Kyra Buckley
Kyra Buckley is OPB’s business reporter. Before joining OPB in August 2023, she spent three years in Texas covering the electric grid, renewable energy, and the oil and gas industry for the Houston Chronicle and Houston Public Media. Prior to her time in Houston, she spent three years waking up at 3 a.m. to host "Morning Edition" at KUNC in Greeley, Colorado.
Buckley grew up in Eugene, is a 2015 graduate of the University of Oregon, and started her journalism career at Eugene’s public radio station, KLCC. She is also a certified Jazzercise instructor, human to kitties Lila and Addie, an avid reader, and a lifelong women’s basketball fan.
Send story ideas, book recommendations and cute pet pictures to kbuckley@opb.org.
Latest Stories
Portland to pay $8.5M settlement to descendants of displaced Black families
On Thursday, Portland City Council approved a settlement for more than 20 people whose homes and businesses were destroyed in the name of urban renewal from the 1950s through the ’70s.
Downtown Portland task force sets housing and foot traffic goals
The group of civic and business leaders, convened by Oregon Gov. Tina Kotek and represented by Mayor Keith Wilson, wants to increase downtown visitors, boost housing, and overhaul empty office buildings.
Portland’s The Sports Bra to expand to four more cities
Northeast Portland bar and restaurant The Sports Bra made history in 2022 as the first bar to only feature women’s sports on its TVs. The concept is now expanding to Las Vegas, Indianapolis, Boston and St. Louis.
Oregon’s coffee industry the latest to point out damage from federal tariffs
About a dozen members from Oregon’s coffee industry told U.S. Rep. Suzanne Bonamici the import taxes shouldn’t be levied on things like coffee beans that can’t be replaced domestically.
Oregon’s fishing industry faces demand challenges at home and trade barriers abroad
Advocates for Oregon’s fishing industry say cuts to the federal workforce and global trade tensions could hurt a sector already contending with low domestic demand.
Portland added people last year for the first time since 2020, population estimates show
Portland added just over 1,400 residents between July 2023 and July 2024, bringing the estimated population up to just over 635,000.
Wheat, coffee, computer chips: How Trump’s tariffs could affect Oregon’s key exports and imports
Since President Trump levied a 10% tariff on goods entering the U.S. from all countries in early April, Oregon business owners have told state leaders the cost to do business is going up. Company owners say they fear the uncertainty around tariffs has already done lasting damage to the state’s trade relationships.
Thorns and Portland WNBA owners decline to indicate interest in bidding on the Trail Blazers
The owners of the Portland Thorns and the city’s incoming WNBA team confirm they’re aware the Trail Blazers are up for sale. But the Bhathal family has declined to express interest — or disinterest — in bidding for the franchise.
The Portland Trail Blazers are up for sale. Here’s what to know
Trail Blazers fans have expected a new owner since Paul Allen died in 2018. Here's what to know about the team's worth, potential buyers, whether the team will leave Portland and more.
Oregon facility builds and tests humanlike robot ‘Digit’
Agility Robotics, which launched in collaboration with Oregon State University, recently opened a Salem facility to test robotics. But federal funding cuts could threaten the kind of research that led to this invention.
