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August 13, 2026
  • Education committee wants higher spending by $2.5B to $5B
  • Leadership fight brewing inside Oregon Education Association
  • Portland councilors back $120M for Moda Center
  • Albany parks see significant increase in illegal camps
  • Are hacks of U.S. water facilities a new front in the Iran war?
  • Curry Co sheriff engaged in deceit over donations
  • For Washington GOP, tough primary delivers alarming results
  • Gun sales surged after Oregonians passed new restrictions
  • Hermiston: $26 million plan to rid drinking water of chemicals
  • Inflation eases in July as gasoline and grocery prices fall
  • Josephine Co sheriff's office ends Flock camera contract
  • Lake O schools consider eminent domain to seize church property
  • Lawmakers decry stalled FEMA grant for Oregon coast hospital
  • Loose pygmy goats caught boarding TriMet bus in Portland
  • OHA removes state hospital superintendant after one month
  • OPB's First Look: Corporate money in Oregon politics
  • Oregon famous mall dies … despite liberal cheerleading
  • Patti Adair (CD#5) wins Libertarian endorsement
  • Portland committee approves proposal to support theater at PSU
  • Portland homeless leader leaving for non-profit job
  • Portland proposes $3.2 million in rent for Blazers
  • Portland taps nonprofit to develop properties near Moda Center
  • Portland's no-right-on-red ordinance passes unanimously
  • Seattle landlords can no longer charge junk fees — including pet rent
  • Sen. Drazan accepts Central Oregon debate invite
  • Senators urge end to online bets on wildfires
  • Tigard police arrest 14 people in organized retail crime operation
  • WA gun law to be rewritten after Seattle Center shooting?
  • Washington Park car break-ins frustrate residents
  • Wildfire-relief bill passes Congress; payments will be tax-free
  • Woodburn launches review process for data centers
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    August 12, 2026
  • Big $$ from EW union puts Kotek in a difficult spot
  • Tensions rise in Democrat party after lawmaker attack
  • Oregon among worst for education
  • Gun measures = big increase in gun sales
  • Oregon famous mall dies .. despite liberal cheerleading
  • State meditates another huge pay bump for Oregon Health Plan operators
  • Portland's War on Cars 2: The overlooked benefits of driving cars
  • $3M fed boost for public safety
  • $86M set aside for firefighting as fed $$ lags
  • Oregon climate policy, forests, farms enter legislative debate
  • Oregon Grange advocates for potlucks with homemade pie
  • Woodburn, Clackamas Co consider data center moratoriums before approached
  • $25M to help developers
  • E. Oregon ranch agrees to $6.2M settlement in contamination case
  • More birthing centers close as state shuns babies
  • Socialist City Councilors campaign with Moda Center deal front and center
  • UP moves 400K rail cars past Centennial Mills (collapse fears)
  • Oregon nurses are paid well. Their instructors are not. That's a problem
  • Oregon universities score low in global rankings
    • August 11, 2026
  • Multco chair doubles down on ex-Blazer hire for Moda deal
  • Editorial: How should Oregon pay for roads?
  • Poll vote: More outdoor restrictions?
  • After building fire, lawmaker eyes new vacancy laws
  • Lawmakers need full-time security
  • 2026 becomes worst fire year on record
  • Wildfire tax relief bill passes just before Congress recesses
  • Portland gives $20K to fight Newport ICE detention center
  • Lars Larson: Law forbids you from replacing things lost in fire
  • Emergency alerts may fill an information gap in rural Oregon, study
  • FEMA OKs aid for Oregon fires
  • Judge grants group's request for temporary Oregon Dunes protections
  • Wildfire evacuation in SE Clackamas Co.
  • 3 key Oregon business reports in July
  • Bend OKs $1M for affordable housing
  • Editorial: Portland can't let Centennial Mills' charred husk be a metaphor
  • Free blood panels offered to Oregon donors amid shortage
  • Salem updates resource list on camping notices
  • Union Pacific will resume freight rail through gutted building's collapse zone
  • University of Oregon break-ins cause $10,000 in losses