Should a McMinville dad be deported for leaving his toddlers alone at home for a half hour 15 years ago? The Trump administration says yes in a pending court case with sweeping implications for both the immigration and child welfare systems.
Dave Miller shares his story for our “what our audience doesn’t know” series.
"We want all of the content creators of OPB to be compensated with livable wages and treated with respect. If this is what you want too, please make your voices heard."
-Dave Miller OPB host of Think Out Loud
“The incident was a reminder of their past in Yemen, she said.
The pair moved from Taiz, the country’s third-largest city, shortly after their home was hit by an airstrike in 2014.”
Tear gas and whizbangs have been a familiar sight for people living near the Portland ICE facility. Recently, a projectile shot through an apartment window across the street, frightening a 70-year-old Yemeni woman inside who called her daughter crying, saying she "couldn't breathe."
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People who visited the emergency department at Kaiser Permanente Sunnyside Medical Center in Clackamas earlier this week may have been exposed to measles, the Oregon Health Authority warns.
"If the Minnesota resistance has an overarching ideology, you could call it “neighborism”—a commitment to protecting the people around you, no matter who they are or where they came from. [T]heir neighbors whether they were born in Minneapolis or Mogadishu."
Kyra Buckley shares her story for our “what our audience doesn’t know” series.
"I'm grateful to be able to do this work, but I'm incredibly disheartened that OPB salaries have not kept up with rising cost of living in & around Portland & other parts of Oregon."
-Kyra Buckley, OPB reporter/producer
Monte Mensing is a cornerstone of the Northwest’s coin collecting communities, and leads multiple coin clubs throughout the region that celebrates their history. He owns Monte’s Coins and More in Stayton, Oregon.
Antonio Sánchez launched "Noticias Noroeste" on Inauguration Day in 2025. Since then, the daily Spanish newscast on YouTube has evolved into a source of news during a time of great fear and upheaval for Oregon’s Latino community.
The National Weather Service has issued a cold weather advisory from midnight through 10 a.m. Thursday for parts of Southwest Washington and Oregon. The weather service is warning residents some areas could see temperatures drop into the mid-20s overnight, with wind chills as low as 20 degrees.
A group of mostly Democratic U.S. senators sent a letter Thursday to the U.S. Postal Service, voicing concern that mail processing changes could affect postmark dates for mail-in ballots during an election year that will determine control of Congress.
Upon reflection...
@aprilehrlich.bsky.social shares for our “what our audience doesn’t know” series.
"Many of these managers make 6 figures, a salary that many of us may never reach, and OPB is paying for a negotiator. The more they prolong this process, the more money it costs." -April Ehrlich, OPB Reporter/Producer
DEQ staff said they have updated the agency’s data retention processes as a response to last year’s breach, but didn't say why they waited months to notify people of the leak. They said it primarily affected people from outside DEQ whose information was stored in the agency’s “older records.”
On Jan. 2, 2016 a dozen armed men took over the headquarters of the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge in Eastern Oregon. Today we bring you an audio documentary OPB reporters made afterward, and reporter Conrad Wilson gives us an update from Harney County 10 years after the occupation.
A Portland police officer has been reassigned after he was captured on film Friday appearing to agree with the tactics used by federal officers when they fatally shot a Minnesota woman last week.
Christ was dead for three days before Resurrection. Chicago Bears were dead for three quarters before resurrection. Makes you think
Attorneys representing the man shot by federal officers in Portland Thursday are refuting law enforcement’s narrative.
Two people shot by federal immigration officers in Portland have “an association” with a Venezuelan criminal gang, Portland police said in a news conference Friday. But they did not provide any new details about the events leading up to Thursday’s shooting.
A federal judge on Friday blocked President Donald Trump’s administration from enforcing most of his executive order on elections against the vote-by-mail states of Washington and Oregon.
While the championships are the final Olympic team qualifier, the event is also a showcase of the depth of U.S. figure skating — and a chance for Pacific Northwest athletes to be seen alongside the sport’s biggest names, including world champion and Olympic gold favorite Ilia Malinin.
Border Patrol shoots and wounds two people in an East Portland hospital parking lot, sparking protests in the city. Today's newsletter starts with what we know so far and what we're following on @opb.org today: www.opb.org/article/2026...
Some 400 people protested outside Portland's ICE facility Thursday after Border Patrol shot two people. Latest: https://www.opb.org/article/2026/01/08/portland-shooting-federal-agents/.
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@jennchavez.bsky.social shares her story for our “what our audience doesn’t know” series.
"By forming a union, we have learned through unprecedented wage transparency that there are unacceptable disparities in pay for the people who bring you the news, storytelling and music" -Jenn Chávez
OPB Host
Happy new year! Our "what our audience doesn’t know" series kicks off 2026 with All Things Considered host @geoffnorx.bsky.social.
"I'm surrounded by some of the most gifted storytellers in the country, and it's shocking to me how little many of them are paid or valued."
-Geoff Norcross, OPB host
Jason Sauls shares his story for our “what our audience doesn’t know” series.
"While we all would like to be paid more for what we do, my hope is to get the underpaid members of our union to a compensation that reflects the cost of living and their contributions" -Jason Sauls OPB announcer/producer
Alex Zielinski @alexzee.bsky.social shares her story for our “what our audience doesn’t know” series.
"Realizing how OPB inequitably values our colleagues has hurt morale across the entire organization."
-Alex Zielinski, OPB reporter/producer
Donald Orr sits at an NPR microphone during the AAJA conference in Washington D.C.
Donald Orr @notdonald.bsky.social shares his story for our “what our audience doesn’t know” series.
"My hope is that OPB comes to the table with a contract that compensates workers with livable wages, and allows our colleagues to have more financial stability"
-Donald Orr, OPB announcer/producer
