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Oregon News

Fentanyl, Not Reforms, Fueled Oregon’s Overdose Spike, Asserts New Study

Gov. Kotek, Oregon Health Authority project another 465 new treatment beds

‘It is bad for women’: Workers condemn culture at Oregon Forestry Department

Wildfire News

Forest officials say unexpectedly windy weather pushed prescribed fire beyond boundaries

Oregon Political & Election News

A voice for Oregon’s college students goes quiet as student association shuts down

Chavez-DeRemer hears from Clackamas County, Portland business owners about crime, taxes

Salinas seeks range of solutions to fentanyl crisis 

Voter fraud does happen. But it’s rare and election offices have safeguards to catch it

Metropolitan Portland News

Customers accuse NW Natural of greenwashing, in lawsuit over its carbon reduction program

Portland mayoral candidate Rene Gonzalez calls for 1,000 police officers ASAP: Is that even possible?

Carmen Rubio chalks her parking tickets up to heavy enforcement, long work hours. Records suggest otherwise

Central/Eastern Oregon

Records reveals Deschutes County sheriff candidate’s troubles in La Mesa

City council races dominate Grant County municipal elections

Willamette Valley Area

County clerks say they have inactivated flagged ballots

OSU sees record enrollment growth, Corvallis campus grows by this much

Eugene eyes new fire service fee to tackle budget crunch 

Southern Oregon

Klamath Falls kidnapping trial begins as first witness describes her abduction and escape

Crater Lake newt at risk from invasive crayfish 

Mercy sued following alleged patient assault

Grants Pass School Board OKs inquiry into secret complaint

Candidates vie for mayor, city council posts in Phoenix

Tiny home village along Biddle Road to open this fall for homeless seniors

Business News

Consumer Price Index report shows ongoing inflation risks

Inflation falls to 2.4%, lowest in three years

Natural Resource News

‘That’s a bloodbath’: How a federal program kills wildlife for private interests

Health News

Errors in Deloitte-run Medicaid systems can cost millions and take years to fix

The elderly caregiving crisis is an economic problem

Hospitals scramble as storms worsen IV fluid shortages

Education News

Trump’s controversial agenda to reshape schools is framing this year’s education debate

Energy & Climate Change

Oregon-led report calls for action as climate change accelerates

International News

Iran Secretly Warns U.S. Allies: Don’t Help Israel, or You’re Next

Taiwan president vows to resist Chinese annexation in National Day speech

Iranian-backed cyber group ramps up phishing against Israel, US targets: Google

National News

Photos: Hurricane Milton brings devastation across Florida

Severe solar storm may stress power grids as US deals with major hurricanes

Millions without power as Milton churns across Florida

Why Milton’s ‘reverse surge’ sucked water away from flood-fearing Tampa

Johnson slams door on Congress returning for disaster aid

National Political & Election News

Harris rips Trump for his criticism of federal storm response and calls for ‘dignity’

Harris faces new urgency to explain how her potential presidency would be different from Biden’s

Trump’s small-dollar donor fundraising is beset by confusion and fatigue

In a Rambling Speech, Trump Offers Gripes and Proposes Another Tax Cut

Tim Walz Takes His Folksiness on the Road, Trying Not to Say ‘Stupid Things’

Trump tells Detroit he’ll make car loan interest tax-deductible

Harris tops Trump by 4 points in new national poll

Trump leads Harris by 6 points in Ohio 

Bill Clinton joins Obama as part of Harris campaign blitz

Deadline for second Trump-Harris debate expires

Behind the Curtain: Dems’ Blue Wall blues

Opinion

Editorial: The EPA pulls ag back from the brink

Trump’s tariffs would remake the economy, mostly for the worse