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August 05, 2026
  • Firefighters pulled back after threats, harassment
  • ‘Firenado' seen during Oregon's historic wildfire
  • Portland polcie petition fails to qualify
  • New Fed data reveals Oregon's tax $$ sources
  • Sen. Drazan: Secure hunt-fish-farm rights in Constitution
  • Fires push ranchers to evacuate cattle
  • WA Congress race among nation's most watched
  • We should manage forests before they burn
  • Cities buck data centers, propose statewide regulations
  • Drazan pitches protecting hunting, fishing, in OR Constitution
  • Emergency order pauses insurance cancellations (wildfires)
  • Kotek sticks to anti-Trump message in first TV ad of reelection bid
  • Opinion: Renew the Josephine Co jail & detention levy without a tax increase
  • Poll: Extreme skepticism of data centers
  • Councilor Green's Backyard fire violated burn ban
  • Grasshopper Fire forces evacuations at Mt. Hood Meadows
  • Revitalizing Portland must begin with restoring public safety
  • WA fire arson arrest. Worst on record
  • Drazan's ballot measure is a stroke of genius
  • Man 'acting erratically,' firing gun near campground before being shot by Oregon troopers
  • Oregon photographer gets 40 years for child sex abuse materials of young models
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    August 04, 2026
  • 16 Democrats call for PERS audit
  • Oregon asks Supreme Ct. to block election order
  • Rose Quarter road project hits $3B
  • Divided Court strikes down Trump detention law
  • Lars Larson: Media needs to call a killer a killer
  • Who has leverage? Blazers or city?
  • Portland in top 10 world's worst air quality on Monday
  • Sen. Christine Drazan's KVAL-TV interview
  • Double-digit health insurance premium hikes in 2027
  • AG again sues the Trump administration over tariffs
  • Where the smoke is coming from (photo)
  • Daimler smove parts distribution to new warehouse in Oregon
  • Manufacturing gains scuttled by COVID
  • ODF raises Industrial Fire Precaution Level to 3 for Jackson, Josephine Co
  • Oregon opens applications for regional infrastructure fund
  • Report: Tariffs didn't start Oregon's economic slowdown, but they exacerbated it
  • 2 Oregon hospitals move closer to merger after state approval
  • Portland's Rose Quarter price tag jumps past $3B as funding gap balloons
  • Salem City Council unanimously approves moratorium on AI data center
  • Smoke from regional wildfires reaches Portland metro, prompting health warning
  • UO police step up speed enforcement
    • August 03, 2026
  • Oregon school consolidation plan signals changing landscape for public education
  • Wildfire updates: Round Butte, Jefferson Co, Hagen Fire evacuation levels increase
  • Fire conditions improve in Oregon, but we're still not out of the woods
  • Editorial: The Oregon Supreme Court's dodge on accountability
  • Opinion: Data center moratorium will help grow our economy, in line with our values
  • Environmental groups fail to prevent logging project near Ashland
  • These are Oregon's most deadly occupations
  • Warm Springs Reservation faces years of recovery after Bench Fire sweeps through
  • Western Oregon could see thick smoke, temperatures in the 100s
  • Eli Arnold runs for Portland City Council again
  • Fire collapses all eight stories of vacant Centennial Mills
  • Photos: Before it burned: Inside historic Centennial Mills building in Portland
  • Rebel Dems call for Rep. Bynum to resign
  • Pacific Uni to offer first 3-Year-in-person bachelor's program with 25% less credits
  • SOU Board of Trustees OKs $89.7 million budget