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May 24, 2026
  • Wyden proposes tax hike on oil stock buybacks
  • Dems wrote a gas tax, watched it die, now Merkley has a fight
  • Ag update on May primary election
  • (video) Bizarre floating homeless camps
  • Army Corps watching Willamette Valley reservoirs as drought intensifies
  • Brock Smith Will Face Merkley in November
  • Banks, government offices that are closed for Memorial Day 2026
  • Intel rises, jobs may not
  • Jackson Co settles excessive force lawsuit for $1.3M
  • Oregon gas prices soar, impacting Memorial Day travel plans
  • State Fire Marshal warehouse fire threatens stockpile of wildfire equipment
  • Historic Oregon coast blimp hangar, ripped apart by storm, will not be repaired
  • Medford City Council votes on updated Main Street plans
  • Oregon Humane offers Memorial Day discount to veterans, servicemembers
  • Police shoot bear cub in Canby
  • Ross Island reveals its secrets in exclusive tour
  • Salem City Council talks banning firearms, profanity at meetings
  • Vietnam Memorial Wall to be dedicated on Memorial Day in NW Medford
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    May 23, 2026
  • What Kotek and Drazan are saying about Oregon governor's race
  • Drazan warns on IP 28 petition advancing — (Animal protein production)
  • Suicide rates for farming, fishing, forestry workers 5X the State average
  • Trump DOJ threatens Oregon after state freezes undercover plates to Fed officers
  • Lars Larson: Tone deaf Kotek ignores gas tax defeat
  • Non-transferable fury: Gas tax defeat didn't boost Diehl to primary victory
  • Rep. Elmer: On latest revenue forecast
  • As Providence leaves the insurance business, Oregonians will feel effects
  • Commentary: Retrocession of civil jurisdiction to CTUIR should be formality
  • David Brock Smith will face Democratic incumbent Merkley
  • Oregon Air National Guard will observe Memorial Day with F-15 flyovers
  • OTEC files application with state to buy Idaho Power's Oregon service territory
  • Poll: How people feel the economy
  • Bend surveillance camera contract add-on decision will now get a public view
  • Deschutes Co Commission goes Democrat first time In 3 decades
  • Portland advances $8.5 B budget With cuts to parks, public safety shelters
  • MultCo dismisses pushback over proposed ban on needle distribution near schools
  • Portland cop who hit protester in head with baton cleared by state panel
    • May 22, 2026
  • Political upset: 2 WashCo legislative races
  • Political ‘bat signal' projection wasn't allowed
  • ‘I am Hamas' professor sues
  • Let's do it again with “End Death Tax” petition
  • Kotek centers campaign on Trump — paints Drazan as loyal in ad
  • Online poll: How gas tax will effect Gov. race?
  • Dashboard reveals data from MultCo housing — concerns over transparency
  • Jewell School Dist sues over reduced timber revenue
  • Kotek, Drazan offer differing opinions on transportation $$
  • Preschool for All: 6k applications for 7,100 seats
  • 5 takeaways from Lane County primary election results
  • Ben West falls in contested Clackamas rematch
  • Central Oregon records steep decline in homeless
  • Columbia Co jail will update US Marshals policy
  • Kids under 14 will need adult supervision at pools
  • Kotek pledges $94M to house elderly
  • Longview superintendent arrested — accused of mishandling sex abuse case
  • OPB's First Look: Gubernatorial rematch
  • Portland City Council's multi-day budget fight