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October 29, 2026
  • Medicine Wheel dumping homeless in Portland? — using Medicaid funding
  • Linn, Benton counties see higher early voting
  • 2026 Campaign Mailer Awards
  • Business group pushes to open Oregon land
  • Measure #26-267's anonymous donors
  • Emergency Drop Boxes Lagged Behind Ballots
  • Fed surge: dozens of Portland indictments
  • Fiber, broadband projects on hold — Kotek data center order
  • $16M recovered in OR COVID-19 fraud crackdown
  • Bynum and Adair face off for 5th District
  • Candidates for Portland City Council District 4
  • Cazares Asked OLCC to Remove Her From Licenses
  • Concealed firearms banned from Portland buildings
  • Corvallis to vote on resizing City Council
  • Former student sues Evergreen Public Schools
  • Fudge aims to help boost student tests scores
  • Lars Larson: Hotel fire sale
  • One-on-one with Port Portland Director — Start acting like grownups
  • OPUC approves natural gas rate hike
  • OR is hundreds of millions short in Medicaid funding
  • Readers respond: Oregonians should clean house
  • Roseburg to close elementary school
  • Stroh says SROs can make schools safe
  • Umatilla declares emergency over data center moratorium
  • Washington County passes data center resolution
  • Washington Secretary of State rejects DOJ voter list
  • What Kotek, Drazan would change first if elected
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    October 28, 2026
  • Kotek's 38% puts race in play
  • Ballot rejections soared after USPS reduction
  • Lawmakers raise concerns over mail delays
  • Politicians openly run on more taxes
  • Decade after debacle, Oregon eyes its own health insurance marketplace
  • Foxnews: Drazan slams Kotek over economics
  • 'Super El Niño' impact for NW
  • Portland Chamber's lawsuit against Arts Tax
  • Fiber, broadband projects on hold after Kotek data center order
  • How many fatalities Oregon roads saw in the '100 deadliest days' of 2026
  • Oregon is the second-worst state for jobs, new report finds.
  • Oregon's most expensive legislative race, 2 newcomers battle for Senate seats
  • Rep. Bynum voted against 4 bills to protect kids
  • Beaverton eyes potential takeover of Garden Home Community Library
  • Months before indictment, Cazares asked OLCC to remove her from cannabis licenses
  • No on Measure 26-267: Portland's budget gimmick
  • Novick junks permitting fees for pinball machines and pool tables
  • PPS parents question closure plans as board leader says proposals could change
  • Tigard-Tualatin eyes school closure, attendance boundary adjustments
  • Federal crackdown on guns and drug trafficking in Oregon, 17 arrests
    • October 27, 2026
  • Kotek's comments after shooting are disqualifying
  • Ex-senator's fall becomes kindness story
  • Where does ODOT's $6.3 billion budget go?
  • Dems-GOP grieve over shooting, split on policy
  • Drazan, Kotek draw millions (no $$ limits)
  • Oregon lawmakers pledge support, resources in wake of Bend school shooting
  • Oregon: Where ‘crazy left' face a midterms disaster
  • Oregon hasn't elected a Republican governor since 1982. Is this the year the streak ends?
  • Lars Larson: Lessons from the French riots
  • Angela Plowhead wants health care fixes, not health care tax hikes
  • In apparent conflict with its mission and history, ACLU takes sides in governor's race
  • Sen. Anderson on Pacific Seafood fire
  • Home Forward: $38M budget deficit
  • Landslides on Oregon Coast close Little Elk Mountain Road for the rainy season
  • Oregon will pay PacificSource more next year to deliver Medicaid in Marion, Polk
  • Snow returns to Mount Hood and Mount Bachelor in Oregon
  • Three So. Oregon GOP State Reps not facing challengers
  • Ag at BMCC in Pendleton gets big boost from industry partnership
  • Behind Salem-Keizer's proposal to close some of its highest performing schools