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September 26, 2025
  • Josephine commissioner wins libel suit
  • Rapper tour bus catches fire in Portland, possible arson
  • Starbucks to close hundreds of stores
  • Murderer mistakenly released re-arrested
  • Kotek freezes all state travel — except her $200K Asia trip
  • Anodyne choice for Lewis & Clark mascot
  • Trump talks Portland anarchy
  • Portland sanctuary city status attracts homeless
  • 2 rallies: Support RFK Jr, Turning Point
  • Budget issues plague Portland State
  • DNA tests confirm Travis Decker's death
  • Five Advisory Bodies for Preschool for All
  • How to Permanently Rescind the Roadless Rule
  • Inside Portland's new homeless shelter
  • Lawsuit: Wyden's family kids harassed assistant — later committed suicide
  • Political campaign for Portland parks levy
  • Portland spent $46K on Europe trip — car-free cities, mega-gov't housing
  • U of O debate program faces budget cuts
  • Wyden pushes for Epstein financial files
    • September 25, 2025
  • ODOT changing DMV offices in October
  • Portland weighs even stronger sanctuary laws
  • Portland WNBA sue to block Trail Blazers sale
  • Jimmy Kimmel wasn't aired in Portland
  • Portland to cite homeless campers
  • Portland eases building regulations through '29
  • WA declines DOJ request for voter data
  • $11 Million Funding Shortfall for Shelters
  • 2 candidates to replace Tigard mayor
  • Councilors' insights from Vienna junket
  • Expanded hours at Portland day center
  • MultCo leaders give deflection center a 'B'
  • Murder suspect mistakenly set free
  • Opioid in PNW 100 times stronger than fentanyl
  • Portland weighs storefront support program
  • Readers respond: outrageous Vienna junket
  • Tension Over Portland Councilors' New Office
  • TriMet service cuts are coming
  • WA may withhold C-Tran funding
    • September 24, 2025
  • Foxnews: Portland blocks ICE access, new ‘safe space' plan
  • Oregon braces for new demands on public $$
  • Lawmakers eye $543M underhanded business tax
  • Portland mayor talks progress, challenges
  • Videos of Tri-met accident close calls
  • Interactive map shows opposition to Kotek's $4.3B road tax
  • Murder suspect mistakenly released from jail
  • Congressman Bentz: Bill to protect patient safety
  • Rep. Diehl: Investigate possible $2.3M Medicaid fraud
  • 60% find it hard to cover $400 (how they gonna pay Kotek's $300 gas tax?)
  • Arizona's Stolen Valor law puts Oregon in the spotlight on military integrity
  • C. Oregon unemployment rates still rising, amid a mix of job gains and losses
  • Oregon targets racially offensive place names in statewide overhaul
  • Pipeline fix brings gas prices down
  • St. Charles reaches contract deals with Cigna and Aetna
  • Blood, bugs at 1 of Portland mayor's new homeless shelters
  • Card skimmers found at multiple Portland-area Dollar Tree stores, police warn
  • Fiber-optic cable will bring internet to I-84 corridor between Baker City and Huntington
  • Hermiston city councilor defends Facebook posts about Charlie Kirk
  • Hoy opposes transportation package after signing city letter in support
  • Portland's homeless shelter system faces gaping $16M budget gap
  • Rioters surround Eugene ICE (video clip)