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September 27, 2026

Wyden: $50K Fed match to help buy a home

Drazan targets Kotek with billboards

Milwaukie moves to split with county

The forests Oregon ‘protected' are burning

Classic Oregon nature photo (homeless updated)

Cyclist surround Blazer arena to protest bailout

Oregon hospital made parents drive to Seattle with dead infant

Oregon's housing secrecy law shields how billions in tax dollars are spent

Why does Oregon have so many data centers? And why do we need more?

Column: The price of price controls in Oregon healthcare

Dems condemn Drazan's appearance with Gov. DeSantis at GOP event

Josephine Co advances bridge replacement, Transit, emergency Comm.

Rule change to ODFW's Special Hunting Tag Program

$55.5M Salem I-5 project wraps early, saving $1M amid ODOT scrutiny

AG subpoenas records on Made in Old Town

Bike protesters decry using tax dollars for $600M Moda Center upgrades

Central Oregon motorcyclists hold annual Teddy Bear Run, deliver 100s to hospitals

Milwaukie moves closer to split from county over stalled park

OSU assess social media's relationship with loneliness, depression among adults

Salem City Council to vote on dropping residential speed limits to 20 mph

Uncertainty and unknowns prevail Portland's 2nd ranked choice council election

Portland School Board takes early step toward a screen time policy

September 26, 2026

Supreme Court's siding with Trump on federal voter database won't impact Oregon

Kotek and Drazan meet onstage for the first time this year. Here's what they said

Oregon attorney general pushes for federal oversight of AI

OR students edge up in some areas, but still lag far behind a decade ago

Lars Larson: Beautiful buildings or educated children?

Central Oregon electric bills could rise again as BPA seeks rate hike

Drazan targets Kotek on Salem billboards as Democrats fire back

Is it legal to record a conversation in Oregon?

ODF drops wildfire danger level to moderate across Central Oregon

OR, WA residents have seen significant debt balloon over last decade, data shows

Oregon regulators warn about risky health insurance alternatives

Patti Adair (CD#5) talks No-Tax-on-Tips with student

First Starbucks in Oregon to unionize is being shuttered

Portland voters are frustrated. City Council is deadlocked

Wickiup Reservoir to see rapid drawdown amid drought

4,600 campus workers prepare to walk out at Oregon universities

Controversy involving North Salem football sparks statewide reaction

Bust: Enormous stash of thief tools (photo)

Former Salem teacher sentenced for abusing his infant children

September 25, 2026

Kotek, Drazan share stage (taxes, Trump)

Data centers fight in tight House race

2 officers injured in homeless camp

Cartoon: How Oregon blew $1.8B in hand-outs

'Super El Nino' impacts on Oregon this winter

Oops! Bank scammer accidently called during KGW interview

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PDX coffee company backs out free cafe in Gaza

Auditor: Concerns Over Preschool for All Contracts

Central Oregon CC faculty vote for strike

Construction firm hired for Moda Center renovation

Could lawmakers remove test parental opt outs?

Drazan lays out her 2027 vision

Lawmakers could ban Flock cameras in 2027

Newcomer nabs another Portland high-rise

OR asks SNAP households for income verification

Portland finally approves Zenith fuel terminal transfer

Portland to deprioritize policing of psychedelic mushrooms

Post-pandemic student test scores inch upward

Readers Respond to Audit of PPS $61 Million Contract

Starbucks to shutter 250 stores in North America

Wyden to use power to keep Blazers in Portland?

‘OPB Politics Now': Half of City Council on the ballot