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January 19, 2026
  • Oregon's unemployment crisis deepens: state ranks among nation's worst
  • Will consumers pay for Oregon's climate ambitions, data center boom
  • As Google's water demands grow, The Dalles aims to pull more from Mount Hood forest
  • Oregon lawmakers propose to regulate AI chatbots to protect kids' mental health
  • Oregon's bridges stand, but the funding beneath them is cracking
  • Readers respond: Let voters decide on transportation bill
    • January 18, 2026
  • Lawmakers back at square one on transportation plan
  • Far fewer buy Obamacare coverage (premiums spike)
  • 'Losing a farm a day' Oregon rural meltdown
  • Lars: Oregon broke the law with $$ for strikers
  • $1M to man wrongfully convicted of murdering 3
  • Bill requires home insurers to consider wildfires
  • School $$ formula has lawmakers at odds
  • Portland's James Beard Market delayed
  • $197M for rural health as state faces billions in cuts
  • How much fed $$ for Pacific NW childcare?
  • Irrigators seek to simplify Oregon's ‘color of water' oversight
  • Sandy/Estacada state rep prioritizes' bills in first session
  • Warm winter brings concerns for Oregon's wildfire season, fruit crops
  • Bynum, Wyden hold town hall on Trump, Gaza, Congress
  • Depoe Bay Bridge gets $10.9M improvement
  • Hermiston, Umatilla team up to assess community internet needs
  • Several Baker Co municipalities delinquent on filing financial reports
  • What an awful welcome sign …
  • Former Banks High School teacher guilty in sex abuse case
  • How many books are Bend students reading?
    • January 17, 2026
  • Hit with criticism, AG stands by ballot
  • Ashland has too many city-owned buildings
  • Tense ICE encounter caught on video
  • WS Journal article roasts Portland
  • Bend to stop ICE on city property
  • Coast Guard OKs new I-5 bridge without movable span
  • Analysis shows Oregon bridges are mostly in fair condition
  • Woman shot by FED appears in court by video
  • ODOT warns of cuts … but is that whole story?
  • Oregon's new Chief Privacy Officer and A.I. Strategist
  • Legislative Ag update
  • Oregon sues nonprofit it once trusted to care for kids placed in foster care
  • Remembering Stan Baumhofer, citizen extraordinaire
  • Jackson Co D.A. finds no evidence of illegal conduct at Talent library
  • Portland City Council's reluctant new president charts his path forward
  • Salem committee moves idea for $400K fund for ICE-impacted families