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Oregon News

Oregon governor orders new state buildings meet seismic standards, mandates upgrades for older ones

Oregon Political News /Polls

Oregon’s special session is on hold, but $178 daily payments to lawmakers still flow

Oregon Wildfire News

Oregon fire map & tracker

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Rains dampen some Oregon fires, but lightning sparks new ones

Iconic Rogue River lodges still standing amid multiple wildfires

Oregon wildfire updates: Blazes continue to grow, new starts reported

Oregon wildfire updates: Lightning storms ramp up number of blazes

Fire officials responding to lightning-caused fire on Spencer Butte

Portland/Metro News

‘Like living in hell’: Trump hints Portland could be next city to see National Guard on streets

Citing a ‘serious discrepancy,’ Multnomah County Chair calls for release of library stabbing footage

These 6 Portland Public Schools will be the most dangerous in an earthquake, experts say

Central & Eastern Oregon News

Hermiston City Council considers LID and expanding UGB

Major changes in mule deer hunts could start in 2026

Willamette Valley/Salem News

Racists, sexist conduct: Lane Community College Board member censured

Coffin Butte Landfill exempts most of surface from methane monitoring

Southern Oregon

The Almeda Fire burned through Bear Creek. Now native plants are taking hold

Amid bad air quality, recall campaign is low-key scene at Grants Pass Growers Market

E. coli found in three creeks in Jackson County

Medford City Council spreads cannabis tax dollars among local programs

Business & Economic News

Trump economic policies collide at Georgia Hyundai factory

Intel’s top Oregon executive, most senior female leader, is leaving the company

Intel said DEI was ‘instrumental’ to innovation — then suddenly stopped talking about it

A shortage of U.S. homebuyers is pushing sellers to cut prices. Here’s how Portland stacks up

Lumber Prices Flash a Warning Sign for the U.S. Economy

The supply and demand seesaw sending mixed signals about the economy

Education News

Oregon borrowers face confusion, anxiety as federal changes disrupt student loan repayment options

Energy & Environment

‘The Evergreen’: Irene Gilbert’s mission to challenge renewable energy projects in rural Oregon

Health News

Many Black, Latino people can’t get opioid addiction med. Medicaid cuts may make it harder.

Kotek’s New OHSU board Nominees Include Former State Senator Betsy Johnson

Legal Psychedelic Trips Are Likely to Double in the Current Biennium, Oregon Economists Say

China pharma deals threaten U.S. biotech
Natural Resource News

Map: These Oregon natural areas could be logged, developed if Trump rescinds roadless rule

Public Safety

Live updates: Trump doubles down on threat to send federal troops to Chicago

International News

“It’s a pity”: Zelensky says Trump gave Putin what he wanted

French government collapses in a confidence vote, forcing Macron to seek yet another prime minister

Shooting attack at Jerusalem bus stop kills at least 5

Argentina President Milei suffers crushing defeat in Buenos Aires provincial election

National News

Appeals court upholds E. Jean Carroll’s $83.3M defamation judgment against Trump

Supreme Court lifts restrictions on LA immigration stops set after agents swept up US citizens

Chief justice lets Trump remove member of Federal Trade Commission for now

ICE launches ‘Operation Midway Blitz’ targeting immigrants in Chicago

What to know about the sweeping immigration raid at the Hyundai EV plant in Georgia

National Campaign News/Polls

What Americans think about socialism and capitalism, according to a new Gallup poll

Trump support ticks up in new survey

Utah is the surprise redistricting state: What to know

National Political News

Trump note to Epstein that he denies signing is released by Congress

Bessent tells FHFA director ‘I’m gonna punch you in your f‑‑‑ing face’: Report

GOP, Democrats ramp up blame game ahead of shutdown deadline

Newsom walks tightrope on crime as he seeks to counter Trump

Navarro presses DOJ for explanation on not defending his conviction

Trump says Education Department to issue guidance protecting prayer in public schools

Democrats accuse Trump administration of blocking more than $400B in federal funding

Top Trump economic officials almost come to blows at exclusive MAGA club, sources say

‘I’m Gonna Punch You in Your F–king Face’: Scott Bessent Threatens an Administration Rival

Key House GOP hard-liner doesn’t rule out short-term shutdown punt

Trump appeals foreign aid freeze to Supreme Court

Government Employee News

Federal appeals court rules against states in challenge to Trump probationary employee firings

Opinion

Editorial cartoons for Sept. 7, 2025: Vaccine politics, Epstein survivors, occupy Chicago

Democrats lost, so the media thinks election conspiracy theories are good again

The FBI can’t afford to lower its standards

Trump’s Soros vendetta models a dictator’s playbook