It'll take another year before earthquake alerts will buzz Washington phones The ShakeAlert earthquake early warning app is under development in the Northwest. Paige Browning
Oregon Legislature Votes To Essentially Ban Single-Family Zoning The bill makes duplexes allowable in cities over 10,000 people, and quadplexes legal in the Portland metro area. It's part of a growing change to zoning policy amid a national housing crisis. Laurel Wamsley
2 Students Allegedly Cheated Apple Out Of Nearly $900,000 In Fake iPhone Scheme Prosecutors say it was an elaborate deception that involved roping in friends and family, while using nonsensical pseudonyms and a slew of mailing addresses. The plot seems to have come from China. Vanessa Romo
Unvaccinated Boy, 6, Spent 57 Days In The Hospital With Tetanus It was Oregon's first pediatric case in more than 30 years. "It was difficult to take care of him, to watch him suffer," says Judith Guzman-Cottrill, an infectious-disease specialist. Sasha Ingber
Washington State Officials Declare State Of Emergency As Measles Outbreak Continues As of Monday, public health authorities reported 36 cases, most affecting children under the age of 10. Most of those with the highly contagious disease had not been vaccinated. Vanessa Romo
Oregon Launches First Statewide Refillable Bottle System In U.S. The new beer bottles can be refilled up to 40 times and are designed to be easily separated from the rest of the glass in the deposit system, ensuring that they get refilled instead of recycled. NPR Staff
Family in fatal crash was investigated for child abuse allegations Bill Radke talks to Seattle Times reporter Nina Shapiro about what Oregon officials knew about the Hart family and allegations of child abuse. Six of... Bill Radke
Why you need to be in Oregon on Aug. 21 Bill Radke talks to former NPR reporter David Baron about why he believes everyone should witness a full solar eclipse in their lifetime. Baron also... Bill Radke
Programming note: We're working on some cool new stuff. It’s a radical idea — that protest as we know it is broken. And a lot of people disagreed with Micah White when he first started talking about it, but... Ashley Ahearn
Portland stabbing: What we learned about bystander effect Prof. Cheryl Kaiser of the University of Washington discusses the bystander effect and whether to step into a dangerous situation to help a stranger. Bill Radke
