Jenn Chávez is a podcast host and producer with Oregon Public Broadcasting. Jenn has been making audio in Portland for over a decade, as both a community media and public media journalist.

Kristyna Wentz-Graff / OPB Oregon’s ban on plastic grocery bags will kick up a notch under a bill headed to the desk of Gov. Tina Kotek. Beginning in 2027, Senate Bill 551 will ensure that ...

FILE: Sen. Floyd Prozanski pictured in 2024. Kristyna Wentz-Graff / OPB “These are tools of mass destruction,” said state Sen. Floyd Prozanski, D-Eugene, who added: “The only purpose of ...

But as we have not been granted access to her since her transfer, we cannot confirm anything further,” Stephen Manning, an attorney representing O-J-M, told OPB Tuesday afternoon. In an updated ...

OPB InsiderWeekly Get an inside look at OPB, including can't-miss programs, full episodes, arts & culture features, ticket giveaways, and the "Click of Zen." The stories behind the Northwest foods ...

"Stop Requested" is a multi-part series from OPB about a journey through rural Oregon by public transit in the state’s most remote areas. Over 14 days and more than 30 buses, OPB’s Lillian ...

on Sunday, Jan. 6, 2019. Bryan M. Vance / OPB Back in the fall, school leaders learned that the increase in PERS costs in the upcoming biennium was going to be more than Gov. Tina Kotek’s ...

OPB “Oregon Field Guide” producer Jule Gilfillan and OPB cinematographer/editor Brooke Herbert tagged along with the frog taxi volunteers. They join us to share a bit about the experience.

Every spring, an unusual gathering takes place in the Blue Mountains of Northeast Oregon. The Gambler 500, a rally-style event, brings together enthusiasts driving beat-up cars with quirky names ...

If Senate lawmakers also approve the rescission package, the move would be an unprecedented action against communities that rely on OPB and the entire public media system. It would destabilize the ...

Estimates from the U.S. Census Bureau and Portland State University show the city’s population increased last year. It comes after shedding more than 10,000 people in the years immediately ...

The restrictions come as forecasters predict warmer, drier weather conditions across the Pacific Northwest. They include bans on the use of fireworks, exploding targets or metallic targets ...