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December 21, 2024
  • PGE rates +5.5%, average power bill $160
  • Officials face quandary over pro-Nazi touting worker
  • Fentanyl = over half of homeless deaths
  • Senator Bonham: Kotek's Unconstitutional Executive Order
  • $33M for 1st wildlife overpass over I-5
  • Suspicious death in La Pine area
  • Elk raised by cows accepted by local elk herd
  • Gov't $$ bill clears Congress
  • Rep. Blumenauer calls it quits after 50 years
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  • St. Helens School District reveals names on admin leave
  • Wish more Oregon murderers were treated like Luigi
  • First artificial heart valve creator at OHSU, dies
  • Mayor-elect Wilson's overnight shelter plan gets an early start
  • Portland swears in new mayor, expanded 12-member City Council
  • Reward for tips in Vancouver ballot box arson investigation now $30K
  • Camping World reaches $3.5 million settlement
  • Oregon doubles state park day-use parking fee
  • Portland City Council approves $300 million for climate projects
  • Ducks fans offered direct flight from Eugene to Rose Bowl
  • New Oregon laws going into effect on Jan. 1, 2025
    • December 20, 2024
  • New AG attempts to Trump-proof Oregon DOJ
  • Kotek wants to cut opioid settlement $$ on drug treatment
  • Josephine Co. Commissioner John West recalled
  • 2 Oregon Reps push to ban election betting
  • ODOT wont plow snow on time without 35-gas tax
  • Pacific Power rates to climb 9.8%
  • We debunk Rep. Blumenauer's full page ad
  • Jurors in Portland murder case in court for hearing on misconduct
  • Kotek signs EO requiring labor agreements in state construction
  • 3 tied for Portland City council president
  • Another school district must cut staff to balance budget
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  • Fed energy regulators to assess risks of NW Hydrogen Hub
  • Feds sues PacifiCorp over 2020 Oregon wildfire
  • Former Yoncalla water plant operator facing charges
  • Lawmakers to push for Owyhee Canyonland protection
  • ODOT wont plow snow on time without 35-gas tax
  • Oregon lags behind national average in college-going
  • Oregon population growth is slowing down
  • Portland electeds voice tentative support for homeless plan
  • Portland swears in new mayor, expanded City Council
  • Portland to open 200 new overnight, winter shelter beds
  • Reed College launches tuition-free program for some