Ashland's first emergency management coordinator, Kelly Burns, joins us to share his vision for the role and how he hopes to prepare the city for future crises.

This summer, a new plan will be put to action to address the invasive brook trout in High Lake and Lake Creek. We'll hear from the Burns Paiute Tribe's fishery program manager on the details of the plan and the damage this trout has caused.

We listen back to a conversation we recorded with legendary Portland drag queen Darcelle, who died last week at age 92.

"Think Out Loud" spends a day talking to people at the Central Branch of the Multnomah County Library.

States all over the country are hoping to lure federal money, and semiconductor companies, after Congress recently passed the CHIPS bill. In Oregon, lawmakers are considering a major overhaul of longstanding land-use laws to do just that.

We'll hear about the potential closure of Oregon's ocean Chinook salmon season from a commercial fisherman and the fisheries director of the Yurok Tribe.

In 2017, Oregon passed a law that was aimed at reducing wage disparities for employees performing the same work. Years later, a report from Oregon’s audit division found that wage gaps in government positions still remain.

More than 1,200 acres of land that include a floodplain forest and wetlands has been rehabilitated after years of effort.

Students from North Portland’s Jefferson High School made history earlier this month. Two members of the Jefferson Dancers won awards for choreography at the National High School Dance Festival. It was the first time any school won top honors for two different pieces.

Kristen Grainger and her band True North continue their series of live concerts celebrating women this weekend.

The SheJumps Snowpack Avalanche Scholarship is awarded each year to 12 recipients to foster greater inclusivity, a sense of community and skills building for women in backcountry skiing.

Last week a federal judge ruled that the National Marine Fisheries Service can no longer continue to issue permits for the incidental take of humpback whales when they get tangled in sablefish pot gear off the West coast. The lawsuit was filed by the nonprofit Center for Biological Diversity.

Staff at the Oregon Coast Aquarium in Newport spent two years developing a treatment program to rehabilitate and save sea stars, including ones afflicted by a fatal wasting disease.

This past weekend marked the 60th anniversary of the U.S. Supreme Court ruling that requires the state to provide and pay for an attorney if it charges a person with a crime. The promise of Gideon v. Wainwright is particularly poignant in the midst of a nationwide public defender shortage.

For too many Oregonians, having a mental illness or substance use problem means repeated failed attempts to get help, and then experience a crisis: an emergency department visit, isolation in a jail cell, or an involuntary stay at the state’s overwhelmed psychiatric hospital. OPB health reporter Amelia Templeton talked to experts throughout the state to learn about several of the most pressing elements of the crisis — and about promising strategies to address them.

A new exhibit in Salem showcases more than 50 prints spanning four decades made by Portland mixed-media artist Rita Robillard.

We spend some time with artist Evan Burnette, the owner and head designer of Portland's only public glassblowing studio.

Anthony Doerr’s last book, “All the Light We Cannot See,” told the stories of two different young people growing up in Europe during World War II and whose lives eventually overlapped. His newest book, “Cloud Cuckoo Land,” follows a similar template, but on a much more complex scale.

The Street Trust recently issued recommendations to reduce pedestrian fatalities in Oregon.

We'll hear from a reporter who's been covering high levels of dioxin contamination