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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
    • August 11, 2025
  • What's driving Portland's gun voilence plunge
  • How much every Metro employee got paid
  • Ethics commission pursues legislative action on meetings
  • New $10 park fee joins $20 paddle-board fee
  • CEO paid 1,300xs what workers make
  • Coast Guard assists disabled fishing vessel
  • How the ODF is using drones to battle wildfires
  • Wyden at 76: steady hand or time for change in Oregon's senate seat?
  • Tina Kotek's Energy Policy: Whichever Way the Wind Blows
  • Oregon recycling Modernization Act update
  • Bridge Pedal sets off on coast-to-coast Alzheimer's awareness ride
  • Cooling shelters opening in Southern Oregon ahead of high temperatures
  • Heat doesn't deter race fans. Power, Palou at Portland IndyCar
  • Manufactured-home park residents get some relief from 2025 rent-cap bill
  • Salem police offers alternative hiring pathway without Civil Service exam
  • See lantern return to historic Yaquina Bay Lighthouse on Oregon Coast
  • Volunteers needed to collect ash tree seed to help against pest
  • Grant funding will allow Salem to expand workforce development programming
  • OHSU invites legislators to tour Primate Center amid pressure to close
    • August 10, 2025
  • Sen. Wyden plans to re-run, Dems debate change
  • Oregon quietly ends Medicaid $$ for ex-prisoners
  • Extreme heat alert: Sun. to Tues. (103)
  • Kotek's unprocessed offenders kidnaps girl, 11
  • Intel CEO responds to criticisms
  • ICE arrests Guatemalan workers heading to harvest berries
  • Trump demands Intel CEO to resign
  • Tax subsidized data center, politicians at center of corruption case
  • West Nile virus so far confined to Malheur Coy, no positive tests in Baker Co
  • Bend taking its time on plans for massive new City Hall
  • Let Us Paddle holds float protest against boating permit law at Foster Lake
  • North Plains train derailment disrupts Garlic Festival traffic
  • PacifiCorp opens new wildfire intelligence center in Medford  
  • Portland city council's progressive caucus texted about police during hearings