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December 20, 2025
  • Oregon asks judge to stop new ICE detention center
  • Oregon has nation's #3 opt-out vaccine exemption rate
  • Report: Oregon energy vision, 'historic' growth
  • 7 scenes from Oregon flood storm
  • Oregon is a leader in suing Trump.
  • DeSpain: I'll fix Val Hoyle's big public safety mess
  • Petition against transportation law pauses gas tax, fee hikes
  • Kotek uncertain if feds will escalate farmworker housing criticism
  • Lars Larson: Boondoggle Bridge bozos offer BS
  • West Linn closes 2 elementaries
  • Bend doctors can be held liable for patient causing injury
  • MultCo doubles down on sanctuary policy, $250K immigrant aid
  • MultCo reports 372 homeless people died in 2024
  • Regulatory update: Fertilizer rule making
  • What business leaders would like to see in Kotek's chief prosperity officer
  • Oregon DEQ could fine Ash Grove Cement nearly $900,000
  • Oregon's north coast opens to commercial fishing Dec. 31
  • Housing project for Bend-La Pine Schools staff goes forward
  • Union, staff press Seaside School District on safety, working conditions
  • Man takes $50K worth of property in stolen UTV from School for the Deaf
    • December 19, 2025
  • Flooding hits Oregon
  • Lawmakers spar over winter maintenance
  • 2 charged in Oregon SNAP theft
  • 2026 Legislature flirts with 2 tax hikes
  • Katu online poll: Transgender care law
  • Molalla could become island under flood
  • 2 days with Portland behavioral health unit
  • 9th Circ. finds man Didn't Sell Machine Gun
  • Civil Rights Complaint Against Center for Black Excellence
  • Error rate so far on gas tax referendum
  • Investigation discredits Bend racial discrimination
  • MultCo Doubles Down on Sanctuary Policies
  • OHSU: Transgender Program Marches On
  • Oregon Democrat slams Trump
  • Oregon's big political stories of 2025
  • Oregon's push to improve reading scores
  • Sen. Drazan: My 2 key bills for 2026 Session
  • Turmoil, resignations at Bandon School District
  • West Linn-Wilsonville to close schools
    • December 18, 2025
  • Monique DeSpain: Val Hoyle has failed on public safety. I'll work to clean up her mess.
  • Audit: OHA bungled Measure 110
  • OR union calls for monthly Trump boycotts
  • Not everything in OR is getting pricier
  • HS Counselor faces investigations
  • How Kotek contributes to rampant welfare fraud
  • Portland forecasts another budget shortfall
  • GOP gov candidate faces ethics investigations
  • City Council Staff Seeks to Unionize
  • Developer: Portland Toxic to Real Estate Investors
  • Eugene SD prepares for $30 million in cuts
  • Feds may cut homeless grants in Portland
  • Firm That Sues Portland is Representing Councilors
  • Former Portland Police Chief leaving city
  • Lars: Want less floods? More electricity? — or more PC
  • Mental Health Talks Blow Past Deadlines
  • More than 10% of Congress won't return
  • MultCo Chair will not seek reelection
  • New bill would hike Oregon's lodging tax
  • Opera in the Park will expand in 2026
  • OR AG Rayfield holds Town Hall event
  • OR sues Trump over EV funds
  • Portland near top for Christmas celebrations
  • Rep. Elmer: On Measure 110 audit
  • Republicans silent on Greg Smith ethics
  • The Champions of a Coos Bay Shipping Port
  • Thompson Elk statue could return to Portland