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Parents Blame Mental Health System Failures, Officer In Koben Henricksen's Death

Koben Henriksen’s parents will hold a funeral for their 51-year-old son Friday. They say the mental health system made it nearly impossible to get their son the help he needed. 

Photo: Jonathan Levinson 

Oregon Trusts Company Accused Of Abuse With Its Foster Children

After Feeling Like An Outsider, She's Leaving Portland

Portland Leaders Announce New Climate Action Proposals

Judiciary Committee Approves 2 Articles Of Impeachment

Oregon’s Broken Foster Care System: What We Found

Conservative Party Win Large Majority In UK Parliament

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'OPB Politics Now:' The Race To Replace Rep. Greg Walden

OPB

The race to replace U.S. Rep. Greg Walden, R-Oregon, got even more interesting this week as former gubernatorial candidate Knute Buehler jumped in. 

Oregon Senators Introduce Tribal Water Quality Bill

End In Sight To Portland's Tidee Didee Diaper Dilemma

State Rep. Jennifer Williamson Will Resign To Focus On Statewide Campaign

Oregon Eye Patient To Testify Need For New Drug To FDA

The Trump Impeachment Articles Are Narrow. So Were Nixon's And Clinton's

Health Officials Report Clark County's 1st Vaping-related Illness

US-China Trade Deal Phase 1 Is Here; December Tariffs Are Scrapped

All-electric Seaplane Completes Milestone First Flight

'We Were Blindsided': Families Of Extremists Form Group To Fight Hate

Oregon Businesses Breathe Sighs Of Relief Over New North American Trade Deal

Arts & Life

opbmusic Best Of 2019: Albums

opbmusic

From indie rock to hip-hop, these are the albums we loved in 2019 (with listening links).

3 Unusual Gifts From Northwest Businesses For The Person Who Has Everything

Portland Pickles Adds New Farm Team: The Portland Gherkins

NPR's Favorite TV Shows Of 2019

Merriam-Webster Singles Out Nonbinary 'They' For Word Of The Year Honors

How 1 Small Bag Of Food On A Giant Sculpture Tells A Million Immigrant Tales

Rapper Juice WRLD Has Died At Age 21

R. Kelly Paid Bribe So He Could Marry 15-Year-Old Aaliyah, Government Alleges

The Life and Music of Portland Musician Lauren K. Newman

'Portrait Of A Lady On Fire,' Painted In Precise, Subdued Brushstrokes

R. Kelly Girlfriend Says She Was Hacked, Did Not Make Claims Against Him

Environment

In SE Washington, Digging Into The Past To Find Fault Signs Of Future Shaking

Northwest News Network

Unlike the Cascadia Subduction Zone, the faults in Eastern Washington are in the upper crust, (the outermost layer of the earth). That means they’re closer to the surface and to communities.

Opponents Struggle To Stop New Breed Of Fuel Terminals

Greta Thunberg Is 'Time' Magazine's Person Of The Year For 2019

Portland Leaders Announce New Climate Action Proposals

After Greta Thunberg Wins 'Time' Honor, Trump Suggests She 'Chill' And Watch A Movie

Exxon Wins New York Climate Change Fraud Case

Oregon Supreme Court Ruling Does Not Affect Elliott State Forest Plan

Oregon Department of Environmental Quality Develops New Low Cost Air Quality Monitor

At Least 5 Dead After Volcano Erupts Off New Zealand's Coast

Student Activists Hold Another Youth Climate Strike In Downtown Portland

Nature's 'Brita Filter' Is Dying and Nobody Knows Why