1+ day, 1+ hour ago   (811+ words) Southbound traffic congests Interstate 5, just north of the I-5 southbound closures through the Rose Quarter for five weeks, on the first full day of closures in Portland, Ore., on Sept. 12, 2026. On Saturday morning, Jeremy Tellock and Nicole Harvey were bound for…...

2+ day, 10+ hour ago   (18+ words) Oregon Public Broadcasting - OPB I-5 closure to impact traffic in Portland...

2+ day, 14+ hour ago   (253+ words) opb.org Transportation officials urge drivers to make alternate plans during I-5 lane closures in Portland Broadcast: Thursday, Sept. 10 The I-5 freeway through the Portland's Rose Quarter on Aug. 27, 2026. Southbound lanes I-5 will be closed starting Sept. 11 for up to five weeks for…...

2+ day, 17+ hour ago   (422+ words) Autumn is just around the corner. A new climate analysis shows, in Portland, the season oft characterized by changing leaves and cozy sweaters is also seeing much hotter temperatures. OPB climate reporter Monica Samayoa starts today’s newsletter with a closer…...

2+ day, 18+ hour ago   (143+ words) In the event of a tsunami triggered by a Cascadia Subduction Zone earthquake, residents of coastal communities in Oregon have less than 20 minutes from the time ground shaking starts to safely evacuate Tsunami Hazard Zones. That’s according to a new…...

2+ day, 18+ hour ago   (547+ words) The Portland metro area has been experiencing more than two dozen hotter fall days a year over the past 50 years. That’s according to a recent analysis from nonprofit Climate Central that found the region has already increased by 2.7 degrees Fahrenheit…...

3+ day, 7+ hour ago   (778+ words) FILE - The exterior of Keller Auditorium in Downtown Portland in 2023. Steven Tonthat / OPB The future of Portland’s only Broadway-capable theater remains unclear after city councilors advanced a resolution to research both replacing and renovating the Keller Auditorium. But as they…...

3+ day, 12+ hour ago   (426+ words) The intersection of Southeast Cesar E Chavez Boulevard and Belmont Street in Portland, Ore, on March 18, 2026. Portland leaders voted Wednesday unanimously to remove Cesar Chavez’s name from a major city street, months after reporting revealed that Chavez had allegedly sexually…...

3+ day, 12+ hour ago   (416+ words) The healthcare nonprofit Adapt has broken ground on a recovery campus in Roseburg that will more than double the nonprofit’s capacity for residential addiction treatment. The first phase will increase the number of treatment beds from 21 to 50. An aerial view…...

3+ day, 13+ hour ago   (339+ words) Portland Police, Portland Fire & Rescue, and Portland Public Schools officials meet outside of Benson Polytechnic High School in Northeast Portland on Tues., Sept. 8, 2026. Elizabeth Miller / OPB Northeast Portland’s Benson Polytechnic High School was evacuated Tuesday morning after a chemical spill…...