Oregon needs to build about 29,500 more homes each year, mostly in the Portland region and Willamette Valley, to emerge from a housing shortage years in the making, the state’s chief economist told lawmakers Monday.

Oregon has been experimenting with programs that offer substance use services instead of drug possession charges for almost five months.

I loved Portland but had to leave when it got too expensive and overwhelming. I now happily live in Baker City, a small Oregon town hours away.

The Northwest has seen very little precipitation over the last two weeks. If Portland doesn’t see any rain by Thursday, it will set a new dry streak record for the month. The record for the most consecutive dry days in January -- recorded in 1948 -- is 17.

Portland is known for its quickly growing folk music scene, and fans will get the chance to see talent all on one stage on Saturday, Feb. 1, at the Alberta Rose Theatre.

Rose-Tu is 20 months pregnant as of Monday, and her due date is expected to come sometime between the end of Jan. and mid-March. It is Rose-Tu’s third pregnancy, the last time she gave birth was in 2012 after 21 months. Zoo visitors were shocked to learn that elephant pregnancy can last up to 22 months.

In less than 50 days, the Oregon Lightning arena football team, led by Head Coach Chuck Jones, will kick off their inaugural season at the First Interstate Bank Center in Redmond, Oregon. The excitement is palpable as the team prepares to compete in the national Arena Football One league.

Rose-Tu, the zoo’s beloved Asian elephant, is 20 months pregnant, meaning the arrival of Portland’s first gray, trunked baby in more than a decade may not be so far away. But will it be a Valentine’s baby? Maybe St. Patrick’s Day?

On Move It Monday, we will be speaking with Special Olympics Oregon on their upcoming Polar Plunge, including how some people, including AM Extra’s Travis Teich, will be taking on a “super plunge.

Emergency contraception purchases have increased since inauguration day across the country, including in Oregon.

The Oregon Department of Environmental Quality issued an air quality advisory for Eastern Lane, Eastern Linn, Eastern Marion, Northern Josephine counties, as well as La Pine due to stagnant air conditions trapping smoke and other air pollutants near the ground where people breathe.

The American Civil Liberties Union of Oregon has announced the settlement of a lawsuit alleging that agents sent by President Donald Trump in 2020 to protect a federal courthouse used excessive force against racial justice protesters.