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March 19, 2026
  • Gas tax group sues over voter pamphlet
  • Audit skewers Portland Arts Tax
  • Small businesses call for safety after violence
  • Lars Larson: On Joe Kent controversy
  • Farmworker union disavows Cesar Chavez
  • OR schools to drop Cesar Chavez name?
  • Trump homeless policy agrees with Portland — more than expected
  • PPS cutting school days to trim budget
  • Ambitious Astoria shipyard project faces lawsuits
  • Apartment complex sues city over shelter — Pearl District
  • Coos Bay hospital gets lifeline from lawmakers
  • Freedom Fdn appeals union anti-Impersonation law
  • Homeless man attacks reporter's car (video)
  • I-5 Bridge Project Skyrocketing Price Tag
  • Lakeview Town Council approves annexation — 3 members resign
  • Murmurs: Who Pays for Sunstone Billboards?
  • OPB's First Look: A troubled bridge over water
  • Oregon State Hospital to Face New Inquiry
  • Portland to rename Cesar Chavez Blvd?
  • Public comment on BLM plan to increase logging
  • Public Officials Ignored Red Flags at Shoe Campus — until it went belly-up
  • Supreme Court Justice speaks to Portland HS
  • University of Oregon approves tuition hikes
  • Washington County foreclosure settlement
  • Which schools will PPS close?
    • March 18, 2026
  • Trump advisor visits Portland to talk homeless $$
  • Multnomah has $4B but not a nickel to spend
  • DEQ in big legal battle
  • Canada poaches 400 health workers, many from Oregon
  • Poll results: Top 5 best elected officials
  • Hillsboro needs more economic development.. For Who?
  • WA/OR scale back $14B I-5 bridge ambitions
  • Help under the bridge for the homeless
  • Oregon AG launches tariff lawsuit
  • Bill extends tax relief to Oregon forests afflicted by pests or disease
  • Gas prices jumped 25 cents in 1 week.
  • Lane Co commissioners will join BLM effort to map out O&C land use
  • Rep. Hoyle votes against DHS funding during terror threat
  • Star college QB lobbies Kotek to support mental health services, reveals own struggles
  • Sweet Home charter amendments referred to voters
  • Wyden on new Federal surveillance bill
  • Brush fire causes La Pine evacuations
  • PDX leaders lay out plans for where to make cuts to homeless services
  • Rising gas prices squeeze small biz, force tough choices
    • March 17, 2026
  • WWII veteran and Ex-Senate Pres., dies at 101
  • Oregon paying some of nation's highest gas prices
  • County chair dinged for text message
  • Salem divided: Facilitate ICE prison transfers?
  • Cascade: Metro's $50M, 40 yrs, turning superfund site to a park
  • Bill passes: Schools must train for cardiac events
  • Oregon's sobering DUII crash stats
  • Lars Larson: The hole in the TSA airport, DHS shutdown
  • New HR head hired after controversial exit
  • Oregon ERs see spike in burn injuries tied to smoking drugs, study finds
  • Rabies-infected bat identified in Jackson Co
  • Reminder, Oregon sick time covers blood donations
  • Sen. Brock Smith: My legislation
  • Dozens of ‘No Kings' protests planned across Portland
  • Oregon City's flag flies nowhere. A redesign aims to change that
  • TVF&R to rebuild King City station, relocate Aloha station
  • EOU state leader in preparing teachers to teach reading
  • OSU hikes tuition over 6% for new students amid budget gap
  • Caucus mourns passing of former Senate President Gene Derfler