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Portland, Oregon bar Satellite Tavern is throwing a Kentucky Derby watch party on Saturday, May 6 with a portion of proceeds benefitting the Big Yard Foundation.

Marking Mental Health Awareness Month, a brain health expert is sharing the importance of getting enough sleep to protect mental health in the long run.

Pacific Northwest Federal Credit Union is expanding its financial literacy programs to schools across Oregon.

Tigard, Oregon Mayor Heidi Lueb is urging lawmakers to pass a House bill that would transfer jurisdiction of SW Hall Boulevard from ODOT to the city.

More than a dozen Oregon-based businesses were honored during the Good Food Awards ceremony in Portland.

The largest specialty coffee trade show in North America is happening in Portland this weekend.

Rainier, Oregon Mayor Jerry Cole says while he supports the intent on Measure 110 -- which decriminalized small amounts of some drugs and funds drug treatment -- he says more needs to be done to address the state's drug addiction crisis.

Lake Oswego librarian Miranda Doyle, who is also the Intellectual Freedom Chair for the Oregon Association of School Libraries, says the state's school library association opposes book bans and removals and shared the need for Oregon to hire more librarians.

Hood River, Oregon Mayor Paul Blackburn says the city is working to replace the White Salmon Bridge, which is estimated to cost $520 million, and is also working on adding more affordable housing to its roster.

Bend, Oregon author Emily Lynn Paulson's book “Hey Hun: Sales, Sisterhood, Supremacy, and the Other Lies Behind Multilevel Marketing” details her journey from becoming a millionaire to leaving a 'cult-like' MLM.