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August 14, 2025
  • Oregon unemployment hits 5%
  • Burglary ring stole from 100 businesses
  • Lawsuit to protect red tree vole
  • Lars: Where new gas tax is REALLY being spent on
  • Drazan Tests Waters for 2026 Run
  • Ballot measure to privatize liquor sales
  • Investigation into County Code of Ethics
  • Oregon must count all foster abuse cases — court ordered
  • CareOregon: a Mad Scramble Among Therapists
  • Deadline for state grocery benefit $120
  • Enrollment Projections Sound Alarms
  • Interview of homeless lady during arson
  • Last gasp for Oregon EV rebates
  • Mayor Wilson gives update on homelessness
  • OHSU Researchers Union Demands Higher Pay
  • Record number of lawmakers eyeing the exits
  • Red Tape Is Strangling Outdoor Dining
  • Rockwood Benefactor Going Big on Housing
  • Scappoose school board member resigns — after student dies
  • Traffic diverter removal stopped after pushback
    • August 13, 2025
  • Farm Bureau, Cattlemen respond to Kotek veto threat
  • Oregon pays 4X more for power, as PGE gives it away?
  • Sen. Nash aims to take on Kotek over cattle bill
  • Fact check: Kotek blames $15B loss on Trump?
  • Oregon retakes no. 2 spot for US hop crop
  • Kotek: Trump budget bill will cost Oregon $15B
  • Red Mass dinner with retired immigration judge
  • State mental health system faces another court challenge
  • Editorial: New shot clock for speeding up housing in Oregon
  • The Bounty Corps
  • Could Trump federalize the Oregon National Guard to tackle crime?
  • Fed court sides with Oregon foster youth victims, expanding abuse settlement
  • ‘Crushing burdens': Wholesaler group challenges Oregon recycling law
  • Portland building value collapse becomes selling point
  • Portland industries rely heavily on foreign-born workers
  • Redmond Police Department gets new safety facility
  • Salem council, city leaders will evaluate interim city manager 
  • Oregon State Extension creates large organic agriculture team
  • PPS enrollment projections sound alarms
  • Former Intel engineer sentenced for stealing trade secrets for Microsoft
    • August 12, 2025
  • DMV makes millions selling your information
  • Oregon no longer can steal home equity with new law.
  • Oregon installs SNAP error watchdogs -- new Fed law
  • PSU study blames crime, COVID for drug death spike
  • Lars: “Tax'm Big” Tina's plans on Labor (for the state) Day Weekend
  • Court: Water rights for dam were improperly denied
  • Trump's ‘Big Beautiful Bill' slashes $15B in Oregon
  • Former lawmaker, Tracy Cramer, runs for Senate #11
  • Rally to evict ICE out of Portland, restore DEI
  • Malheur Co reduces offer for city properties
  • How private equity investments and low returns have hurt Oregon's pension fund
  • Oregon's new statewide shelter system has 4,800 beds; here's a map
  • What is a “Trump Account”, and how does it impact employers?
  • New community resource: the Central Oregon Tool Library launches Sept. 5
  • Portland attracts 35K for largest Christian revival event in decades
  • The Perseids Meteor Shower peaks this week across C. Oregon skies
  • Tribe-led partnership could bring back Chinook salmon fishing to Coquille River
  • DEQ report: wildfire smoke impact on air quality