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August 21, 2026
  • Millions in tax refunds -- Preschool for All
  • The governor and the president
  • State law keeps homeless $$ secret
  • Compliant: Politician's Instagram video
  • Wildfires: World -24%, Oregon +88%
  • Police petition sues election
  • Portland leaders overrule report in 2020 protest cases
  • 20 Oregon colleges join new voter turnout challenge
  • 24 years and $19 million: Inside Centennial Mills saga
  • Another Oregon city ending its Flock cameras contract
  • County to Delay Tax Increase for Preschool for All
  • Drazan launches 2nd TV ad
  • Drone video shows what's left of Centennial Mills
  • Homeless shelter transitions to addiction recovery — neighbors rattled
  • Hunting fishing and farming rights could go before voters
  • Lane County's $275M boondoggle
  • New data centers are headed to Eastern Oregon
  • New video shows deadly Longview tank implosion
  • North Plains audit reveals continued accounting weaknesses
  • Portland: $800K in taxpayer dollars for vacant storefronts
  • Readers respond: we need another Mark Hatfield
  • Three things to know about the $40 trillion federal debt
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    August 20, 2026
  • Rep. Smith lost top position after ethics fine
  • Commissioner West under ethics probe
  • Portland's Union Electricians are moving to Idaho — at an Alarming Rate
  • Lawmaker proposes more cannibus restrictions
  • Residents protest Hillsboro jet hub at
  • From international supplier to ‘demolition by neglect'
  • Lawmakers silent on Rep. Smith violations
  • Ex-Home Forward leader investigated — lavish travel spending
  • Portland wasted $650k on incapable contractors
  • Activists warn of more mink raids after farm break-in
  • Bricks & Minifigs reaches settlement with Oregon family
  • Clackamas County moves toward data center moratorium
  • Corvallis City Council to talk budget gap with the public
  • Drazan TV clip: Kotek culpable for high gas $$
  • Kalshi Hires OR Lobbyists, Gives Rayfield $12,500
  • Lars: Centennial Mills explosion is Portland metaphor
  • Murmurs: Owner of La Mota Issued $7.9 Million in Liens
  • Portland spent more than $12 million on Centennial Mills
  • Public universities: steeper cuts and higher tuition?
  • Readers respond: City ignores building threats
  • Readers respond: leadership lacking on Daimler
  • Readers respond: Tax money not for whims
  • TriMet line cuts and adjustments begin Sunday — significant budget hole
  • Vancouver Public Schools accepts state financial oversight
    • August 19, 2026
  • Our weak economy, population shift
  • High earnings needed to live comfortably in WA, OR
  • Timbers owner, "Blazers can't move"
  • Rep. Boice calls for Curry Sheriff to resign
  • Power line thieves may face terrorism charges
  • Will this Kotek-Drazan time be different?
  • Wildfires: 2.63M acres, 4X annual average
  • Trump rescinding forest roadless rule. Good for Oregon
  • Earnings in Oregon boost Providence profits
  • Major developer plans giant wind, solar and storage project in Oregon
  • Oregon receives $100K highway pollinator funding
  • Report: Oregon policy among state laws slowing private equity healthcare deals
  • Citizens call for appeal of plan for private 'jet hub' at Hillsboro airport
  • Despite threat of canceled $250M grant, Warm Springs energy project progresses
  • Marion's largest union declares impasse
  • Head Start is oming to OSU-Cascades
  • New state law will bring changes to testing in Eugene, Springfield school districts
  • PSU: MultCo could lose 17K school-aged children in the next decade
  • New filings in Youth Authority sex abuse lawsuits allege long-term cover-up