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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
    • January 16, 2026
  • AG confirms lawmakers can't repeal gas tax
  • Homelessness jumped 35% in Oregon
  • B.C. joins OR, recriminalizes drugs
  • Bill to fix mental health workforce shortage
  • Columbia R Bridge: $140 million to businesses
  • Could USPS changes affect vote by mail?
  • Fed mental health and addiction funding restored
  • Gelser to reintroduce child abuse bill
  • New Portland council president states priorities
  • ODOT warns it could cut more than 1K jobs
  • Ore-Ida to Launch French Fry Skis
  • Oversight over state literacy grants?
  • Portland State agrees to reinstate laid off faculty
  • Portlanders: dim outlook on economic prospects
  • Prosper Portland to acquire Old Town site
  • Readers respond: forest management act
  • Springfield Public Schools: mid-year budget gap
  • UO player indicted in college betting scheme
  • USPS worker sentenced for stealing prescriptions
  • Vancouver: fed investigation over trans athletes
  • Washington may ban sales of farmed octopus
  • Wyden: bill to stop Trump name on buildings