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August 04, 2026
  • 16 Democrats call for PERS audit
  • Oregon asks Supreme Ct. to block election order
  • Rose Quarter road project jumps past $3B
  • Divided Court strikes down Trump detention policy
  • Lars Larson: Media needs to call a killer a killer
  • Who has leverage? Blazers or city?
  • Portland in top 10 world's worst air quality on Monday
  • Sen. Christine Drazan's KVAL-TV interview
  • Double-digit health insurance premium hikes in 2027
  • AG again sues the Trump administration over tariffs
  • Daimler Truck to move parts distribution to new Prologis warehouse in Oregon
  • Where the smoke is coming from (photo)
  • Manufacturing gains scuttled by COVID
  • ODF raises Industrial Fire Precaution Level to 3 for Jackson, Josephine Co
  • Oregon opens applications for regional infrastructure fund
  • Report: Tariffs didn't start Oregon's economic slowdown, but they exacerbated it
  • 2 Oregon hospitals move closer to merger after state approval
  • Portland's Rose Quarter price tag jumps past $3B as funding gap balloons
  • Salem City Council unanimously approves moratorium on AI data center
  • Smoke from regional wildfires reaches Portland metro, prompting health warning
  • UO police step up speed enforcement
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    August 03, 2026
  • Oregon school consolidation plan signals changing landscape for public education
  • Wildfire updates: Round Butte, Jefferson Co, Hagen Fire evacuation levels increase
  • Fire conditions improve in Oregon, but we're still not out of the woods
  • Editorial: The Oregon Supreme Court's dodge on accountability
  • Opinion: Data center moratorium will help grow our economy, in line with our values
  • Environmental groups fail to prevent logging project near Ashland
  • These are Oregon's most deadly occupations
  • Warm Springs Reservation faces years of recovery after Bench Fire sweeps through
  • Western Oregon could see thick smoke, temperatures in the 100s
  • Eli Arnold runs for Portland City Council again
  • Fire collapses all eight stories of vacant Centennial Mills
  • Photos: Before it burned: Inside historic Centennial Mills building in Portland
  • Rebel Dems call for Rep. Bynum to resign
  • Pacific Uni to offer first 3-Year-in-person bachelor's program with 25% less credits
  • SOU Board of Trustees OKs $89.7 million budget
    • August 02, 2026
  • Oregon Climate Action Commission votes to adopt goals
  • Study: wildfire smoke is now the primary pollutant affecting pregnancy
  • Why sentencing reform for domestic violence survivors keeps falling short in Oregon
  • Bad headline for Kotek
  • FEMA backtracks, will authorize funds to fight west zone of Rowe Creek Complex
  • Federal SNAP changes set to change across S. Oregon Over next year
  • Has your well gone dry? State asks well owners to report it
  • Man accused of setting series of fires in E. Oregon as wildfire season intensifies
  • Marion Co judge accused of misconduct called to resign
  • Mount Hood fire lookout burns down in Grasshopper Fire
  • Thousands of firefighters battle growing Rowe Creek Complex in central Oregon
  • U.S. Air Force Reserve firefighting pilot provides aerial fire support in Oregon
  • Wildfire potential on North Oregon coast; be prepared
  • (video clip) Portland still a hell hole?
  • North Plains appoints short-term city manager amid staffing exodus
  • Oregon OK's takeover of Santiam Hospital by Salem Health
  • Portland may put the brakes on right-on-red turns
  • Salem company fined for polluting Pringle Creek with cherries, bleach
  • The Blue Angels return to Oregon air show for their 80th anniversary, Aug. 14-16
  • Oregon scientists search inactive underwater volcano for rear fish