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December 25, 2025
Portland Term of the Year: “Doom Loop”
Salem appoints murderer to safety position
Wire theft from traffic signal led to deadly crash
Canyonlands protection in limbo
Oregonian discredits birth of Jesus
— on Christmas Eve
WWeek Portlander of the Year: The Frog
FFA to lose $$ in state budget cuts
Portland city council staff unionize
2 notes sum up deep thanks for all who helped on historic gas tax petition
Cascading failures at Youth Facility
Legacy Health, union tentative agreement
— strike continues
ODHS announces SNAP deadline extension
PDX has therapy llamas and service dogs
Portland was shanghaiing capital of the world
— in the 1890s
PPS Assessment Results Show Work Remains
Questions About Old Town Shoe Startup
— loan from Prosper Portland
SnowCap food bank feeding families over holidays
Vancouver sues BNSF over boulders on sidewalk
— homeless deterrent
Whale Watch Week starts Dec. 27
December 24, 2025
S. Court bars Trump from deploying Nat-Guard to Chicago, Portland
Oregon leads fed lawsuit on transgender care for minors
Oregon ranks first in unsheltered child homelessness
Oregon braces for Christmas Eve windstorm
Congress Scorecard: How Oregon voted on SPEED Act
Board deceived by Rep. Smith's illegal pay considers rehiring him
Taxpayers Assoc. saved you $1,000 (gas tax, more)
Kotek opposes transporting radioactive waste
Business response to Gov's roadmap
Coast to receive $2M for tidal wetlands
Criticism over library patron's suspension
MultCo Chair won't re-run. Creates big showdown
ODHS Extends SNAP replacement requests after storms and outages
ODOT backtracks, admits petition has suspended gas tax
Oregon drops to 35th in competitive index
Petition puts Josephine charter under judicial scrutiny
Portland affordable housing is in financial collapse. Can it be salvaged?
Warm Springs Tribes awarded $1M for more behavioral health treatment beds
5 arrested in predator sting
December 23, 2025
City sues to halt ICE detention center
Kotek expects Legislature to revisit controversial farm stands rule
Rancher: Amazon Data Center poisoned water supply
Portland downtown has turned corner
More homeless mock free drug supply hand-outs
AG suing Trump admin over defunding consumer watchdog bureau
— 51st time this year
Kotek expands mental health services with $65M funding
Security increases for Portland Jewish events, synagogues
Data shows work zone crashes and fatalities are going up in Oregon
Mercedes agrees to pay state millions in emissions fraud settlement
Oregon counties and state strike major deal on mental health care
Report: 'cascading failures' in staffing, safety at youth correctional facility
Storm alert: Christmas Eve blackouts
Bureaucrat who helped remake Portland's government is leaving with a stark warning
AFSCME local 2734: Tillamook Co workers ratify contract with major gains
Can motorcycles drive between lanes in Oregon? What law says
Group acquires Washington Square II Retail Center in Tigard for $25M
Here's how much every Portland city employee got paid last year
Holiday snow brings relief to Central Oregon winter tourism businesses
How he stole nearly 50-bikes with ease