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December 26, 2025
  • Kotek's falling legacy in 3 facts
  • 26 notable Oregonians who died in 2025
  • HHS declares public health emergency in WA — due to flooding
  • Murderer chosen for public safety board
  • New OR business rebate for electric trucks
  • NY AG Forum Shopped in Eugene
  • OR youth prison faces cascading failures
  • Police detain wayward baby sea lion
  • She has ‘the worst job in Oregon politics.'
  • Wasteful Spending by Universal Preschool
  • WWeek: Portland Stories of the Year
    • 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