Sheraz Sadiq

Last Thursday, Oregon Gov. Tina Kotek announced she had accepted the resignation of the director of the Oregon Health Authority, Dr. Sejal Hathi. As OPB reported, Hathi wrote to OHA employees that she was leaving to focus on her family, health and “personal priorities” without mentioning what she plans to do next. In May, the New York Times published an op-ed Hathi wrote about the lack of postpartum care U.S. mothers such as herself receive, even after complications from childbirth.

Nineteen year-old Portlander Quinn Brown found a 1972 NBA Finals warm-up jacket worn by Wilt Chamberlain that is expected to fetch as much as $250,000 at auction.

Prediction market platforms allow people to place bets on a staggering array of outcomes — from the US-Iran conflict to the winner of the World Cup to who Taylor Swift’s bridesmaids will be. Add to that list betting on wildfires.

The Trump administration announced a rule change to the Endangered Species Act that changes the interpretation of "harm" to no longer include the habitats of endangered species. The rule change is being challenged in a lawsuit filed by more than a half dozen environmental groups.

For more than 25 years, the Roadless Area Conservation Rule has helped protect nearly 60 million acres of federal forest lands from logging and new road construction. Last year, the Trump administration announced it would end “the roadless rule,” which it claims would allow for “more flexibility” to reduce wildfire risk and for “responsible timber production.”

Nearly 30% of people who experienced homelessness in Clark County last year were children. That’s according to a recent report by the Council for Homelessness, which also found that the percentage of family households stabilized through rent assistance dropped by 5% last year.

Rangeland Fire Protection Associations are composed of ranchers and private landowners who volunteer to help fight wildfires in remote, private lands. Two RFPA members share their experiences responding to the Rowe Creek Complex and Akawa Butte fire in Central Oregon.

He hear from Oregon Department of Forestry Fire Protection Division Chief on how the agency is helping respond to the dozens of wildfires raging across the state.

By Monday, the Bench Fire near the Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs Indian Reservation grew to more than 40,000 acres after combining with the Beachcomb Fire.

Earlier this month, the Pharmacy Foundation of Oregon announced it was awarded more than $5 million from the Oregon Health Authority to expand pharmacy access in rural and frontier communities.