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November 17, 2025
  • Judge: ICE license plate checks unlawful
  • Voters petition 'No' to Oregon's gas tax hikes
  • 13 photos: Staggering turnout for stop gas tax petition!
  • Oregon's schools have woeful reading scores: What went wrong?
  • Trump emergency move to keep OR National Guard under Feds
  • Rescue crews work to recover body of Oregon hunter
  • War Dept. hints at change to troops # deployed to Portland
  • Meat cleaver found on plane at PDX
  • FAA lifts flight restrictions at major airports, including Portland
  • Fed government appeals ruling that blocked Oregon Guard at ICE facility
  • (video) Superb TV interview with Rep. Ed Diehl on gas tax, politics
  • Commissioners criticize Measure 110 deflection results
  • Editorial: TriMet should focus on crisis, not expansion
  • People work to rescue a beached humpback whale near Yachats
  • South coast organizations receive $33K in grants from Oregon Arts Commission
  • Spectrum's rising bills, failing service leave residents fed up
  • Washington Co. Chamber names new president, CEO
  • Dozen person brawl at Blazers' Moda Center (video)
    • November 16, 2025
  • Signatures being collected for gas tax vote
  • Legislators prepare for hearings on budget fallout
  • Rep. Diehl leads petition effort against $4.3B transportation bill
  • Beware when Revenue Dept. visits your farm
  • Oregon policymakers move to safeguard Planned Parenthood
  • 100 Oregon National Guard remain active as California troops leave Portland
  • 2 Mexican nationals arrested after 73lb. meth seizure near Cottage Grove
  • Former Blazers player Chris Dudley considering run for Oregon governor
  • Judge blocks new Oregon caseload requirements
  • Litigation under Oregon's packaging EPR law: What producers should know
  • MultCo Commissioners criticize deflection center's results after 1 year
  • Oregon DOC reviews sentences after Supreme Court clarification
  • Advocates file amended complaint against ICE, seek class action status
  • New pet-friendly homeless shelter opens in Hillsboro
  • OPRD Seeks Oregon Outdoor Recreation Committee Members
    • November 15, 2025
  • Will Oregon stagnate or grow with intention? Economist issues bleak forecast
  • Kotek's week of decisions
  • Portland-area petition pick-up location: 12-4 today
  • Multnomah Audit Finds Fraud in Construction Recycling
  • 18 around-the-state locations to sign Stop Gas Tax petition
  • Massive power line supposed to help residents. Now likely serve data center
  • To meet growing energy demand, Oregon is ‘nuclear curious,' mostly cautious
  • Editorial: Democrats held ‘America hostage' in shutdown
  • Editorial: Legislators must cut millions from Oregon budget
  • Drazan, a leading GOP candidate for governor, stumps in Lane County
  • More testimony sought in election case
  • Oregon AG: 669 homeowners don't owe MV Realty under legal settlement
  • Oregon insiders: Who's who in and around state government
  • Rogue Brewery abruptly shuts down — Owes $$$ in rent, taxes
  • Five vie to join Astoria City Council
  • Josephy Center gets $40,000 for tribal project
  • Portland political scream group formed (therapy)
  • Trump administration ended free tax filing program. Here are alternatives
  • Wolves killing calves in E. Oregon counties
  • Oregon Tech Foundation awards more than $1.1M in scholarships
  • Judge in Portland says she ‘won't tolerate' further statements by DA