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 ...

A library book checked out 82 years ago was finally returned to a library in San Antonio, Texas in June by an Oregon resident — along with a note: "Grandma won’t be able to pay for it anymore." The ...

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 ...

Oregon's new Dolly Parton's Imagination Library program has been expanded and will now allow access to free monthly books for all children ages 0-5 in 36 counties statewide, officials announced this ...

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 ...

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PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — A preliminary assessment released August 11 details how Oregon’s Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program and Medicaid will be the programs hardest hit by the passage of H.R.1 ...

Federal funding could be cut off for some rural Oregon library services and a long-running statewide reading competition for elementary, middle and high school students, as President Donald Trump ...

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) – As school libraries across the United States face a growing push to ban books, the Oregon Association of School Libraries says it is opposed to the censorship of these bans and ...