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May 20, 2026
  • Drazan wins primary for governor
  • Labor unions sided with far-left candidates, and lost
  • Updates on election returns
  • 7 big wins on election night
  • Gas Tax goes down in flames! (82% reject)
  • Big night for Deschutes County Democrats
  • Embattled Multnomah Judge to Lose Seat
  • Progressives take lead in most Salem races
  • González leading in Metro Council president race
  • Portland voters reject $$ for police, OK historical society, fire $$
  • Housing Bureau ‘routinely' excluded $$ from city budget
  • AG sues Ed Dept over student loan access
  • Key County Commissioner results
  • State and Local ballot measure results
  • Columbia County Jail settles over violating Oregon sanctuary law
  • Deschutes committee makes recommendation for new landfill site  
  • Hundreds of NW areas at higher wildfire risk than previously thought
  • Initial Oregon coast fall Chinook, wild Coho season proposals out for comment
  • Malheur Co earns 'A' rating for biofuel development near Nyssa
  • Oregon Global Trade Desk opens to guide small businesses through international trade
  • Wildfire is driving visitors away from public lands
  • Murmurs: PCC spent $260K on unemployment benefits during strike
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    May 19, 2026
  • Oregon GOP governor's race preview
  • Judge on leave amid vulgarity
  • Movie: Man died taking (protecting) St. Helens photos
  • My past 2 referendums prove politicians lie (No on 120)
  • DMV reviews undercover license plates for fed agents (legal threat)
  • KGW-TV: Dudley, Diehl make final push
  • Mayor: Troutdale may 'run out money'
  • No Hawaii trip this year for housing authority staff
  • 9 years of non-stop gas tax hikes (No on 120)
  • Rep. Bentz: Forest biomass, farm protections as rural lifeline
  • David Brock Smith: Our red tape is blue tape … much worse
  • 7 seek Republican nomination in Oregon US Senate primary
  • Counties brace for last-minute primary election ballot rush
  • Kotek, 9 Democrats vie for party nomination
  • Oregon gas prices rise to $5.27 a gallon
  • 5 Multnomah Co. employees made more than $300,000 in 2025
  • Oregon's only burn center to open upgraded facility
  • Portland: Final vote on $500M debt for water plant
  • Oregon wine was the choice of King Charles, Trump
    • May 18, 2026
  • Poll: Complicated view of homeless
  • Portland may cut police again?
  • KATU gets a firsthand look at ballot box security
  • Oregon ruling changes what HR has to prove in harassment cases
  • Kotek found $248 million under ODOT couch
  • Drag venue's historic plaque vandalized
  • Online poll: Retirement age for Congress?
  • Ice cream recalled for metal (Oregon, 16 states)
  • Election day is tomorrow. Turn in ballots before the deadline
  • OR law allows it to block healthcare deals. State hasn't done so once in 5 years
  • The Defeat of M120 is a win for the Oregon System
  • Federal grant strengthens Douglas County home repair program
  • Foster care abuse numbers down in Jackson Co
  • Oregon counties: 19% turnout, Multnomah dead last
  • WorkSource Oregon launches mobile service centers
  • Firefighters battle growing wildfire in Klamath National Forest
  • Portland voters have nuanced views of homelessness, new poll finds
  • Rally opposes plan to shift Safe Rest Village to recovery-only model
  • Thousands of gallons of milk into a creek that flows into the Upper McKenzie River
  • One teacher's struggle to help her son led her to take on Oregon's reading crisis.
  • State: some Springfield elementary materials not meeting standards