Dave Miller: From the Gert Boyle Studio at OPB, this is Think Out Loud. I’m Dave Miller. School districts all over Oregon are facing big budget gaps right now. A lot of programs and positions could be ...

A recent national wave of challenges to books and other materials and services in public and school libraries continues to be felt in Oregon. The state library’s Oregon Intellectual Freedom ...

OREGON (WKOW) - Starting Monday, Dec. 11, the Oregon Public Library will be closed until the new year. The next time residents check out books, it will be at a new, much bigger space a mile down the ...

PORTLAND, Ore. — Children ages 0 to 5 in Oregon are now able to receive a free book a month, thanks to a statewide expansion of Dolly Parton's Imagination Library. “We know that every child is full of ...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) – You don’t have to work a “9 to 5” to appreciate Dolly Parton. In fact, children in Oregon are about to have the county star to thank for their bedtime stories. On Wednesday, ...

PORTLAND, Oregon — The Oregon Intellectual Clearinghouse, operated by the State Library of Oregon, has tracked the number of books and materials challenged since 1987. This year, libraries and schools ...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) – Worker burnout has proven to be a growing issue post-pandemic as families struggle to make ends meet while doing more with much less. Now the State Library of Oregon has ...

Oregon lawmakers are taking steps to protect access to library materials written by diverse authors or that include themes of race, gender or sexual orientation. On Wednesday afternoon, the House ...

Gender Queer, a graphic memoir by Maia Kobabe, was the most challenged book in America in 2022, according to the American Library Association. (New Jersey Monitor) A bill to protect access to school ...