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March 28, 2026
  • Portland social media star robbed, beaten
  • Data: Oregon losing residents in prime earning years
  • Child sex abuse conviction reversed on privacy grounds 
  • 37-ft whale washes ashore
  • Kotek again leaves lawmakers out of the debate — road $$ part 2
  • Fuzzy details on Kotek's new transportation group
  • Wyden slams ‘baseless' fed abortion coverage investigation
  • Oregon Dems request feds get more public input on new logging plans
  • ICE acting director says agency is ‘not currently planning' Oregon expansion
  • Lars Larson: TSA, Iran, voter ID, more ..
  • A lawsuit challenges BLM logging project near Grants Pass over owl surveys
  • Eugene airport at risk over Rep. Hoyle's shutdown vote
  • No Kings protest. Some target shutting airport
  • Council creates downtown Medford economic improvement district
  • Developer sells lot at Bend's Juniper Ridge to Central Oregon Irrigation District
  • Hillsboro Hops aim for the forefront of professional baseball with $153 stadium
  • Photos: demolition crews take down Eugene's hospital
  • Portland on edge as 'No Kings' rallies swarm Oregon streets
  • Updates on apartment developments, Mill Creek restoration, Dome Building
  • PCC faculty union calls on Gov. Kotek to step in as strike enters third week
    • March 27, 2026
  • NY Times publishes Portland guide — "PR problem"
  • City to bail out landlords?
  • Business leaders urge Kotek to think bigger
  • Man threatens dawn prayer at Portland mosque
  • 677 of most wealthy fled the county
  • Hidden divide in homeless crisis
  • Portland sheds light on how arts tax is spent
  • Land use and water laws suppress housing and jobs
  • Merkley bill would ban sports, election gambling
  • $50 billion rural hospital fund could lead to cuts
  • 9,100 acres for new data centers
  • Drazan: Kotek must veto $311M business tax
  • Homeless shelter operator to close
  • Issues shaping crowded Deschutes Co election
  • Lars: Election date, vote-by-mail, fraud
  • More AI Hallucinations in OR Court
  • OR files complaint against Morrow Co officials
  • Persuading Gov. Kotek
  • Readers respond: PBOT should reprioritize existing $
  • State hospital whistleblower complaint
  • ‘OPB Politics Now': Vote by mail
    • March 26, 2026
  • ICE to rent offices in PDX, Roseburg, more
  • 9th Circuit sides with Trump on Portland ICE
  • $9,200 desk as commissioner faces reelection
  • K-Falls lab charged with $46M Medicare Fraud
  • Full-page ad ($250K!) touts No Kings
  • Kotek's transport board excludes legislators
  • Portland man sues over Trump coin
  • 'No Kings' protests again this weekend
  • DAs urge Kotek to respond over State Hospital
  • Cannabis can blur, reshape your memory
  • Fallout Spreads From Rockwood Tower
  • Home Forward Officials Speak on Struggles
  • ICE use of force ban blocked on appeal
  • Netflix unveils trailer for 'Jail Blazers' doc
  • Novick Won't Send Climate Dollars to Moda Center
  • OR passes law on chatbots for kids
  • Portland: $400k to study tenant protection law
  • Readers respond: Call it 39th Avenue
  • Report: OR fails to protect residents against gambling
  • WA Gov signs law to undo estate tax increase — one year after enacted
  • WA passes bill hiding voter data from DOJ