Julie Sabatier

Portland journalist Leah Sottile’s book “When the Moon Turns to Blood” centers on the case of Lori Vallow and Chad Daybell. The couple will be on trial next year, accused of killing two of Vallow’s children whose bodies were found in Daybell’s backyard. But the book is about much more than just true crime.

First-generation college students and new graduates entering the workforce might not be aware of certain “unwritten rules,” especially if they are one of very few BIPOC employees at a company or organization. Helping people learn that information is the idea behind a new collaboration.

Tera Hurst, of the Oregon Health Justice Recovery Alliance, says thousands of people are already getting help and that "transformational change" takes time.

In 2020, Oregonians passed Measure 110, which decriminalized small amounts of illegal drugs and directed more money to addiction recovery services. Two years later, the bulk of the money for the first budget cycle has finally been distributed.

We hear from the artist and curator behind the show as well as another artist whose paintings are featured in “Motherhood.”

Researchers at Oregon State University used computer modeling to assess the resilience of roads and bridges on the Oregon coast and how this critical infrastructure would fare in the event of a Cascadia Subduction Zone earthquake.

Several colleges and universities in Oregon recently announced new leaders, and many of the people hired for those positions are also the institutions’ first Black president.

Portland’s new Community Safety Division is leading efforts to address both homelessness and gun violence. We hear from Mike Myers, the leader of that division.

Poet and writer Sasha taqʷšəblu LaPointe’s new memoir is called “Red Paint: The Ancestral Autobiography of a Coast Salish Punk.” In it, she explores intergenerational trauma and healing as well as the connections she feels to the Indigenous women who have come before her.

Community colleges have seen enrollment drop during the pandemic, but these institutions have a key role to play in Oregon’s pandemic recovery.