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May 03, 2026
  • Oregon leaders decry federal court order limiting abortion pill access
  • Time, how to watch May 4th Oregon GOP governor candidate debate
  • Data center politics could sway some Oregon elections
  • Commentary: The hill steepens in Oregon's 5th Congressional District
  • Suspected MAC bomber threatened members for years, court records show
  • Honl addresses Javadi's defamation accusations at meet & greet
  • Oregon National Guard unit prepares for deployment to Horn of Africa
  • Oregon's job growth fastest in private education, health services
  • PacifiCorp first in Oregon to join California energy market
  • Seattle Mayor says “BYE” to millionaires leaving
  • Update: DeSpain files for another run at Oregon's 4th District seat
  • Wildfires are torching state budgets
  • Ocean cruise ships will bring 28,000 passengers this summer to Astoria
  • Officers Injured, several arrested during Portland May Day protests
  • Oregon to honor fallen officers in annual memorial ceremony in Salem
  • Redmond extends microshelter program, plans to add more
  • Tillamook Air Museum says they may get FEMA funds for storm that tore off the roof
  • Sanctuary plan for OHSU's controversial primate research center faces uphill battle
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    May 02, 2026
  • $$ crunch forces rethink on how we pay for roads
  • Kotek open to updating sanctuary laws after arrest incident
  • May Day protests around Oregon
  • Stores roll out digital pricing amid price surge
  • Petition Sign-Across-Oregon weekend May 2-3
  • AI scammers clone daughters voice to trick dad
  • What GOP gov. candidates say they would prioritize
  • AI erroneous court filings escalating
  • Lars Larson: On Portland's new road tax
  • 24 new EV charging stations planned across Oregon
  • Boycott 'Animal Farm' film. (anti-Communism turned anti-capitalist)
  • Christine Drazan is ready for a rematch
  • DOJ official: Feds will probe MultCo homeless housing criteria
  • Gas prices jump nearly 20 cents
  • Kotek orders flags at half-staff May 3, honoring fallen firefighters
  • Latest school attendance numbers — OJP’s new Attendance Tracker
  • Oregon Fire Marshal boosts wildfire response with nearly $6M in grants
  • UO lab's collaboration with nonprofit brings pesticide use in Oregon to light
  • Hiding drugs in kids toys. 8 busted in Mexico-Oregon drug ring
  • Oregon man faces lengthy prison sentence after laser targeting Fed helicopter
    • May 01, 2026
  • OEA becoming more strike-ready, anti-capitalist?
  • Police prepare ahead of May Day protests
  • Climate cash for cops moves closer to ballot
  • Willamette Week blasts Measure 120 gas tax
  • OR doc out as Surgeon General nominee
  • Wilson does not support Home Forward CEO severance
  • 3 Councilors Got Free Blazers Playoff Tickets — after meeting with owner
  • Drazan TV ad: Stopping 35 taxes
  • Economy shows resilience despite Iran war
  • FEMA denies OR disaster funds for December storm
  • Greg Smith to face first primary challenge
  • How the gas tax ended up on the ballot
  • Judge blocks new WA sheriff standards law
  • Lars Larson: The killer Kotek set free
  • Mayor Wilson on proposed cuts, budget hole
  • Multnomah County to study affordability
  • New law regulates police use of license plate reader
  • Port of Portland's mass timber campus takes shape
  • Portland street fee will hit most households
  • PPS wants state to tap education reserve fund
  • Tigard floats $150 million bond for police building
  • ‘OPB Politics Now': Oregon's GOP gubernatorial race