Cleaner, smarter public buildings are becoming a priority, and residents are backing them.

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 ...

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 ...

A Bend, Oregon, library was in for a surprise recently after a book checked out nearly 45 years ago was returned with a note and a check to help cover the overdue fines. The Deschutes Public Library ...

Uriel Arroyo, 8, reads in the children's area of the Cornelius Library. Through a new initiative, libraries throughout Oregon will open membership to out-of-towners. (Ben Brink/Forest Grove Leader) ...

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 ...

Even Google gets fooled by this one. Type "Oregon State Library" into the Internet search engine and the university one at Corvallis tops the list. The real state library, the one in Salem, is so ...