Shane Dixon Kavanaugh talks Portland's form of government and the latest effort to reform it.

Savannah Eadens discusses the incredible rise of catalytic converter theft, the black market behind it and much more.

<p>As the Russian invasion of Ukraine continues into a second month, Ukrainians and Ukrainian Americans in Oregon are still having trouble wrapping their minds around what they’re seeing and hearing on the news.</p><br><p>Russia and Ukraine have a long history as “brotherly nations,” explains Oregonian/OregonLive reporter Fedor Zarkhin, who speaks Russian and has spent time living and working in Ukraine. On the latest episode of Beat Check with The Oregonian, Zarkhin talks about local Ukrainians’ anxiety over their loved ones across the ocean, what they’re doing to help and to maintain awareness of the conflict, and more.</p><br><p>Read more: </p><br><p><a href="https://www.oregonlive.com/pacific-northwest-news/2022/02/heres-how-oregonians-are-helping-ukrainians-and-what-you-can-do-to-help-too.html" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">https://www.oregonlive.com/pacific-northwest-news/2022/02/heres-how-oregonians-are-helping-ukrainians-and-what-you-can-do-to-help-too.html</a></p><br><p><a href="https://nam10.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.oregonlive.com%2Fnews%2F2022%2F03%2Fnothing-more-precious-portland-area-ukrainians-grapple-with-grief-over-their-homeland.html&amp;data=04%7C01%7CTMahoney%40oregonian.com%7C2e365e66c5e74123969a08da0eb0df74%7C1fe6294574e64203848fb9b82929f9d4%7C0%7C0%7C637838450080065458%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000&amp;sdata=NFF5Ztr5sPylhrbZaqI7Q%2BY%2BA4IOfg6BgkoHe9DDzYk%3D&amp;reserved=0" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.oregonlive.com/news/2022/03/nothing-more-precious-portland-area-ukrainians-grapple-with-grief-over-their-homeland.html</a></p><br /><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for privacy and opt-out information.</p>

Checking in with Nicole Hayden on homelessness issues in Portland.

The Concordia implosion and financial issues are still a factor.

The Omicron wave is rapidly subsiding and indoor mask mandates are gone soon.

Reacting to the Normandale Park shooting, the city's overall gun violence and much more.

The Oregonian's beer guy talks about the coolest brewery -- and sneaky influential one -- that didn't get the mass love

Three Portland landmarks are close to a vital -- and long overdue -- historic recognition.

What to make of Governor Kate Brown's record setting pace of commutations and what victims and advocates say.

Did Oregon ever have a chance to land Intel's next big expansion?

The Oregonian/OregonLive's Rob Davis talks about his most recent investigation into Oregon's only saltwater lake.

Some of Oregon's longest tenured political leaders are leaving their posts.

Travis Boersma wants to revive horse racing by bringing gambling to Grants Pass, but tribal governments are fighting his plan.

A devastating fire in downtown Hillsboro showed a tight-knit community

<p>Sometimes all you need to get through a given day is an unexpected ray of light in the form of a <a href="https://www.oregonlive.com/trending/2021/12/friendly-foul-mouthed-crow-befriends-entire-oregon-elementary-school-before-state-police-are-called-in.html" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">cursing crow</a> (or raven) named Cosmo who befriended an entire Oregon elementary school.</p><br><p>On the latest episode of Beat Check with The Oregonian, we chat with Lizzy Acker, reporter for the Oregonian and OregonLive. Acker talks about how she got the story, why it resonated so much and a lot more about Cosmo than could make it into print. </p><br /><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for privacy and opt-out information.</p>

<p>This is episode four of Public Plea, a five-part series reported and produced by current and former University of Oregon journalists and professor Ed Madison.</p><br><p>We're sharing the five-part series here over the next few days. Subscribe anywhere you listen to podcasts to get the episodes in your Beat Check feed.</p><br><p>Here's the <a href="https://www.publicplea.net/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Public Plea website.</a></p><br /><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for privacy and opt-out information.</p>

<p>This is episode four of Public Plea, a five-part series reported and produced by current and former University of Oregon journalists and professor Ed Madison.</p><br><p>We're sharing the five-part series here over the next few days. Subscribe anywhere you listen to podcasts to get the episodes in your Beat Check feed.</p><br><p>Here's the <a href="https://www.publicplea.net/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Public Plea website.</a></p><br /><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for privacy and opt-out information.</p>

<p>This is episode three of Public Plea, a five-part series reported and produced by current and former University of Oregon journalists and professor Ed Madison.</p><br><p>We're sharing the five-part series here over the next few days. Subscribe anywhere you listen to podcasts to get the episodes in your Beat Check feed.</p><br><p>Here's the <a href="https://www.publicplea.net/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Public Plea website.</a></p><br /><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for privacy and opt-out information.</p>

<p>This is episode two of Public Plea, a five-part series reported and produced by current and former University of Oregon journalists and professor Ed Madison.</p><br><p>We're sharing the five-part series here over the next few days. Subscribe anywhere you listen to podcasts to get the episodes in your Beat Check feed.</p><br><p>Here's the <a href="https://www.publicplea.net/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Public Plea website.</a></p><br /><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for privacy and opt-out information.</p>

Measure 11 and Oregon juvenilles

Episode 1 of Public Plea

Dozens of restaurants opened their doors in the past two years and are still standing – creating a business and winning customers in a pandemic and thriving in some cases despite the odds. So where does a hungry person go when there are so many great o...

Winter break is just around the corner. Then it will be 2022, somehow. Portland Public School teachers have a new year’s resolution: more time to prepare lessons, grade and help students falling behind. Their bosses say – not so fast.On the latest e...

[This is a rebroadcast of an episode from March]Nora the polar bear has lived a tough life, and the fact that she’s alive — and back in Portland at the Oregon Zoo — is a miracle of sorts. Nora’s story represents so much more than the life and strugg...