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September 24, 2026
  • Dept. of Ed fails to track funding success — audit
  • Portland: major expansion of corporate tax? — "CEO pay gap tax"
  • A City Campaign Finance Officer Lobbied Councilors
  • Columbia Pool demo highlights $759M parks backlog
  • Construction controversy at PPS referred to DOJ
  • First responders sound alarm over overdose calls
  • Kotek issues AI safety executive order
  • Lars Larson: Eco-buses go bust
  • Leaked audit prompts recall of PPS Board Chair
  • Media asks Merkley 4 super-fluff, biased questions
  • Open letter blasts State Hospital leadership
  • OR changes foster youth rules after losing case
  • Parents call for transparency, principal back in classroom — cocaine incident
  • Participatory budgeting on ballot in MultCo
  • Phil and Penny Knight donate $1B to U of O
  • Pittsburgh Housing Authority to Hire Home Forward CEO
  • Rep. Hoyle voted to protect fraud
  • Salem-Keizer Schools to slash $40M from budget
  • Street takeover crackdowns get boost — injuries, deaths and 12 homicides
  • Two candidates for ClackCo Sheriff
  • Weekends booming downtown but work traffic lags
  • What Divides the Portland City Council?
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    September 23, 2026
  • Sec-State refers schools to criminal investigation
  • Did the Grasshopper fire have to be so bad?
  • Get ready for Kotek's 6% utility hike
  • Knight gives another $1B (engineering school)
  • Ex-city councilor pleads guilty to strangling child
  • Changes coming to Oregon Health Plan
  • TV Interview: Sen. Brock Smith for U.S. Senate
  • Sen. Brock Smith accepts Oct. 6th TV Merkley debate
  • Grants Pass: Oregon's first DMV In-office express kiosk
  • Rep. Yunker: Crime victims funds being abused?
  • Morrow County DA to step onto the bench
  • Oregon loses skilled trade workers to neighboring states — unemployment persists
  • Rising diesel prices squeeze Oregon farmers
  • Second company is drilling for geothermal energy near Newberry Caldera
  • BLM to seed burned rangeland, target invasive grasses in southeastern Oregon
  • Portland Police chief accused of violating state law by criticizing city councilor's tweets
  • Secretary Read to hold Oregon Votes Town Hall in North Bend Sept. 24th
  • Winston mayor issues statement regarding incident at Melon Festival
  • Oregon's virtual charter schools are booming, helped by financial incentives
  • OSU Academy for Lifelong Learning offers classes on wide variety of subjects
  • Salem-Keizer Public Schools looks to $46M in budget cuts
  • Pacific Power to charge new Oregon data centers differently
    • September 22, 2026
  • How fraudsters exploit homeowners
  • Washington Co. Chair resigns
  • DeSantis coming to Oregon
  • Gov. candidates won't debate on Portland TV
  • Lars Larson: 1st Amendment temper tantrum
  • Audit: Animal services dir. ‘misled'
  • Warrant for right-wing activist (Sports Bra protest)
  • Crime Stoppers ends anonymous tip line after 43 years
  • Oregon's top federal prosecutor says he is balancing Trump's priorities with the law
  • Sports Bra protest: Fred Meyer bashed, street brawl
  • Editorial: Central Oregon getting needed children's mental health facility
  • 6 candidates for Deschutes Judge
  • 9 months, Kotek Data Center Committee = few answers
  • ICE officer acknowledges error in Oregon warrantless arrest
  • Oregon flags to fly at half-staff to honor fallen firefighter
  • Oregon, 11 other states reach settlement with Paramount, Warner Bros. over merger
  • Poll: Socialism rise occurring only in this demographic
  • Secretary Read encourages voters to verify authenticity of election mail 
  • Courtney Bangs: Astoria, look at the facts before imposing vacancy tax
  • Grants for at-risk youth available to Hermiston-area nonprofits
  • Salem joins list of cities halting data centers