The Yakama Nation plans a 500-megawatt advanced rail energy storage project using gravity and rocks to generate power, ...

Lawmakers in the House State Affairs Committee introduced a resolution Thursday to remove language in the Idaho constitution that gives the state power to enforce mandatory education for children.

Portland's sewer system combines sewage and runoff into the same pipes. Sometimes heavy rains cause those pipes to overflow. But a sewer overhaul 14 years ago has drastically reduced this pollution.

The Theodore Roosevelt Federal Building, which houses the headquarters of the Office of Personnel Management, is shown on June 5, 2015, in Washington, D.C. Federal employee unions and attorneys ...

Every two years, Americans get a snapshot of the health of the country’s schools. Education advocates hoped the 2024 scores would show a promising rebound from the COVID-19 pandemic. But the ...

Howard Lutnick, a billionaire Wall Street CEO whom President Trump' has tapped to lead the Commerce Department, appears before the Senate Commerce Committee for his confirmation hearing.

Water flows from a tap in this file photo. Three Southwest Washington cities are considering new restrictions on fluoride in drinking water. Rebecca Roberts Galloway / OPB Longview, Camas and Battle ...

Toni Powell had a tumultuous life in Los Angeles, surviving foster care, domestic violence and addiction. So, in 2020, after her mother died of cancer, she decided to move away. She had seen ...

What is it like to work at OPB? OPB employees are smart, dedicated, innovative and hard-working, and often have a playful side. We win awards, we blaze new trails in the media landscape and we ...

Hassett didn’t find much in the ash at his family’s Pacific Palisades house, uncovering only some pottery and assorted kitchenware. “It’s nice to find those little things that, you know ...