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Oregon News

Record Oregon wildfire season keeps NWS meteorologists extremely busy

Hundreds of noncitizens were registered to vote in Oregon through state error

Next chapter in child welfare civil lawsuit begins; now real work starts to improve children’s lives in Oregon

More than a dozen cities will ask their voters if they want to ban psilocybin

Are Oregon Drivers Really the Second-Worst in the Country?

Wildfire News

Oregon backpackers escape multiple wildfires in Three Sisters

Five large fires burning in Eastern Oregon

Fires diminish activity in Douglas County

Lake County fires burning across 40,000 acres

Oregon Political & Election News

‘OPB Politics Now’: Why Greg Walden is so important to Republican campaigns

Democracy Day: Oregon has often led the way

Oregon AG candidate led nonprofit faulted for helping African police snatch children from families

Oregon election officials say data entry error added 306 noncitizens to voter rolls, two voted

Why the Oregon Rebate Applies to Everybody, Not Just People in Poverty

Republican prosecutor, former Democratic House speaker vying for Oregon attorney general clash over role

These 5 ballot measures will be decided in November 

Voter guide: General election for US House District 4 

Metropolitan Portland News

Indigenous nations hold ceremony in Portland to breathe healing into Willamette River

We Asked County Candidates to Stake Out a Position on Forcibly Committing People to the State Hospital

Battle looms over using farmland for Oregon semiconductor research center

Salem Area

Legislative races in Marion, Polk counties

Southern Oregon

Health of Ashland restaurants mixed amid a series of recent closures

Candidates for local office around Douglas County

Grants Pass School Board member pressured superintendent to pull books from library

Director of 2 Josephine County departments has kept his jobs working for 2 state legislators

New deflection program will start small, prioritize people on the Greenway

Fire ban lifted at Crater Lake

Business News

OHA to Crack Down on Insurers That Don’t Offer Gender-Affirming Care

Some of Oregon’s Largest Health Insurers Didn’t Keep Their Promise to Pursue Lower Costs

Public Safety

Study finds  prevalence of firearms is driving soaring gun deaths in U.S. – not mental illness 

Natural Resource News

Groundwater rights in Oregon just got even more valuable. Here’s why

Oregon regulators approve controversial groundwater restrictions

How tree planting works in the climate change fight

Transportation News

Health News

Trump trips on health care over abortion, ObamaCare

Education News

Fearing the worst, schools deploy armed police to thwart gun violence

A tale of two school shooting threats — Linn County on edge

Energy & Climate Change

Despite revisions, Oregon’s climate proposal disappoints farm groups

International News

As medical strike drags on in South Korea, patients are on edge

Torrential rains trigger mass evacuations as rivers surge in Central Europe

Taliban begins enforcing new draconian laws, and Afghan women despair

Houthis launch long-range missile attack against Israel

National News

Biden administration is taking steps to eliminate protections for gray wolves

Federal Regulators Sue Robert Pamplin Jr. Over Massive Pension Fund Abuses

America’s institutions retreat from activism
National Political & Election News

Trump is safe after shots fired in apparent ‘attempted assassination’ in Florida

Secret Service agents opened fire after seeing a person with a firearm near Trump’s Florida golf club.

The GOP is making false claims about noncitizens voting. It’s affecting real voters

Harris says ‘violence has no place in America’

Vance doesn’t back away from false claims about migrants in Ohio even amid threats to the community

Establishment Republicans are backing Harris for president. Will it matter?

Trump seeks to rally support after possible second assassination attempt

Trump Posts Disdain for Taylor Swift, Vance Defends Pet-Eating Claims

FBI investigates second Trump assassination attempt: Five things to know 

Conservatives are warning about noncitizens voting. It’s a myth with a long history

Vance defends spreading claims that Haitian migrants are eating pets

FACT FOCUS: A look at false and misleading claims made during Trump and Harris’ debate

Harris pulls closer to Trump in Iowa: Poll 

Trump posts ‘I hate Taylor Swift’ days after her endorsement of Harris

Opinion

Don’t exempt tips from taxes: Strengthen tax credit instead

Editorial: The double-edged sword of GM wheat