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February 16, 2026
  • Pots of money falling from the sky
  • Petition to ban hunting gains traction
  • Swing seat contender has lived an eventful life
  • 2 Kicker bills. Local gas tax bill. More …
  • Sec-State defends practices amid nationalization concerns
  • Dems tout $25M tax cut … inside $385M tax hike bill!
  • Sen. Anderson told his attempt to tweak prevailing wage laws will not advance in Legislature
  • Oregon kids need education options too
  • 2 women accused of trafficking Haitians indicted on new healthcare fraud charges
  • Editorial: Healthier Oregon teens, is that real or merely hope?
  • Elusive, ethereal Zodiacal light a possibility above Oregon, Washington, coastlines
  • Moda Center proposal strips the pretense from Portland Clean Energy Fund spending
  • Portland weighs spending $20.7M in unspent landlord tax funds on rent help and housing
  • Planned Parenthood drops effort to add abortion as Oregon constitutional right
    • February 15, 2026
  • Bill increases gun permit waits, fees
  • Lawmakers propose a bill to limit bills — again
  • Deschutes Dems at odds over early endorsements
  • Bill voids local vote for new gas taxes
  • Fugitive politician likely planned disappearance for weeks
  • $20M recovery for crime victims, seizing homes, cars, luxury assets
  • Portland joins global protest on Iranian regime
  • HB 4059 raises concerns for endangered children, families
  • Concerns on Legislature buying the waterfall
  • Oregon looks to regulate AI chatbots
  • Asante ending decades-old contract
  • Ashland gives partial approval to North Main Street housing project
  • Editorial: How can city get public involved in Bend's complicated growth plan?
  • Forest Service hiring season workers
  • Jed Wilson takes the reins in Wilsonville PD
  • Sisters volunteers build beds for children need
  • Health Authority reminds families of vaccination deadline
  • School assistants arrested for assault on students
    • February 14, 2026
  • Bill to alter Oregon Health Plan “is dead,” sponsor says
  • Portland upholds land use violations against ICE facility, fines loom
  • Governor Poll: Top 4 match-ups
  • Commentary: A partial decoupling from federal tax law
  • Lars Larson: OR & WA failing governors
  • Kotek appoints Sarah K. Dougherty to the Klamath Co Circuit Court
  • No one in Clatsop County utilizing child care for Construction Program
  • Portland Mayor agrees Moda Center upgrades needed to lock in Trail Blazers
  • Sen. Golden withdraws bid for reelection, announces retirement at end of current term
  • Senate approves bill expanding emergency Epinephrine access in schools
  • Canine respiratory outbreak closes MultCo Animal Services paused its dog programs
  • Flu season closes more schools in Klamath Co
  • Leftist group: We wrecked every rental car on lot
  • National story featured Hillsboro's data centers out of control situation
  • Salinas, Merkley, immigrant rights advocates speak against ICE in Woodburn
  • New contract gives Springfield teachers 4% annual raise for 2 years
  • Springfield schools project $10.4M budget shortfall for next year