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September 30, 2026
  • GOP lawmakers revisit carbon tax 7 years after walkout
  • E-bike crashes prompt lawmakers to act
  • Biosciences pushes R&D tax credit expansion
  • Power rate increase becomes issue in governor's race
  • 9 insights on Iran conflict
  • Kotek proposes major state hospital shakeup
  • Ransomware extortioner gets 2 years
  • Fix what we have: Oregonians tell ODOT to focus on roads and bridges
  • FEMA awards $43M across Northwest, including $14.6M for Oregon tsunami refuge
  • Jim Daly inspires 1st annual Oregon Pro-Life Gala
  • New CWD testing check stations statewide
  • Policies from D.C., Salem are hurting farmers
  • Rep. Yunker: Single-payer healthcare scheme hides details
  • Report: Oregon's efforts to combat youth addiction are sparse, scattered, ineffective
  • VOTE: Do debates effectively show a candidate's intentions?
  • $20,000 in Arts Learning grants
  • 2026 Oregon hazelnut initial prices drop amid market ‘chaos'
  • Pacific Power Foundation awards $20,600 to C. Oregon organizations
  • Grand Opening for New Heart of Oregon Campus Sept. 30
  • 3 men indicted in Federal bank fraud
  • Police accidentally shot Portland K-9 Kylo during attempted arrest of homicide suspect
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    September 29, 2026
  • $10M mystery check hangs over Gov's race
  • 1st Kotek-Drazan debate: Thursday, Eugene
  • ODOT 8,600 survey results
  • Rep. Court Boice reflects on DeSantis Oregon visit
  • BLM appeals judge's order to halt logging
  • Ethics investigation: MultCo's health board
  • High School condemns racist AI posts
  • Editorial: Oregon education department has not done its homework
  • Oregon AG wins court order keeping the Consumer Bureau (CFPB) funded
  • Data centers proposed on federal land in eastern Oregon, western states
  • Drazan debuts Kotek-big-question billboards
  • Ex-Multnomah DA faces retaliation lawsuit
  • MultCo: millions on empty preschool seats
  • Police step up distracted driving patrols in Central Oregon
  • Hospital: $14M for tsunami-resilient expansion
  • Oregon rent caps jump back to 10%
  • Roseburg decides not to move forward with 2 urban campgrounds
  • 5 takeaways: The cost of low enrollment in Salem-Keizer
  • Oregon's public universities, classified workers narrowly avoid strike
  • Oregon businesses reported 446 cybercrimes in 2025, $28.7M in losses
    • September 28, 2026
  • Audit: Education Dept. failed on $338M Program
  • Home Depot protest for day laborers access
  • Flock cameras face 2027 lawmakers ire
  • K-12 $$, absenteeism programs face risks
  • Astoria Measure: $3,000 empty home tax
  • 24 best large employers in 2026
  • Gov.'s executive order on natural resources
  • Deschutes Democrats should stop endorsing nonpartisan races
  • Knight's $1B gift turns Nike $$ into engineering ambition
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  • Bridge barriers save lives. Why hasn't Oregon built more?
  • Betsy Johnson endorses Max Sherman in key HD#32
  • Full page article to explain cryptic Rank Choice Voting
  • Lane Co. struggles to site its recycling facility
  • Map: How El Niño will change winter
  • Oregon Gold Star families honored with new memorial at Willamette Nat'l. Cemetery
  • Pacific Power to charge new data centers for all growing energy need costs
  • State warns Oregonians about buying low-cost health plans that cover little
  • Hagen Fire update: Fire moves to more compact organization
  • Immigration arrests rise outside Oregon big-box stores, supermarkets
  • New wildfire sparks south of The Dalles
  • Rep. Bonamici: Guardrails for AI in schools