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February 01, 2025
  • Court: Anti-Erickson ad didn't break law
  • Fresh lawsuit hits homeless encampments
  • Kotek personal pressure to settle strike
  • 2025 Legislature: Cities push infrastructure $$, remove homeless
  • Rep. McLane response to new wildfire risk map
  • Trump tariffs impact on OR heating and lighting $$
  • Portland braces for snow
  • Schools assure they keep no immigration status records
  • Police chief retires, internal investigation
  • PNW AGs react after judge blocks funding freeze
  • Renters sue Portland apartment managers for $1.8M
  • St. Helens School District investigation report to be delayed for weeks
  • WOU basketball players accuse coaches of abuse
  • Portland makes list of most expensive rent prices
  • Beaverton School District facing a $30M budget shortfall
  • Critical Wildfire Map and session update
  • Long-anticipated food hall, opens in downtown Portland
  • St. Helens SD proposes salary for new superintendent
  • Large fire breaks out at old Blue Heron paper mill
  • Oregon Capitol honors state's longest-serving lawmaker
  • See which high schools made big gains in graduation rates
  • Former Ducks players competing at 2025 Senior Bowl
    • January 31, 2025
  • Bill allows retailers to card everyone
  • PDX pol skewers Bynum over Laken Riley Act vote
  • Grants Pass back in national spotlight over homelessness
  • BPA may break from PGE, Pacific Power in grid fix
  • Homelessness, affordability top concerns among Portlanders
  • St. Helens appoints 2nd acting superintendent amid sex abuse scandal
  • Bonamici, Dexter speak about federal funding freeze
  • Boshart Davis: Public Hearing on Clean Trucks Rule
  • Drazan Calls for Education Accountability Following Report
  • OR drug trafficker busted third time, running pot and shrooms
  • OR Senate considers bill to help with loans, rental housing
  • OR Treasurer urges lawmakers to approve climate positive investments
  • Oversight group reacts to PPB apology over 2022 shooting
  • Portland reaches contract agreement with its largest union
  • Portland: a year of not polluting the Willamette with sewage
  • Portlanders weigh in on PGE proposal for Forest Park
  • Spokane NGO loses federal funding, must halt resettlement
  • Study: More people spending time in downtown Portland
  • Tacoma Link Extension would add nearly 10 miles of tracks
  • The latest issue dividing WA lawmakers: Cow farts
  • WA schools discuss changing rules for trans athletes
    • January 30, 2025
  • Evictions keep rising despite new law
  • Kotek union gift contradicts her own agency
  • Labor bureau massive backlog
  • Police chief formally apologizes over mistakes
  • Rep. Diehl, Rep. Osborn: Kotek's costly mandate contradiction
  • Transgender veteran responds to Trump order
  • HB 3119 Hearing: Stops diesel truck ban
  • Report: Oregon reading proficiency among worst in US
  • 3 hour stand-off, armed man on bus
  • Citizens testify at hearing for PGE's Forest Park plan
  • Food banks create safe haven amid immigration concerns
  • Metro Council votes to expand Sherwood urban growth boundary
  • Metro Says WashCo Has $91 Million Surplus for Homeless
  • Peter Courtney, longest serving legislator, memorialized
  • Portland Wants State to Fund Homeless Pod Villages
  • Projects Meant to Benefit PPS Black Community Stalled
  • The best homeless fix yet