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The Billy Webb Elks Lodge on North Williams Ave is now on the National Register of Historic Places, in recognition of its historical significance for the city’s Black community. The Lodge was originally built in the early 1900s as an YWCA, then known as the “colored YWCA” and was also the headquarters of the Portland chapter of the NAACP.

Two generations of the McAllister family have attended Columbia River High School, which uses a Native American mascot. After the Washington D.C. professional football team recently agreed to scrap its racist name and mascot, the McAllisters hope that the high-profile decision could reignite a local conversation in Vancouver.

A recent analysis by reporter Karina Brown at Courthouse News Service shows that Black people are nearly twice as likely as white people to be arrested at Portland protests.

Oregon Legislators have unveiled proposals to build more shelters, protect people who live in tents, and create paths to homeownership for tribal members and people who live in manufactured homes. For years, housing issues in the state legislature were considered more of an afterthought; issues to be tackled primarily at the local level. But in more recent history, the topic has taken center stage inside the state Capitol. OPB political reporter Lauren Dake fills us in.

Oregon State University president F. King Alexander resigned Tuesday. We hear reactions from the Faculty Senate President and a reporter for the student newspaper.

The Oregon Health Authority mistakenly offered about 11,000 vaccination appointments to people ineligible until April 19. The agency plans to honor appointments made because of the error. And Oregon Secretary of State’s audit division released a report this week detailing the state’s COVID-19 response in long-term care facilities. OPB health reporter Amelia Templeton gives us the details.

Portland Mayor Ted Wheeler is pushing his fellow city council members to fund gun violence prevention efforts, including the Portland Police Bureau's new Enhanced Community Safety Team. Also, this week, a federal judge sanctioned Portland police and ordered the agency to retrain officers on their use of crowd control devices.

A fugitive on the run for more than a decade for his alleged role in a string of arsons will soon be facing trial on charges of domestic terrorism. The fires were set along the West Coast as part of an environmental activist group over 20 years ago. OPB reporter Conrad Wilson spoke with Joseph Dibee, who is under house arrest in Seattle.

Oregon lawmakers are considering a bill that would increase the tax on some alcohol producers in order to fund addiction recovery services. But, opponents of the bill worry the tax could devastate the industry. We’ll hear from Mike Marshall. He’s the co-founder and executive director of Oregon Recovers, an organization behind the bill. Christina LaRue also joins us. She’s the executive director of the Oregon Brewers Guild, an organization opposed to the proposal.

The Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde plans to open the Great Circle Recovery Opioid Treatment Program in Salem later this month.