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Nafisa Fai was elected to the Washington County Commission this week, becoming the commission’s first Black and Muslim member.

Victims of Oregon wildfires are getting some pro bono legal advice from members of Oregon Trial Lawyers. Chris Cauble with Cauble Selvig & Whittington is one of those providing this help. He says the need will only grow as the weather gets colder and short-term aid runs out for those displaced from their homes and whole communities.

As coronavirus cases surge across Oregon, hospitals are filling up. Hospitals in rural areas are especially at risk as revenues plunge and employees are asked to work longer, harder hours.

Gov. Kate Brown has issued a “pause” in several Oregon counties to stop the increasing coronavirus case count. The rising numbers are due in part to the colder weather and more people choosing to gather indoors with members outside their households without masks.

We thought maybe you could use a little break from all the serious news, so we’re listening back to one of our favorite interviews from the last few years. Three years ago we spoke to Jorge Filevitch, the founder of Portland’s underwater hockey team. Yes, underwater hockey. And it’s just what it sounds like: a six-on-six hockey game with a puck and a goal and little hockey sticks. Plus, masks and flippers and snorkels.

The majority of Portland voters did not vote for Mayor Ted Wheeler last week. In fact, he won the election by the smallest vote margin in a mayoral general election in more than a generation. Wheeler says the lesson he takes from the election is that people are ready for change.

Portland City Commissioner Jo Ann Hardesty was a prominent figure in the 2020 election, despite the fact she wasn’t on the ballot.

In June, we talked with two immunocompromised families who were concerned that Oregon was reopening too soon. We check back in to hear how they are doing as Oregon grapples with another wave of COVID-19.

Long-time Grant County law enforcement officer Todd McKinley just unseated incumbent Sheriff Glenn Palmer. It was McKinley’s second bid for the position.

The COVID-19 pandemic and the Black Lives Matter uprising have highlighted problems that Leslie Gregory has been working to change for a long time.