Allison Frost

Oregon Secretary of State Tobias Read recently called for the United States Postal Service to look at its policies around mail pick up on Election Day, after officials in Benton County found some voters’ ballots were left in mailboxes. The postal service has said they prioritize package delivery when staffing is short.

Rob Stone, Professor of Mechanical, Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering at OSU, and the interim CEO and principal investigator of the grant from the National Science Foundation joins us. He shares more about how the money will be used and its effect on Oregon’s economy.

Pacific University President Jenny Coyle and Willamette University President Steve Thorsett join us to discuss the merger and its impact on the institutions and the students they serve.

Abstract Adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) are associated with maternal depression, including during the perinatal and postpartum periods when women face elevated risk.

Lorna MacKennon Day joins us to share more about her son Sam, his fight to both survive and live well, and the advocacy and support foundation she founded in his name.

FILE: Snow geese, as seen in the Klamath National Wildlife Refuge Complex in 2021.

An Amazon data center in Boardman, Ore., on April 2, 2026. Many of the data centers across Oregon rely on diesel generators to provide backup power. This is in sharp contrast to the Verrus model, which uses batteries and what it calls "power orchestration technology" to provide power backup. The company says its design allows data centers to be operated sustainably.

In this undated photo provided by the Oregon Justice Resource Center, an adult in custody stands with their arms stretched out inside a cell used for solitary confinement. In June, a group of incarcerated people filed a class-action lawsuit, arguing Oregon's prison system is violating the state Constitution. Separately, a number of lawmakers, led by Rep. Farrah Chaichi, send a letter to the Dept. of Corrections asking the DOC to sharply limit its use of solitary confinement.

Caution signs warn of radioactive materials outside a tank farm holding radioactive waste on the Hanford Nuclear Reservation. The DOE is now narrowing the size and scope of the longstanding advisory board that has provided input on the cleanup. This photo was taken on September 24, 2024 as part of an OPB-NWPB collaboration for a week of "Think Out Loud" shows about Hanford broadcast live from the WSU, Tri-Cities campus.

A cloudy afternoon in the city of North Plains on May 19, 2026. The Washington County town has fewer than 4,000 residents, and people inside and outside the city limits have been sharply divided over expanding the urban growth boundary. The rancor over differences of opinion about whether and how to plan for growth has spurred massive turnover in city government in the last two years.