Beat Check with The Oregonian – Details, episodes & analysis

Fifteen years after 7-year-old Kyron Horman vanished from Skyline Elementary School in Portland, his disappearance continues to haunt not just the Pacific Northwest, but parents everywhere. In this special episode of Beat Check, engagement editor Julie Evensen and social media producer Destiny Johnson talk to investigative reporter Noelle Crombie about recent news about the case. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A trio of journalists joined Editor Therese Bottomly on Monday’s episode of “Beat Check with The Oregonian” to talk about the 2020 street protests that started in Portland after the police killing of George Floyd. Multimedia journalist Beth Nakamura, social media producer Ryan Fernandez, and reporter Zane Sparling (who covered protests for the Portland Tribune) join the conversation. On this episode of Beat Check, we talk about: --The physical dangers journalists faced on the streets from tear gas, munitions, crowding --Direct police violence against journalists --The three chapters of the 150-plus nights of protest --The role of live streamers --The fatal shooting in downtown after a pro-Trump caravan arrived in the city Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

First-class airfare to Hawaii. Five-star hotel stays. Lots and lots of food. All of it footed — directly or indirectly — by customers of a large Portland-area utility. A recent Oregonian/OregonLive investigation found that executives with Clean Water Services, Washington County’s sewer agency, have spent years enjoying fancy business trips to Hawaii and meals on ratepayers’ dime. None of the lavish travel spending is accounted for in the agency’s annual budgets. And, despite months of probing questions and public records requests, officials have not yet disclosed the total cost of four Hawaiian trips or provided the receipts on hundreds of thousands of dollars in food spending. On the latest Beat Check, Shane Dixon Kavanaugh talks to Jamie Goldberg about her rigorous watchdog reporting led to this month’s series on Clean Water Services. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Join The Oregonian's Lizzy Acker and Destiny Johnson as they discuss your conundrums for Lizzy's advice column "Why Tho?" This week they discuss the child abuse allegations against a Utah mom, Ruby Franke, who used to run a successful YouTube family channel called "8 Passengers." For a more distilled version of this, check out Lizzy's column, which will publish at Oregonlive.com/whytho the Tuesday following the airing of this podcast! More: Read the most recent Why Tho (and columns past): https://www.oregonlive.com/whytho/ Lizzy’s advice also appears in our weekly advice newsletter. Want to get it? Subscribe now: https://link.oregonlive.com/join/6fk/signup Have a burning question for Lizzy? Send her an email at lacker@oregonian.com or tweet @lizzzyacker! You can reach producer Destiny by emailing her at djohnson@oregonian.com or tweeting her @hello_destiny! Or better yet, text Lizzy your question as a Why Tho? insider. Sign up here: https://www.oregonlive.com/advice/2022/03/read-more-why-tho.html Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The city of Portland has been grappling with homelessness for decades. Longtime residents remember then-Mayor Bud Clark’s plan to solve the problem in the 1980s. But the plight of unsheltered residents has continued and the COVID-19 pandemic exacerbated efforts to help the unhoused. Now, governments are poised to spend millions to deal with the issue that residents consistently place at high importance, over potholes and parks. The Oregonian/OregonLive’s full time beat reporter Nicole Hayden joins Editor Therese Bottomly for a conversation about the city, county and Metro efforts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Join The Oregonian's Lizzy Acker and Destiny Johnson as they discuss your conundrums for Lizzy's advice column "Why Tho?" This week they discuss whether you can do anything about someone's troublesome social media posts that are bringing down the vibe of a whole group. For a more distilled version of this, check out Lizzy's column, which will publish at Oregonlive.com/whytho the Tuesday following the airing of this podcast! More: Read the most recent Why Tho (and columns past): https://www.oregonlive.com/whytho/ Lizzy’s advice also appears in our weekly advice newsletter. Want to get it? Subscribe now: https://link.oregonlive.com/join/6fk/signup Have a burning question for Lizzy? Send her an email at lacker@oregonian.com or tweet @lizzzyacker! You can reach producer Destiny by emailing her at djohnson@oregonian.com or tweeting her @hello_destiny! Or better yet, text Lizzy your question as a Why Tho? insider. Sign up here: https://www.oregonlive.com/advice/2022/03/read-more-why-tho.html Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Intel appears to be doubling down on its key research and development sites in Oregon, with plans to spend billions of dollars to expand its computer chip factories in Washington County. Mike Rogoway, who covers the tech industry for The Oregonian/OregonLive, broke the news of Intel’s plans earlier this month. He joined business editor Elliot Njus on the Beat Check with The Oregonian podcast to talk about the Intel’s big investment in Oregon – and the challenges ahead for Intel, which happens to be the state’s biggest corporate employer. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Join The Oregonian's Lizzy Acker and Destiny Johnson as they discuss your conundrums for Lizzy's advice column "Why Tho?" This week they discuss whether you should confront your neighbor about their screaming children when you work from home. For a more distilled version of this, check out Lizzy's column, which will publish at Oregonlive.com/whytho the Tuesday following the airing of this podcast! More: Read the most recent Why Tho (and columns past): https://www.oregonlive.com/whytho/ Lizzy’s advice also appears in our weekly advice newsletter. Want to get it? Subscribe now: https://link.oregonlive.com/join/6fk/signup Have a burning question for Lizzy? Send her an email at lacker@oregonian.com or tweet @lizzzyacker! You can reach producer Destiny by emailing her at djohnson@oregonian.com or tweeting her @hello_destiny! Or better yet, text Lizzy your question as a Why Tho? insider. Sign up here: https://www.oregonlive.com/advice/2022/03/read-more-why-tho.html Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A proposed $24.6 billion merger could bring together Kroger, the parent company of Fred Meyer and QFC, and Albertsons, which has also owned Safeway since 2015. The Pacific Northwest is one of the regions where the two companies compete directly, so the combination could leave Oregonians with fewer choices for grocery shopping. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Join The Oregonian's Lizzy Acker and Destiny Johnson as they discuss your conundrums for Lizzy's advice column "Why Tho?" This week they discuss whether it's appropriate to ask someone not to hang out with someone you mutually know. For a more distilled version of this, check out Lizzy's column, which will publish at Oregonlive.com/whytho the Tuesday following the airing of this podcast! More: Read the most recent Why Tho (and columns past): https://www.oregonlive.com/whytho/ Lizzy’s advice also appears in our weekly advice newsletter. Want to get it? Subscribe now: https://link.oregonlive.com/join/6fk/signup Have a burning question for Lizzy? Send her an email at lacker@oregonian.com or tweet @lizzzyacker! You can reach producer Destiny by emailing her at djohnson@oregonian.com or tweeting her @hello_destiny! Or better yet, text Lizzy your question as a Why Tho? insider. Sign up here: https://www.oregonlive.com/advice/2022/03/read-more-why-tho.html Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices