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March 29, 2026
  • ‘No Kings' protests turn violent in Portland, rally near Mar-a-Lago takes bizarre turn
  • Oregon leaders turn out for No Kings rallies across the state
  • Gas prices slightly higher than Saturday, continue to hover just below $4 per gallon
  • Oregon now 85% in drought, Washington 65%, with hotter and drier spring forecast
  • Feds face no court-imposed limits on tear gas in Portland as ‘No Kings' protest begins
  • No Kings March: Replace billionaires with socialism
  • What would a 'yes' or 'no' vote on Oregon gas tax do?
  • State slow to tackle primacy care crisis, experts say
  • Tillamook offering scholarships to students in Umatilla, Morrow counties
  • Umatilla County Republicans to host forum ahead of primary election
  • Ashland Council bans use of Community Center and Pioneer Hall as city office space
  • Millersburg punches above its weight with new industrial growth
  • Opinion: Bend shouldn't stop on wildfire risk reduction
  • Portland e-bike rebates offer up to $2,350 for eligible residents
  • Rate hikes, lodging tax, Firewise on Joseph City Council agenda
  • Referendum seeks to repeal Sutherlin public safety ordinance
  • State environmental rights amendment listening tour launches in Ashland
    • March 28, 2026
  • Portland social media star robbed, beaten
  • Data: Oregon losing residents in prime earning years
  • Child sex abuse conviction reversed on privacy grounds 
  • 37-ft whale washes ashore
  • Kotek again leaves lawmakers out of the debate — road $$ part 2
  • Fuzzy details on Kotek's new transportation group
  • Wyden slams ‘baseless' fed abortion coverage investigation
  • Oregon Dems request feds get more public input on new logging plans
  • ICE acting director says agency is ‘not currently planning' Oregon expansion
  • Lars Larson: TSA, Iran, voter ID, more ..
  • A lawsuit challenges BLM logging project near Grants Pass over owl surveys
  • Eugene airport at risk over Rep. Hoyle's shutdown vote
  • No Kings protest. Some target shutting airport
  • Council creates downtown Medford economic improvement district
  • Developer sells lot at Bend's Juniper Ridge to Central Oregon Irrigation District
  • Hillsboro Hops aim for the forefront of professional baseball with $153 stadium
  • Photos: demolition crews take down Eugene's hospital
  • Portland on edge as 'No Kings' rallies swarm Oregon streets
  • Updates on apartment developments, Mill Creek restoration, Dome Building
  • PCC faculty union calls on Gov. Kotek to step in as strike enters third week
    • March 27, 2026
  • NY Times publishes Portland guide — "PR problem"
  • City to bail out landlords?
  • Business leaders urge Kotek to think bigger
  • Man threatens dawn prayer at Portland mosque
  • 677 of most wealthy fled the county
  • Hidden divide in homeless crisis
  • Portland sheds light on how arts tax is spent
  • Land use and water laws suppress housing and jobs
  • Merkley bill would ban sports, election gambling
  • $50 billion rural hospital fund could lead to cuts
  • 9,100 acres for new data centers
  • Drazan: Kotek must veto $311M business tax
  • Homeless shelter operator to close
  • Issues shaping crowded Deschutes Co election
  • Lars: Election date, vote-by-mail, fraud
  • More AI Hallucinations in OR Court
  • OR files complaint against Morrow Co officials
  • Persuading Gov. Kotek
  • Readers respond: PBOT should reprioritize existing $
  • State hospital whistleblower complaint
  • ‘OPB Politics Now': Vote by mail