GOP lawmaker charged in Oregon Capitol protest has COVID
A Republican state lawmaker who authorities say let violent protesters into the Oregon Capitol in December says he is ill with COVID-19
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Moda Center welcomes Blazers fans for first time in over a year
For over a year, the stands at the Moda Center have been empty. This Friday fans are invited back into the Moda Center to cheer on the Portland Trail Blazers, but far fewer fans than normal.
Prineville Reservoir first Oregon park to get ‘dark sky’ nod
Prineville Reservoir State Park has been certified as an International Dark Sky Park and is the first Oregon park to make the list of the places around the world with the least nighttime light pollution.
East Multnomah County’s Centennial district struggles through two weeks with hacked computers
School districts have been hacked before. But during a pandemic, with so much instruction and communication online, it's even worse right now.
Oregon eases COVID restrictions as cases drop, but health officials remain concerned
Hospitalizations and cases are down a little, transmission is down a lot, and infections in schools are disrupting education. Now the state is getting ready to start vaccinating children ages 12-15.
Judge nixes reduced Klamath River flows for suckerfish
A judge has ruled against the Klamath Tribes in a lawsuit that accused a federal agency of violating the Endangered Species Act by letting water levels in a key lake fall too low for sucker fish to spawn.
Oregon COVID-19 cases
Source for all charts: Oregon Health Authority
Created by Jacob Fenton
Oregon hospital capacity
Depending on staffing, Oregon has between 600 and 800 adult ICU beds and between 4,000 and 7,000 regular beds.
Oregon vaccinations
Line does not distinguish between first and second doses. Researchers estimate Oregon will reach herd immunity when around 6 million doses have been distributed.
The Capitol siege: The arrested and their stories
More than 430 people have been charged in the Jan. 6 Capitol riot. NPR is looking at the cases. Each provides clues to questions surrounding the attack: Who joined the mob? What did they do? And why?
In 1st big test, oversight board says Facebook, not Trump, is the problem
The first big test of Facebook's Oversight Board reveals the challenges of checking the power and scale of the social media giant.
Pfizer seeks full FDA approval for COVID-19 vaccine
The agency's approval of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine — shown to be 95% effective — would go beyond the speedier and less rigorous emergency use authorization currently granted to the vaccine.
Is the variant from India the most contagious coronavirus mutant on the planet?
An evolutionary biologist in Belgium found that the variant from the U.K. "had a transmission advantage." When Tom Wenseleers looks at early data on the variant in India, he has a feeling of deja vu.
Rent by arson and a pandemic, the Portland Garment Factory seeks to mend through community
The Portland Garment Factory is a small textile design and fabrication studio based in Southeast Portland. In April, its building was destroyed in a fire that was determined to be arson. Its founder and owner, Britt Howard, tells OPB about her experience of fire and loss.
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