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 ...

Susan Dean helps 9-year-old Quinn Katayama check out summer library books at the Cedar Mill Community Library. Through the Oregon Library Passport Program, library cardholders from throughout the ...

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 ...

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 ...

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) ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...