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A new era for Amtrak Cascades: Airo Fleet Debuts on Sept. 30

PACIFIC NORTHWEST – Beginning Sept. 30, customers can experience the new Airo trainsets on the Amtrak Cascades as Amtrak introduces its newest fleet into passenger service. Two trainsets, operating four daily trips, will begin carrying customers on launch day, marking the first…

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Harsh rules frighten and discourage Oregon’s international students

Isha’s brother took his own life last year. He was her only sibling. She could not return to her home country to attend his funeral or comfort their parents. She could not give Street Roots her real first name. “I’m still grieving,” Isha said. “‘Still’ is an understatement. This…

Rented e-scooters, e-bikes increasingly threaten blind Portlanders as safeguards fail

Editor’s Note: You can report e-scooters and e-bikes parked blocking the sidewalk by calling 311, emailing 311@portlandoregon.gov, using PBOT’s online reporting form or filing an ADA Title II complaint. Rod Barker was excited when he heard rentable e-scooters were coming to…

Jim Quackenbush appointed as Ridgefield’s next police chief

Quackenbush brings 27 years of law enforcement experience, from Portland patrol officer to Washougal Operations Captain.

WVIA Public Media Published September 11

An Oregon nonprofit harvests fruit from backyards and parks for people in need

In the Portland area, one nonprofit harvests edible fruit from thousands of metro trees, shrubs and bushes and distributes it to people in need.

Logan Lynn’s sobriety journey captured in a new record and documentary

Editor’s note: This story contains mentions of substance use and sexual abuse. Logan Lynn admits that drugs are probably the reason his music career started in the mid-‘90s. He describes himself — in the new documentary “The Pain and the Power,” and in conversation with Street…

WVIA Public Media Published September 09

Oregon nonprofit harvests fruit from backyards and parks for people in need

In the Portland, Oregon, area, a nonprofit harvests edible fruit from thousands of metro trees, shrubs and bushes, and distributes it to people in need.

What’s at stake with diverting Portland Clean Energy Fund money?

If you’ve seen the Portland Clean Energy Fund, or PCEF, in the news lately, chances are it wasn’t in a story about clean energy projects. Groups floated PCEF, designed to support carbon-reducing projects with public funding, as a source to fund everything from more police…

Portland’s Most Budget-Friendly Music Venues

It is common knowledge that concert tickets can be expensive, and prices are only rising. The entertainment behemoth, Live Nation/Ticketmaster, has garnered controversy and even a lawsuit for its global...

Officials point to shelters as a step toward reducing homelessness, but fail to consider the factors pushing people away

Portland’s ban on sleeping in public took effect last Nov. 1. Since then, the city’s Impact Reduction Program swept over 6,000 encampments. Police assist in 16% of sweeps, according to Portland Police Bureau data. Some city officials say the ban, which criminalizes unsheltered…