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Oregon News

Oregon is experiencing more 90-plus degree days

Ken Burns warns Oregonians of ‘shortsighted’ cuts to public broadcasting

Oregon state employees to receive AI training

Former information officer implicated in latest ethics ruling for Oregon bourbon scandal

Deaf Oregonians decry end of two programs supporting the community

Oregon Political News /Polls

Oregon Rep. Jami Cate announces run for state Senate

A Veteran GOP Lawmaker Sided With Democrats on Transportation. Why?

Coinbase strikes back with lawsuit against Oregon Gov. Tina Kotek

Oregon Wildfire News

Oregon governor declares statewide emergency with intense wildfire threat looming

Cram Fire explodes to 64,296 acres, evacuations still in place

Military aircraft activated for wildfire support

Metropolitan Portland News

Portland’s vague policies stick motorists with widely disparate towing bills, report finds

Adena Long Resigns as Director of Portland Parks & Recreation

One Thing Has Changed in Portland City Hall: The Socialists Are Setting the Agenda

Ideological Foes in Elected Office Learn to Get Along…Sometimes

Mixed Signals From the DSA Contributed to a Policy Debacle

Portland halts $38M street makeover after Trump bill slashes funding

$1,900 per tow? Portland officials don’t plan to negotiate lower towing fees despite recommendation

Oregon Coast

Ethics commission will investigate Oregon coast city councilors, but not the mayor they ousted

Central & Eastern Oregon News

Oregon DOJ says public officials exploited nonprofit to cash in on Amazon data centers, reap millions for themselves

BREAKING: Oregon AG sues former Morrow County officials, Greg Smith

Willamette Valley/Salem News

‘It blocks out the sky’: Data center’s big plans rile neighbors in small-town Forest Grove

Heat advisory issued for Willamette Valley for temps into 100s

Coffin Butte Landfill decision may come a week before it’s scheduled

Southern Oregon

Wheels of Justice Grind Slowly in Douglas County Election Dispute

Travel Oregon awards $20,000 Grant to approve disability access for tourists

Medford swings big with $500M redevelopment project, could draw minor league club

Black market pot bust yields nearly 1,000 plants in rural Eagle Point; fines levied

SOHS seeking additional $50K for proposed event center

Diamond Lake Resort raising the alarm over ODOT layoffs

Prospect Historic Hotel closes its doors

Wildfire smoke worsens air quality, Klamath County Public Health Department issues alert

Klamath River Accord signed by groups from around world

Business/Economic News

Wall Street is rattled as Trump says he discussed firing Powell but is ‘unlikely’ to do it

Oregon sheds another 4,300 jobs; unemployment rate creeps up again

4 casinos in NW close after bankruptcy filing

Bank CEOs Are Coming Out Fighting for Fed Independence

Stocks Close Higher in Volatile Session

Public Safety

After suing, states get carveout from Trump administration plan to return gun conversion devices

Portland data shows what happens to crime rates near new overnight homeless shelters

Health News

RFK Jr. and other Trump officials embrace psychedelics after FDA setback

Americans’ medical debt can stay in credit reports, judge rules. What does that mean?

Exclusive: Trump team withholds $140 million budgeted for fentanyl fight

Oregon Hospitals Are Bracing for Medicaid Cuts That Will Hit Harder Here Than in Most States

Lieu: Hawley move shows ‘lie’ about GOP Medicaid cuts

COVID cases rising in 25 states, but nationwide activity ‘low’: CDC

RFK Jr. fires two top staffers in leadership shakeup

No link found between aluminum in vaccines and autism: Study

Transportation News

Oregon’s highway cleanup workers lose their jobs after transportation package fails

Education News

Trump budget threatens college access for Oregon’s parenting students

Education Department in the middle of a growing tug-of-war between Trump, Democrats

Oregon schools brace for cuts as Trump administration withholds tens of millions

International News

Israel bombs Syrian capital despite U.S. pressure to “stand down”

National News

US deports migrants from Jamaica, Cuba, and other countries to the African kingdom of Eswatini

Trump slams his own supporters as ‘weaklings’ for falling for what he now calls the Epstein ‘hoax’

What taxpayers need to know about Trump’s big bill: Here are the main tax changes

Trump lashes out at ‘weaklings’ who believe Epstein ‘bullsh*t’ amid building GOP pressure to release documents

Judge signals more time needed to weigh claims in high-stakes migrant hearing

Maurene Comey, daughter of James Comey, is fired from her job as a federal prosecutor

National Campaign News/Polls

6 in 10 oppose ‘big, beautiful bill’: Survey

77 percent say they would not consider joining Elon Musk third party: Survey

Scoop: RFK Jr.’s PAC stirs, fueling speculation on a 2028 campaign

National Political News

Senate set to debate cuts to NPR, PBS and foreign aid

Trump says he’s ‘highly unlikely’ to fire Fed’s Powell after floating that idea in private

Trump, Noem, Powell and Democrats: 5 takeaways from the Hill Nation Summit

Crypto bills stall amid GOP infighting, leaving House in limbo

Republican support rolls in for legislation to release Epstein files

Pelosi: Republicans don’t cross Trump ‘because everybody’s afraid’

Democrats scramble to torpedo controversial Trump judicial nominee

Trump announces agreement to end House floor revolt over crypto bills

GOP struggles to make up time on 2026 government funding work

Trump admin. pauses research on flooding risk as over 100 perish in summer floods

GOP senators voice concern about $9B spending-cut bill they say they will vote for

Loomer delivers searing warning: Epstein could ‘consume’ Trump presidency

Trump tells those focused on Epstein he doesn’t want their support

The Senate’s biggest 2026 fundraising outliers

Bill would prevent ICE from detaining or deporting U.S. citizens

Scoop: House Dems seek to bypass GOP on ending Trump tariffs

The Trump-Epstein question that put the White House “in a tizzy”

Tariff/Trade News

Trump planning 10 percent tariffs on smaller countries

Opinion

As Trump cancels Columbia River deal, promises to Indigenous American tribes are still being broken

GUEST COLUMN: Housing ‘crisis’ in Oregon is really about pricing

The Epstein fallout finally reveals Trump’s Achilles heel

Trump’s challenge to Democrats on school choice: Put up or shut up 

Epstein is the lie even Donald Trump can’t sell