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August 12, 2026
  • Big $$ from EW union puts Kotek in a difficult spot
  • Tensions rise in Democrat party after lawmaker attack
  • Oregon among worst states for education
  • Gun measures = big increase in firearm sales
  • Oregon famous mall dies .. despite liberal cheerleading
  • State meditates another huge pay bump for Oregon Health Plan operators
  • Portland's War on Cars 2: The overlooked benefits of driving cars
  • Oregon climate policy, forests, farms enter legislative debate
  • Oregon gets $3M federal boost for local public safety
  • Oregon Grange advocates for potlucks with homemade pie
  • Oregon has $86 million set aside for firefighting as federal reimbursements lag
  • Woodburn, Clackamas Co consider data center moratoriums before approached
  • $25M to help developers
  • E. Oregon ranch agrees to $6.2M settlement in contamination case
  • More birthing centers close as state shuns babies
  • Socialist City Councilors campaign with Moda Center deal front and center
  • Union Pacific moves 400,000 rail cars past Centennial Mills, collapse fears grow
  • Oregon nurses are paid well. Their instructors are not. That's a problem
  • Oregon universities score low in U.S. News global college rankings
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    August 11, 2026
  • Multco chair doubles down on ex-Blazer hire for Moda deal
  • Editorial: How should Oregon pay for roads?
  • Poll vote: More outdoor restrictions?
  • After building fire, lawmaker eyes new vacancy laws
  • Lawmakers need full-time security
  • 2026 becomes worst fire year on record
  • Wildfire tax relief bill passes just before Congress recesses
  • Portland gives $20K to fight Newport ICE detention center
  • Lars Larson: Law forbids you from replacing things lost in fire
  • Emergency alerts may fill an information gap in rural Oregon, study
  • FEMA OKs aid for Oregon fires
  • Judge grants group's request for temporary Oregon Dunes protections
  • Wildfire evacuation in SE Clackamas Co.
  • 3 key Oregon business reports in July
  • Bend OKs $1M for affordable housing
  • Editorial: Portland can't let Centennial Mills' charred husk be a metaphor
  • Free blood panels offered to Oregon donors amid shortage
  • Salem updates resource list on camping notices
  • Union Pacific will resume freight rail through gutted building's collapse zone
  • University of Oregon break-ins cause $10,000 in losses
    • August 10, 2026
  • Lawmakers condemn ‘violence' over state senator
  • 2.3M acres burned tops 2024 record
  • 34,000 gallon tank leaking acid near I-5
  • Jobless: From middle to near the top
  • Lars Larson: Call the Blazer bluff
  • Rural gas prices remain above nat'l average
  • Sen. Starr: Response to Sen. Sollman incident
  • How Portland's Moda deal stacks up nationally
  • OSHA work heat illness prevention and wildfire smoke requirements
  • SE Oregon reservoir reports
  • 2 Oregon political parties get disqualified
  • Antifa likes to show up at Christian events
  • Data center proposals filed days, hours before Hillsboro moratorium approved
  • Perseid Meteor Shower: Where to watch
  • Plans advance for new Christmas Valley library branch
  • Prosper Portland declines to provide reviews of loan/grants
  • ODFW hosts free youth Upland Game Bird Hunts