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December 09, 2025
  • Congress #5 shifts away from 'toss-up'
  • Leaders: Economy isn't working for most
  • 20 drug-endangered children cases dropped
  • Lars Larson: Oregon floods have political lesson
  • ODOT continues hiring winter positions amid limbo
  • Student ICE protests
  • BOLI Audit: Deep mismanagement, years of delayed justice
  • Leaders pledge to make the state more business-friendly, few specifics
  • A pricey new plan aims to keep Oregon's foster kids out of hotels
  • Kotek, lawmakers call for streamlined permit, land use rules
  • More EV fast-charging stations coming to Central and Eastern Oregon
  • State fined $1.4M for patient intake delays at Oregon State Hospital
  • Surprisingly, support among unions to stop gas tax
  • Wyden: Bill to help healthcare labor shortage
  • Coffin Butte Landfill expansion opponents start Oregon LUBA appeal
  • Mayor: double city's business tax exemption
  • ODOT review blasts Umpqua Transit's management and hiring practices
  • Salvation Army packs 1,700 holiday food boxes for Portland families in need
  • Portland Public Schools' risky real estate gamble
    • December 08, 2025
  • Merkley joins Senate Fight Club
  • Ex-housing dir. slams Portland
  • Sen. Starr, Rep. Elmer Guest Editorial
  • $224 lift ticket? Ski resorts absorb insurance hikes
  • Rep. Dexter speaks at ICE facility
  • Sea lions keep eating salmon. Lawmakers want to kill more
  • Ethics to hold meeting on Rep. Smith
  • Union members support gas tax repeal
  • Oregon utility sees big downgrade
  • Fisheries try old tech to boost salmon
  • Oregon seeks a new market for state-inspected meat products
  • Oregon wins settlement on investment commissions
  • Oregon's big 65 pound drug bust from Mexico
  • Portland airport loses out to West Coast rival for prestigious international award
  • Pearl Harbor Day dinner honors Albany man, 105, one of remaining survivors
  • PPS board breakdown
  • Readers respond to Nathan Vasquez tightening drug crime rules
  • Can you solve a cryptic haiku to find the 425 glowing Santas hiding in Portland?
    • December 07, 2025
  • Flood advisory for NW Oregon
  • Whirlwind romance ends in tragedy. Then becomes Trump's target
  • Oregon says ‘Open for Business'; let's hope it's real
  • 55 lbs of meth, 10 lbs of fentanyl seized
  • Can you spot the coal-free nation on this chart? (like Oregon)
  • Multnomah says new DEI officer will be ‘fantastic fit'
  • Senator says ICE 'sic attack dogs' on Vancouver man
  • Medicaid could limit options for mental health services
  • West Coast Health alliance disagrees with CDC on newborn vaccine
  • Job listings indicate “notional” plans for ICE detention facility in Portland
  • Marion Co can continue with construction on new wastewater plant
  • No Tsunami threat to Oregon, Washington following M7 Alaska quake
  • ODOT warns more highway homeless camps over cuts (here's the truth)
  • Why Washington became more successful than Oregon (video)
  • Driver dies in North Portland car crash, 41st traffic fatality in city in 2025
  • Help available for income-qualified owners of damaged household wells
  • Nurses association welcomes mediation as Legacy Health returns to negotiation table
  • Residents worry about a lack of options for Wallace Marine Park
  • Roseburg looking for community input on Stewart Park master plan update
  • Salem City Council considers not reappointing man over past conviction
  • PPS superintendent makes recommendation on Jefferson's boundaries