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August 27, 2026
  • Columbia River drought. Threatens salmon, power
  • Up to 20 Portland schools could close
  • Vandalism forces closure of restrooms at state parks
  • El Niño strengthens. Rain, snow impacts for NW
  • Sen. Starr on Oregon's new revenue forecast
  • MultCo audit: $1.2M real estate overpayments
  • Oregon DOJ: No investigations into ICE misconduct
  • City of North Plains navigating government crisis
  • DeSpain warns against Eugene 2% business tax
  • McKenzie Watershed Alliance says it was embezzled
  • Meet this year's candidates for Corvallis City Council
  • Oregon economy catches up with U.S. growth
  • Oregon sheriffs cut ties with Curry County Sheriff
  • Oregon sues over Trump mail voting order
  • Oregon will net $125M from Meta settlement
  • Readers respond: Inept contract planning
  • Rene Gonzalez faces foreclosure, $600k suit
  • Vancouver approves new sales tax for police
  • Wave energy site opens with no energy devices
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    August 26, 2026
  • Oregon among least hard-working states
  • Estate tax reform is back in the conversation
  • Ranked dead last for occupational licensing
  • Local measures: Climate tax, pot tax, hotel taxes
  • Drazan unveils affordability-forward plan
  • State Treasurer opposes anti-discrimination reporting change
  • Read directs county clerks to follow existing Oregon election law
  • Poll; gubernatorial election, who would you vote for?
  • AFRC supports Forest Service proposal to rescind 2001 roadless rule
  • Ex-Congressman Greg Walden considered for top Big Pharma job
  • Flags to be flown at half-staff to honor country icon Dolly Parton
  • Pumpkin Pi spices up Oregon Timber Sales, Earns $10.6 Million
  • $222k payout to Portland's top public works leader is city's latest golden parachute
  • Central Oregon farmers are watching their water disappear; one canal bone dry
  • Drazan Plan to revive downtown Portland
  • Independence closes parks, museum and library amid funding shortfall
  • Ex-SOU employee charged with embezzling $15K from institution
  • More than 9,000 Oregon children enrolled in Dolly Parton's imagination library
  • Oregon US Attorney, FBI, Portland police tout progress on drug arrests downtown
    • August 25, 2026
  • Oregon Democrats vow: Keep fighting Trump mail-vote order
  • Stakeholders ask Kotek to withdraw from dam suit
  • Wildfire ash falls on Multnomah, Clackamas
  • Sen. David Brock Smith corrects Kotek on SNAP
  • Sen. Reynolds: More cannabis regulations
  • 2 Central Oregon counties lose another health insurance
  • Lars Larson: Seeing through Rep. Perez's fraud
  • Sanctuary policies keep prisoners in local jails away from ICE
  • Supreme Court OKs Trump mail-ballot rules
  • Curry Co Sheriff permanently expelled from OSSA board
  • Gubernatorial candidates trade campaign ads 
  • Lane Co considers termination agreement with counsel with a $275K payout 
  • McKenzie Watershed Alliance investigated ($1.5M embezzlement)
  • NW Container Services to halt Portland operations
  • Blue Economy Task Force to chart the economic future of Its coast
  • Genentech plans $750K Hillsboro manufacturing expansion, adding 250 jobs
  • Metro president hires former Prosper Portland director as chief of staff
  • New data center in Hillsboro could be 200 feet away from high school
  • Salem councilors to hold public hearing on North Waterfront renewal 
  • Latest PPS enrollment forecasts indicate trouble is coming for Its upper grades
  • Cellphone, Flock cameras helped cops track mass killer to Washington city