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June 16, 2026
  • Outdoor retailer closing 60 stores including Oregon
  • Oregon chip stocks roar back
  • 2 Oregon restaurants win James Beard award
  • Paddle permit repeal turns in first signatures
  • Lars Larson: Wipe out a forest, plant solar panels, call it green?
  • Fire season arrives early
  • Oregon AG wins $4.8M COVID lawsuit
  • Oregon aviation agency faces $3M shortfall
  • Lawmakers may update misconduct report process
  • Biggest counties sounding alarm over hospital concerns
  • Bill bars ICE from detaining unaccompanied migrant kids
  • Editorial: Oregon is letting some accused defendants go
  • Drought offers test of Oregon's preparedness, climatologist says
  • Nugent tears into Oregon Hunt-Fish ban (IP 28) on Fox
  • Oregon updates waterway access permit
  • 2 major Portland Health Systems are getting new chiefs
  • Absurd anti-Musk quotes much like Portland trend
  • Crews close half of Juniper Ridge camping area
  • Hermiston School District to rejoin IMESD in 2027
  • S. Oregon University sunsets 3 academic programs
  • DAs warn mental health ruling = more jail releases
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    June 15, 2026
  • More than 1 in 250 biological girls were on Testosterone by age 17 in Oregon. 2016 to 2023
  • Joey Jones slams Oregon hunting ban petition as 'worse' than 'suicidal empathy'
  • Portland survey asks if public funds should help pay for $600M Moda renovation
  • Global engineering firm's fingerprints are all over the Ross Island Superfund plan
  • 20 years since Trojan nuclear plant demolition in Oregon
  • Oregon Restaurant-Lodging Assoc. In DC to advocate for policies impacting tourism recovery
  • Clackamas Co closes every Friday; why officials have no plans to change it
  • Editorial: Drop the sanctimony, City Council, and put a new Energy measure on the ballot
  • Highway 730/Twin Sisters Fire crosses into Oregon, now burning at 3,624 acres
  • Young firefighters learn ancient Indigenous practices to save forests from wildfire
  • 5 injured when boat catches fire on Willamette River in downtown Portland
  • Dave's Killer Bread objects to proposed school at former Bob's Red Mill store.
  • Hotter Oregon summers mean more air conditioners, all across the state
  • Oregon Lottery-funded grant helps open new Troutdale park
  • Spencer Gulch Fire prompts multiple Level 1 (BE READY) Evacuations
  • St. Helens city administrator reported dead after going missing in river
  • PPS' failed equity policy shows no evidence, no results
  • Alert Portland friends of these super-predators, petition to stop them.
    • June 14, 2026
  • This blue state (Oregon) made a decision on redistricting
  • Burn bans issued across multiple counties
  • High gas $$ hit cities, counties in unexpected ways
  • Homeowner faces challenging process of addressing homeless camp in his backyard
  • Meet the homeless-with-homes people
  • Legislative Days: Wildfires, housing, education, healthcare
  • Oregon's aging population poses challenges for economic revival
  • Opinion: anti-animal cruelty initiative sounded good until learning details
  • World Elder Abuse Awareness Day is June 15
  • Data center backlash decided an Oregon Senate race could factor big in Nov.
  • Multnomah Co. cooling centers closed (Clack-Wash open)
  • Crowd gathers at Float for Freedom event to challenge permit fees
  • Forest Fest July 18th
  • Hillsboro schools achieve herd immunity as measles cases rise
  • University of Portland lands unique role in FIFA World Cup 2026
  • Body cam video shows Oregon sheriff's DUII arrest after swerving, speeding on I-84