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October 14, 2026
  • Poll: Voters have alarming view of state
  • Sec-State: Vote early because Post Office failed test
  • Kotek, Drazan in final debate
  • Kotek blocked voters 3x last year
  • Oregon pauses data center permits until 2027
  • Rep. Hoyle graphic calls out stock trading fiasco
  • Prosper Portland Dir.: 3 no-bid contracts to friends
  • Kotek commits to healthcare reforms, citing federal changes
  • Lars Larson: About those Kotek polls …
  • Oregon may tax employers with employees on Medicaid
  • JB Pritzker Gives $100K to Kotek
  • Oregon receives $10M in home visiting services
  • Poll: Most voters are indifferent about Moda Center-Blazer deal
  • Some Deschutes Co Voters' Pamphlets missing pages
  • Businesses step up as Akawa Butte Fire grows in central Oregon
  • Columbia Co to vote on transient lodging tax in Nov. 3 election
  • Hermiston council to tackle petition ordinance again on Oct. 26
  • Oregon settles lawsuit over sexual abuse at MacLaren Youth Correctional Facility
  • Perpetually homeless since arriving here in 1993
  • Portland weighs new rules for driverless cars as Waymo plans Rose City fleet
  • Inconsistent efforts, distracted leaders keep Oregon education from improving
  • Oregon schools are struggling. Can either governor candidate turn them around?
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    October 13, 2026
  • Even Kotek's internal polls shows problems
  • Oregon retreats from landmark trans mandate
  • Deer hunter sought. Bullet pierced home, kills dad.
  • Daily Mail: Oregon shifts to 1st GOP gov. (39 years)
  • Drazan fact checks Kotek on SNAP benefit claim
  • Green candidate challenges Rep. Smith
  • Poll: Voters stand on high-stakes Blazers
  • Plowhead vs. Sen. Patterson - Senate# 10
  • Flyer touts Socialist Job Fair
  • Report: consequences of slow Oregon growth
  • Tonight: Final governor's race debate.
  • An ad targeting Sen. Susan Collins's opponent airs in the wrong Portland
  • Congresswoman Janelle Bynum says Portland City Council is ‘acting crazy'
  • In Oregon's most combative congressional race, Hoyle and DeSpain trade blows
  • Kotek reinforces Oregon sanctuary law after ICE actions in Salem
  • Oregon hazelnuts crack value-added market, surge in production
  • 300 PPS parents urge Kotek, Drazan to intervene as school district considers closures
  • Healthcare future: PU prof. joins State Board
  • OPB's First Look: Oregon's flawed school system
  • Real attendance numbers for OR college football are lower than numbers announced
    • October 12, 2026
  • Foxnews: Gov's race defies expectations
  • Famed outdoor shop owner talks struggles
  • Ethics probe of Rep. Lamar Wise
  • 17 arrested in ‘retail theft blitz'
  • 9 bad, 2 good local ballot measures
  • Battle for Senate #11
  • Munson challenges Rep. Andersen in House #19
  • Fewer workers commute from out of state, another bad sign
  • Gov. race exceeds $20M
  • Bentz partners on bill to benefit patients suffering serious mental illnesses
  • Instead of closing schools, give each a budget
  • Oregon Governor candidates to debate live on KTVZ, Tuesday 10/13 at 6 pm
  • Oregon voters feel tax fatigue (change coming?)
  • Welsh challenges Rep. Mannix in Oregon House District 21 race
  • Hillsboro Council races pit progressives against more moderate candidates
  • Oakridge residents take water, air concerns to commissioners, again 
  • Oregon pumpkin growers say mild summer brought a strong harvest
  • 'It feels like someone died:' Salem-Keizer parents grapple with school closures
  • School employee resigns after inadvertently bringing a gun