Sheraz Sadiq

Jeanie Lindsay, Olympia correspondent for partner station KUOW, joins us to give us a roundup of the key races and initiatives on the ballot for Washington voters in the general election.

Four Portland mayoral candidates — Carmen Rubio, Rene Gonzalez, Mingus Mapps and Keith Wilson — share their competing visions for the city and the homelessness crisis it faces

We talk with PSU assistant music professor Coty Raven Morris, who was recently nominated as a semifinalist for a GRAMMY Music Educator Award for a second consecutive year.

One of the most consequential initiatives on the Washington state ballot this year is Initiative 2117. We get two perspectives on the measure, which, if approved, would undo the state's landmark climate law.

Portland City Council District 4 candidate Olivia Clark answered a question during a "Think Out Loud" candidates forum held at John's Marketplace on Oct. 24, 2024. Thirteen D4 candidates were invited to participate in the event which was moderated by "Think Out Loud" host Dave Miller. District 4 covers Portland neighborhoods west of the Willamette River and a few neighborhoods in inner Southeast Portland.

A hoary bat is shown in this photograph taken on Sep. 26, 2024 at the Oregon Caves National Monument during a survey conducted by the biologists from the Medford district of the Bureau of Land Management. The bat shown in this photo was named "Hoary Potter and the Guano of Fire" and chosen as a finalist in the Bureau of Land Management's annual Bat Beauty Contest, which was held from Oct. 24-31, 2024.

Portland Police Chief Bob Day shares the agency's plans for protecting public safety ahead of the general election, including its response to possible civil unrest on election day and following it.

We hear about efforts to create a new recovery center for people in recovery from drugs and alcohol in the Columbia Gorge region.

A researcher at Oregon State University spent two and a half years trapping and tracking western spotted skunks in forests in the western Cascades to learn more about their behavior and the threats they face.

A bat from Southern Oregon has been crowned the winner of the Bureau of Land Management’s annual Bat Beauty Contest. It’s the third consecutive year that a bat from Oregon