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September 12, 2026
  • Committee flags concerns, candidates, Kotek and Drazan spar over data centers
  • Oregon remembers 9/11 — (2 photos)
  • Oregon ethics commission dismisses complaint against director
  • Oregonians show a big change in polling as November election approaches
  • Editorial: National electoral fireworks not playing out much locally
  • Sen. Brock-Smith honors 9/11 25th anniversary
  • 1 year in, new recycling system brings better recycling to 36K households
  • As neglected orchards spread, Oregon's pear industry nears a breaking point
  • Jail as a hospital: 90 percent of Deschutes Co inmates need physical, mental healthcare
  • Left and right unite as Oregonians turn against flock camera network
  • Pacific Northwest timber giant opens 145K acres to geothermal development
  • Eugene muralist honors Dolly Parton with Simpsons-style tribute in downtown display
  • Iconic incinerator smokestack in Brooks along I-5 will soon come down
  • New report finds gaps, inefficiencies in Portland's homeless services system
  • Oregon Cultural Trust awards $4.5M to support cultural organizations
  • Oregon Public Schools are getting smaller and more school closures could follow
  • St. Helens announces 4 finalists for city administrator
  • Wildland firefighter dies after being injured fighting austin fire in Oregon
  • Oregon immigration arrests nearly double in first 7 months of 2026
  • Police bust massive Oregon marijuana operation worth $20M
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    September 11, 2026
  • Kotek's data center problem
  • Lawmaker: Review anti-terror center case (free speech)
  • Socialists Reach 1,600 Donors
  • Getting out of homelessness: ‘circular process'
  • 3 ballot measures: Liquor, Business $$, Hunt-fish rights
  • Data center planned for Portland high rise
  • Abraham Lincoln statue to return to South Park Blocks
  • SE OR wild horse rescue on hold
  • (9/11) The Moses of the 102nd Floor
  • Activists push ban on dark money campaigns
  • Ben West to be Junction City manager
  • City administrator meets with Blazers owner
  • Company to pay $520K after soliciting WA businesses
  • Don't forget how Oregonians rallied after Charlie Kirk
  • Hemp industry would go up in smoke under fed ban
  • Kotek's data center stance won't slow them in E. OR
  • Lars: I-5 closure best campaign ad for Drazan ever!
  • Lawmakers approve $1.25M for ballot drop boxes
  • Lawmakers approve $123M in emergency fire funding
  • Local first responders honoring 25 years since Sept. 11
  • Merkley decries Trump's 'authoritarian state'
  • OR man who led first responders at ground zero
  • Retired firefighter: Remember 9/11 — 'We were attacked as a country'
  • Transit Justice Group OPAL Shuts Down
  • Tualatin Valley firefighters travel to NYC to mark 9/11
    • September 10, 2026
  • Ballot measure aims to ban corporate campaign $$
  • 'Hoot, Don't Shoot' campaign (barred owls)
  • Donation of the Week: $50,000 to Kotek
  • Zyn to Rep. Perez: Cease and desist
  • Kotek pushes health care behind closed doors —
  • Northern spotted owl: 'functionally extinct'
  • $2B plan to cover I-5, reconnect Albina
  • Oregonian on what the GOP convention was like
  • Portland renames Chávez Blvd for all farmworkers
  • PPS Teachers Levy Funded 55 Fewer Educators
  • Teachers unions oppose Portland school closures
  • $100k in repairs to vandalized state park bathrooms
  • 2 lawmakers move to outlaw Flock cameras
  • Angry response to Ridgefield waterfront plan
  • Grim funding outlook for public colleges and universities
  • Lincoln statue could be returning to Portland
  • Mexican national with 126 illegal guns gets hand-slap
  • Murmurs: Read Warns Voters to Drop Off Ballots
  • New fed indictment for former county commissioner
  • Officials encourage public transit use during I-5 shutdown
  • Oregon Shroom Facilitators Revolt Against Fee Hike
  • Poll: Portland residents frustrated by cost of living
  • Portland approves partnership with PSU for new theater
  • States sue over changes to Endangered Species Act