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September 18, 2026
  • 3 more arrested in Chelan Hills wildfire
  • Ballot measure aims to ban corporate contributions
  • Slow, steady decline in jobs
  • Don't let Kotek cancel gas tax vote
  • How Oregon's close Congress seats became safe
  • McMinnville school enrollment lower than expected
  • PDX councilor stands by 'spicy' tweets about police — defies union call to resign
  • (photos) SWAT team bust mass-trash homeless den
  • Portland votes to pursue data center moratorium
  • Lake Oswego schools should collaborate with church
  • Amazon plans drone delivery as it expands in Portland
  • Bonneville Power Admin asks for 6.3% rate hike
  • Court reverses order to move transgenders from men's prisons
  • Harrington will step back from duties but won't resign
  • Hoyle, Merkley, Wyden: bill to end corporate chokehold on health care
  • Kotek unveils policy proposals for a second term
  • Petition Filed to Recall PPS Board Chair
  • Portland marks Sept. 25 as Dolly Parton Day
  • Portland Mayor says Moda Center deal is 'fragile'
  • Seattle mayor: emergency response order after shooting
  • Socialist candidates 1,600 donors entitles them to tax $$
  • USPS halts vote-by-mail changes after court ruling
  • ‘OPB Politics Now': Oregon governor's race tightens
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    September 17, 2026
  • Lawmakers: Open up affordable housing records
  • Fred Meyer accused of rotisserie chicken negligence
  • 40% students aren't paying fed loans back
  • Mayor, police chief, union blast councilor over tweets
  • Early release criminal now linked to 6th death!
  • Medicaid improper enrollment, payments
  • Ron DeSantis coming to Oregon
  • OR settles lawsuit after Christian mother denied adoption — LGBTQ+ beliefs
  • Committee tables ban on concealed guns in meetings
  • Fired OR HR official gets new state job
  • Hillsboro soldier admits to selling secrets to China
  • Mental Health Tracker Underwhelms Lawmaker
  • MultCo split over how to spend Moda funding
  • New sponsor for book festival after pro-Palestine protest
  • Officials give update on Centennial Mills fire
  • PDX is one of the best large airports in the US
  • Portlanders' Feelings of Representation Plummet
  • Property managers face rising safety fears
  • Rose Quarter project cost soars to $3.5B — funding remains uncertain
  • What Will Happen to the Closed School Buildings?
  • Which Counties Have the Most Ballot Drop Boxes?
    • September 16, 2026
  • New poll shows Drazan with lead
  • WashCo chair flips off member during public meeting
  • Old councilor's tweet: ‘pure hatred for police'
  • ‘Spoilers' happen? Oregon Gov race?
  • 4 signs Drazan is winning (new poll)
  • Kotek's Data Center Advisory panel shares few answers
  • Bridge barriers save lives. Why Oregon lacks?
  • Community invited to review SW Airport master plan
  • New report finds Oregon keeping more kids with family instead of foster care
  • Emergency board OK's wildfire funds
  • Most Oregon wildfires now 85% contained after record-breaking season
  • 9 months in, Kotek's Data Center Advisory Committee shares many questions, few answers
  • Central Oregon homelessness falls 19.1 percent. 1800 move into housing
  • DeSpain (CD#4) first TV ad, blasts Hoyle on $$
  • Knight family gives $1.1 billion to Providence St. Vincent
  • Oregon COVID fraud task force brings 12 cases, recovers $8.6M since June 2026
  • Oregon DOJ launches new online resource to help residents navigate government
  • Oregon proposes workers' comp rates for 2027
  • Look inside Central Oregon's first Amazon distribution hub
  • Saving an Oregon native: the plight of the Mazama Newt