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January 12, 2026
  • Officer reassigned after shooting comments
  • Editorial: Lessons from transportation tax disaster
  • GOP calls out Portland leaders over ICE
  • Filing tax return by paper could delay kicker by months
  • Kotek may backfill gas tax with SAIF fund raid
  • Woman sues Kotek for $10M after wrongful imprisonment
  • Oregon among least-destination states
  • Citing need for accuracy, Lane Co drops PIT count for unhoused community
  • Marion Co addiction treatment court to shut down after funding cut
  • Oregon Army National Guard is welcomed home after nine months overseas
  • “Oregon System” sends governor back to square one
  • Port approves East Basin dock replacement
  • Oregon City creates criminal “exclusion zone”
  • Oregon prescribed burn associations say ‘fight fire with fire'
  • Police arrest 2 at Portland ICE protests Saturday
  • Stolen car crashes into another stolen car
  • Nominations open for Teacher of the Year
    • January 11, 2026
  • Police chief cries admitting DHS was right about gang
  • Tillamook GOP HQ vandalized
  • Hundreds protest in Portland, Salem
  • Motion to restrict ICE arrests made w/o warrants
  • Video. 2 sides on gas tax, Rep. Diehl, Rep. McLain
  • Oregon to purge up to 800,000 inactive voters from registration rolls
  • Oregon warns of possible measles exposure
  • Flaws in agency's request for money
  • Klamath and Lake Co officials advocate for FFA as potential cuts loom
  • OHSU stopped gender-affirming surgeries for patients under 19 last year
  • Oregon DOJ solicits tips on Portland Border Patrol shooting
  • Rep Mannix wants the public input before Cherriots board can raise taxes
  • Rep. Court Boice talks about Republican influences in the upcoming short session
  • Drone monitoring for methane not feasible, Coffin Butte Landfill says
  • Hospital visitor throws unknown 'white powder' on medic, Gresham hazmat called
  • Hundreds attend Echo vigil for 4 who died in helicopter crash
  • Mussel harvesting reopened on south Oregon Coast
  • Unseasonably warm temps in metro area, air stagnation advisory in effect
    • January 10, 2026
  • Judge blocks Trump vote-by-mail order
  • Election officials purging inactive voters
  • Kotek points at Trump after shooting
  • Rap sheet of gang suspects shot in Portland
  • Future of drug decriminalization law
  • State GOP Leaders Condemn democrats “rhetoric” following Portland ICE Shootings
  • Lawmakers react after Gov. Kotek calls for repeal of ODOT bill
  • Rep. Yunker: Sanctuary policies, DOJ failures put safety at risk
  • Ag regulatory update 1/10
  • Claire Lynn runs for House #9 (Rep. Wright's open seat)
  • Kotek extends homelessness emergency for fourth year
  • Lars Larson: Transit sinks in debt, bad ideas, failure
  • NFIB priorties for remainder of 119th Congress
  • Another union joins nurse union at Portland Providence Medical Center
  • Eastern Oregon state reps talk budget, ODOT, elections
  • Protests erupt in Portland after shooting by federal agents
  • Lakeridge High principal, 3 others kept on payroll after quitting
  • Oregon Head Start asks Kotek to step in, restore funding
  • Oregon universities eye mergers, partnerships amid low funding and test scores