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August 23, 2026
  • New Medicaid rules could hit 600K Oregonians. Many may not know it
  • Dems donation to legal fund for man accused of harassing senator
  • Search for ODOT director restarts as agency vacancies remain high
  • Korean aluminum dispute draws Wyden demand for Commerce Dpt records
  • (video clip) Patti Adair calls for pro-active wildfire fighting
  • Boeing workers vote down contract offer, prepare to strike
  • Chavez-DeRemer takes new job pushing data centers
  • Homeless confess: Too much free stuff
  • Only 14 Oregon rivers are ‘navigable': The other 100K miles are in legal limbo
  • Oregon lawmakers pushed to replace 90 derogatory place names
  • Owner of La Mota issued $7.9M in liens
  • Rep. Smith holds onto Oregon legislative influence despite ethics findings
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    August 22, 2026
  • Possible 3-way gov. race
  • Breaking salmon records: Success triggers new restrictions
  • Oregon's new Healthcare Marketplace
  • Lars Larson: This jury verdict gives me hope
  • Acting mayor's resignation in tiny North Plains
  • ODOT staff cuts
  • Kotek to back 2027 bill on data center approach
  • Rep. Bentz wildfire town halls
  • Kotek lawsuit math doesn't add up, salmon, power bills
  • Oregon lands near the bottom of new best states to live in ranking; Idaho No. 1
  • Food processor blame in nitrate pollution lawsuit
  • Idaho Power to sell its Oregon service territory for $154M to Eastern Oregon utility
  • What was lost in Central Oregon's largest-ever wildfire season
  • Wood industry's $15M from USFS
  • 2 crimes after Centennial demolition.
  • After Centennial Mills, KATU examines Prosper Portland's property portfolio
  • Chart: President match-ups, both parties
  • Corvallis armory ribbon-cutting marks $8.8M modernization effort
  • Paragliders cited, accused of harassing wildlife near Haystack Rock
  • ‘If there's a wildfire, don't fly. Drones delay Oregon wildfire response
    • 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