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May 05, 2026
  • Appeals judge who sided with PacifiCorp used to represent the utility
  • Tax expert: OR lawmakers should consider future without gas tax to fund roads
  • Oregon SCOTUS to decide if Meta must share data sought for self-defense claim
  • Judicial Watch lawsuit cleaning 800k names from Oregon voter rolls
  • GOP candidates face off in KOIN 6 gubernatorial debate
  • Lars Larson: Portland won't call car bomb attack “terrorism”
  • $60 Million Question: where did the Center for Black Student Excellence go?
  • 4th quarter Oregon jobs report
  • DA Vasquez: ‘We need more than just the power to seize weapons', after PAC bombing
  • Fuel surge threatens cost of aerial firefighting across OR and WA
  • Oregon data center to cut 66 jobs. Here's why
  • Oregon shows notable progress for foster kids after lawsuit exposed horrors
  • Oregon-based Lattice Semiconductor buys Georgia firm for $1.65 billion
  • No new fees without citizen input, Dallas residents say
  • Portland braces for major I-5 closure: What drivers need to know
  • Portland Startup Week kicks off, organizers eye investor audience
  • Salem saw “substantive” job growth in 2025 amid statewide downturn
  • Jefferson Co School District faces $2M in cuts
  • SOU students protest Deloitte's $20M cut recommendations
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    May 04, 2026
  • Oregon argues feds inflamed protests
  • Capitol Chronicle's Voter Guide
  • Oregon shooting could reshape social media privacy
  • Our famous Kotek gas tax poem in Voters Pamphlet
  • Justice System under pressure: shortages, backlogs
  • Common carp discovery concerns biologists
  • Sen. Wyden demands answer on data centers
  • Year's first large wildfire burns 40 acres in Deschutes
  • Spirit Air collapse sends shockwaves through Southern Oregon
  • Data center TV interview pulled
  • Oregon's wolf population increases with important caveat
  • (video) Homeless leaving their dogs tied to a sea of trash
  • Salem mayor, council races hit record $450K
  • UofO adds ‘ICE' alert to emergency notification system
    • May 03, 2026
  • Hill steepens in 5th Congressional District
  • Leaders decry court order on abortion pills
  • MAC bomber suspect threatened members for years
  • Data center politics could sway elections
  • Oregonian: No on “cursed” Measure 120
  • Honl addresses Rep. Javadi's defamation accusations
  • Time, how to watch May 4th Oregon GOP governor candidate debate
  • 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