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Oregon News

How communities are reconciling with Oregon’s racist past

More allegations of sexual abuse emerge from Oregon’s juvenile detention system

Oregon Politics Is Awash in Alcohol Industry Donations

Wildfire News

Fire danger level reduced from extreme to high in South-Central Oregon

Oregon Political & Election News

Oregon voters will decide whether to ease way for cannabis workers to unionize

Appellate court throws out damages awarded to Oregon senator who threatened ‘hell’s coming to visit you’

Metropolitan Portland News

Kotek proposes expanding Hillsboro to make room for semiconductor facility

Bobby Lee, Chief of Staff to Mayor Ted Wheeler, Resigns

Portland mayoral hopeful Carmen Rubio, dogged by driving record, damages parked Tesla, then walks away

Multnomah County considers creating its own camping limits

Central/Eastern Oregon

How change in Deschutes County factors into the race for Oregon’s 5th Congressional District

Wasco County searches for man accused of starting $14 million wildfire

Drug treatment ‘deflection’ efforts up and running

Umatilla County establishes human trafficking task force

Salem Area

Clock is ticking for new regional water treatment plant in Polk County

Gervais City Council race removed from November ballot

Willamette Valley Area

Mid-valley residents arrested in $1.3M drug bust

Southern Oregon

Inquiry finds 22 noncitizens on Rogue Valley’s voter rolls

Klamath County reports one non-citizen voter registered, person has not voted

Business News

Federal Reserve signals end to inflation fight with a sizable half-point rate cut

Oregon Gov. Tina Kotek designates hundreds of rural acres for chip industry, hoping to land federal research hub

Stocks Close Lower After Rate Reduction

Natural Resource News

Smaller pear harvest forecast for Oregon, Washington

Timber sale postponed after trees older than 120 years found marked for logging

Transportation News

Biden administration proposes wide eligibility for EV charger tax credit

Health News

In vitro fertilization bills from both Democrats and GOP blocked in U.S. Senate

Murmurs: State to Demand More Accountability From Counties Over Mental Health Spending

Bay Area Hospital Board votes to continue search for “strategic partner”

Education News

Deadline nears for Oregon schools to use or lose millions in federal pandemic aid

SWOCC reveals updated five-year facilities master plan

Threats of violence in schools spike in Ohio and around the U.S.

Energy & Climate Change

Red and blue states have big climate plans. The election could upend them.

International News

Lebanon is rocked again by exploding devices as Israel declares a ‘new phase’ of war

National News

The US has had a long history of political violence, but experts see a new trend

The FBI is investigating packages sent to election officials in more than 15 states

National Political & Election News

Teamsters union declines to endorse Trump or Harris for president

Harris condemns Trump’s rhetoric, says voters should make sure he ‘can’t have that microphone again’

Inflation has slowed, but the economy remains a big issue for voters in picking a president

How the Trump Campaign Ran With Rumors About Pet-Eating Migrants—After Being Told They Weren’t True

Harris leads Trump in Pennsylvania, Michigan, with tighter race in Wisconsin: Poll

Harris to make abortion speech in Georgia after deaths of two women

Trump favorability rises 5 points in past month: Gallup

5 takeaways from Trump’s town hall with Sarah Huckabee Sanders

GOP: New threat to Trump will boost his campaign

Trump given handcuffs used in arrest of assassination attempt suspect

Musk, Greene amplify Trump rally bomb threats that police call false