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August 07, 2026
  • Universal health care board punts single-payer report
  • What Portland councilors say they need for Moda
  • City rejects 19 amendments to Moda
  • Fight over divisive farmworker overtime
  • Kotek TV ad demonizes ICE agents
  • Could Portland handle an urban wildfire?
  • MultCo: $101M for Moda
  • Drazan's first TV ad of general election
  • Dem lawmakers press treasurer to audit pension fund
  • Asbestos levels near Centennial Mills fire are low — collapse risk remains
  • City Council Proposes Conditions on Zenith Terminal Sale
  • Judge: $2M bond in Spokane arson
  • Lars Larson: Choking on the smoke of bad policies
  • Lawmakers propose moratorium on large data centers
  • No right-on-red proposal at Portland City Council
  • OR judge orders Pentagon to resume wind energy reviews
  • Portland scrambles to shape the Moda Center deal
  • ‘OPB Politics Now': sudden backlash to data centers
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    August 06, 2026
  • Downtown owners desperate to attract tenants
  • Blazers may face hefty relocation fee
  • Wildfire smoke drives visitors away from Gov't Camp
  • Keizer City Council finds Mayor broke city rules
  • 2x arsonist caught starting Oregon wildfires
  • Fraudulent sleep study, $2 million fake billing
  • Pearl District tests positive for asbestos after fire
  • Clackamas considers data center moratorium
  • Clash after petition to divert PCEF $$ to police rejected — legal action coming?
  • OR lawmakers call for ban on wildfire betting
  • PPS Forecasts Enrollment Decline to Hit Middle Schools
  • WA millionaire's tax will be on Nov ballot
  • Are communities prepared for the threat of wildfires?
  • Ashland voters to decide whether utility fees need voter approval
  • Blazers: responding to city's questions felt ‘like a trap'
  • City Council hosts public meeting on arena renovations
  • Data center advisory committee talks moratorium, incentives
  • Dems hoping to flip SW WA state House seats
  • Eugene Clean Energy Fund qualifies for ballot
  • OHSU Fined $1.5M for Staffing Law Violations
  • Portland civil rights leader chastises city council
  • Prosper Portland Won't Release Review of Loan Program
    • August 05, 2026
  • Firefighters pulled back after threats, harassment
  • ‘Firenado' seen during Oregon's historic wildfire
  • Portland police petition fails to qualify
  • New Fed data reveals Oregon's tax $$ sources
  • Sen. Drazan: Secure hunt-fish-farm rights in Constitution
  • Fires push ranchers to evacuate cattle
  • WA Congress race among nation's most watched
  • We should manage forests before they burn
  • Cities buck data centers, propose statewide regulations
  • Drazan pitches protecting hunting, fishing, in OR Constitution
  • Emergency order pauses insurance cancellations (wildfires)
  • Kotek sticks to anti-Trump message in first TV ad of reelection bid
  • Opinion: Renew the Josephine Co jail & detention levy without a tax increase
  • Poll: Extreme skepticism of data centers
  • Councilor Green's Backyard fire violated burn ban
  • Grasshopper Fire forces evacuations at Mt. Hood Meadows
  • Revitalizing Portland must begin with restoring public safety
  • WA fire arson arrest. Worst on record
  • Drazan's ballot measure is a stroke of genius
  • Man 'acting erratically,' firing gun near campground before being shot by Oregon troopers
  • Oregon photographer gets 40 years for child sex abuse materials of young models