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December 21, 2025
  • Confronted by a grassroots backlash, Dems consider repealing unpopular gas tax hike
  • U.S. Rep Oregon lawmaker makes point with gory photos. Wolf delisting bill sent to Senate
  • Health issues delay investigation into Portland-area lawmaker's conduct
  • U.S. Coast Guard seeks public comment on new Interstate 5 bridge but not from everyone
  • Sec. of State completes tour of county clerks, highlighting role in elections, public records
  • Clackamas Co closing in on sale of former Oregon City courthouse site
  • Environmental group leads lawsuit to reverse IRS wind, solar rules
  • Jobs increasing, but unemployment rate also rising
  • New Oregon laws taking effect in 2026
  • New path between Bend, Sunriver without touching Hwy 97
  • Northwest just finished warmest fall on record, scientists report
  • Roadways throughout Mount Hood National Forest close after landslides
  • “Lot of money for very little return”: mental health group pans OHSU bed Ttacker
  • Cafe suffers car burglary. Fundraiser to help also hit with theft.
  • F-15s will make final taxi at Kingsley Field on Monday
  • Oregon flood waters recede Saturday after close calls Friday morning
  • Owner of unlicensed waste pit near Aurora argues it is farm use
  • PHOTOS: Loose seal found on the shoulder of Hwy 101 on the Oregon coast
  • Portland police arrest 2 during ICE protests Friday
    • December 20, 2025
  • Oregon asks judge to stop new ICE detention center
  • Oregon has nation's #3 opt-out vaccine exemption rate
  • Report: Oregon energy vision, 'historic' growth
  • 7 scenes from Oregon flood storm
  • Oregon is a leader in suing Trump.
  • DeSpain: I'll fix Val Hoyle's big public safety mess
  • Petition against transportation law pauses gas tax, fee hikes
  • Kotek uncertain if feds will escalate farmworker housing criticism
  • Lars Larson: Boondoggle Bridge bozos offer BS
  • West Linn closes 2 elementaries
  • Bend doctors can be held liable for patient causing injury
  • MultCo doubles down on sanctuary policy, $250K immigrant aid
  • MultCo reports 372 homeless people died in 2024
  • Regulatory update: Fertilizer rule making
  • What business leaders would like to see in Kotek's chief prosperity officer
  • Oregon DEQ could fine Ash Grove Cement nearly $900,000
  • Oregon's north coast opens to commercial fishing Dec. 31
  • Housing project for Bend-La Pine Schools staff goes forward
  • Union, staff press Seaside School District on safety, working conditions
  • Man takes $50K worth of property in stolen UTV from School for the Deaf
    • December 19, 2025
  • Flooding hits Oregon
  • Lawmakers spar over winter maintenance
  • 2 charged in Oregon SNAP theft
  • 2026 Legislature flirts with 2 tax hikes
  • Katu online poll: Transgender care law
  • Molalla could become island under flood
  • 2 days with Portland behavioral health unit
  • 9th Circ. finds man Didn't Sell Machine Gun
  • Civil Rights Complaint Against Center for Black Excellence
  • Error rate so far on gas tax referendum
  • Investigation discredits Bend racial discrimination
  • MultCo Doubles Down on Sanctuary Policies
  • OHSU: Transgender Program Marches On
  • Oregon Democrat slams Trump
  • Oregon's big political stories of 2025
  • Oregon's push to improve reading scores
  • Sen. Drazan: My 2 key bills for 2026 Session
  • Turmoil, resignations at Bandon School District
  • West Linn-Wilsonville to close schools