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Earlier this week a nonprofit called Straight Path Inc. hosted a job fair in Portland to help people with criminal records find work.   OPB’s Amanda Peacher spoke with some of the people who came to the … More »How Tough Is It To Find Work With A Criminal Record?

Alaska Airlines is trying out a new luggage-tagging system at SeaTac Airport. It relies on customers using new kiosks to weigh their own bags and print out and attach labels. More »Alaska Airlines Tries Do-It-Yourself Luggage Tagging

Sometimes life hands you disappointment and humiliation. That happened to Suzie Aldrich in a swim meet in college. The Walla Walla-native didn’t swim again for nearly 50 years. But in retirement the pool … More »At 69, Northwest Swimmer Says You’re Never Too Old For Gold

House Speaker John Boehner appeared Friday at a $50-per-plate lunch fundraiser for southwest Washington's Congresswoman Jaime Herrera Beutler. More »House Speaker Joins Congresswoman Herrera Beutler For Fundraiser

The cemetery at Joint Base Lewis-McChord will be the site of a Memorial Day ceremony to honor fallen service members. A University of Washington graduate is among the latest Washington-based soldiers to … More »UW Grad Is Among Latest Washington-Based Soldiers Killed In Afghanistan

Oregon needs to do a better job at making sure that low-income children are getting the mental health services they’re eligible for. That's the finding of a new audit by the Oregon Secretary of State's … More »State Audit Finds Unexplained Gaps In Children's Mental Health Care

Portland police say they have located the mother of three young children, who were found in a shed. More »Police: Mother Of Abandoned Children Located

Joyce Yam recently found her pioneer kin buried in an overgrown cemetery near Sandy. When she organized a cleanup, she discovered something else. Cousins she had never met who are very much alive. More »Cemetery Clean Up Yields Family Surprise

Reynolds High School seniors returned to school Thursday, even though schools in the district have been closed due to a strike. The seniors going through a check-out process as the school year ends. Veteran … More »Strike Makes For Emotional Time For Students, Teachers In Reynolds Distrct

Gas prices nationwide have been dropping but not in the Northwest. In fact, this Memorial Day weekend, the region's gas prices are among the highest in the nation. More »West Coast Gas Prices Higher Than Other Regions

Striking teachers in the Reynolds School District are back on picket lines after negotiations broke down Wednesday night. Teachers are frustrated that talks won’t resume until next Tuesday. More »Frustration Grows As Reynolds Strike Negotiations Break Down

Governor Kitzhaber has appointed Tom Tuchmann as the new Forestry and Conservation Finance Advisor. More »Kitzhaber Appoints Adviser To Work On O&C Issues

A man who nearly became Oregon's State Librarian will now spend the next two years on probation for forgery. He pled guilty Thursday to going beyond just padding his resume. He forged documents showing … More »State Librarian Hopeful Pleads Guilty To Padding Resume

Hundreds of employees of the Northwest’s only power plant celebrated Thursday. The Columbia Generating Station now is licenced to run for another 20 years. More »Northwest's Only Nuclear Plant Celebrates Relicensing

Officials with the Salem-Keizer School District have canceled classes at Sprague High. More »Classes Canceled After Explosion At Salem High School

A new report on the Affordable Care Act finds that 67 percent of working Oregonians should see simplified paperwork from their health insurers in the near future. More »Affordable Care Act Should Simplify Insurance Paperwork

The Reynolds School District teachers' strike have closed schools for a fourth day. Reynolds administrators made that announcement late Wednesday afternoon. More »Reynolds District Cancels School For Fourth Day

Pacific Coast Fruit Company in Portland has voluntarily recalled bagged lettuce that could be contaminated by Listeria bacteria. River Ranch Fresh Foods in California sold the lettuce to the Portland  … More »Portland Company Recalls Lettuce That Could Be Contaminated

The low price of natural gas is putting more money in Oregon wallets. The Oregon Public Utility Commission approved Northwest Natural’s request for two rate credits totaling $44 million. More »Low Price Of Natural Gas Means Credits For Ratepayers

Portland City Commissioners passed a proposal to increase trash and recycling rates today. But they tabled a decision on whether water rates should go up. More »Portland Increases Trash And Recycling Rates, But Tables Water

Researchers at Washington State University say they've found a way to keep lithium batteries charged three times longer. These are the batteries used in laptops, cell phones and electric vehicles. The … More »WSU Researchers Patent Longer Battery Life Technology

Oregon lawmakers have been pressing state agencies to cut back the ranks of middle managers. A legislative panel voted Wednesday to do that. But they scaled back a proposed round of layoffs at prisons … More »Oregon Lawmakers Scale Back Corrections Layoffs

The state medical examiner says a mother and two children recovered from a Salem home Tuesday, were killed by gunshots. More »State Medical Examiner Releases Causes Of Death In Salem Case