregon Wildfire Voices | Surimi School
How accurate are federal vaccination numbers for Oregon? Also, we hear voices from the front lines of wildfires burning across the state, and we take a trip to the OSU Surimi School in Astoria.
'State Of Wonder' Newport | Drawing And Journalism | Diamonds
OPB's "State of Wonder" kicks off its pre-eclipse Oregon road trip. An artist and former journalist tells us about teaching other journalists how to draw. Also, we learn about lab-grown diamonds.