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Oregon News

Oregon Gov. Kotek orders flags lowered after Charlie Kirk assassination

Oregon Gained State Government Workers in the Past Year While Manufacturing Ranks Fell

Oregon Political News /Polls

The Oregon Senate’s top 3 Democrats received bomb threats Thursday

‘OPB Politics Now’: Why 2 Oregon lawmakers bucked their political parties

Who’s running for office in Oregon in 2026?

Oregon Democrats weighing whether to cancel state tax cuts linked to federal ones

Oregon Wildfire News

Oregon fire map & tracker

InciWeb – Oregon Wildfire Tracker

‘A little bit of Armageddon’: How volunteer firefighters saved Oregon’s historic Breitenbush Hot Springs

Study: Oregon wildfires scorch farmland values

Portland/Metro News

Tigard mayor resigns following workplace complaints

Murmurs: The City Council Keeps Hitting Walls

Portland-area ambulance responses got faster, but quality of medical care might be declining

Portland-area city councilor faces backlash over Charlie Kirk comments

Oregon Coast

Coos Bay City Council votes to adopt economic development strategic plan

Willamette Valley/Salem News

Big loss: Fed cuts cost OSU millions in food education

Southern Oregon

New judge, new filings in Vaughn’s election case

Roe named Citizen of the Year by RCC Foundation

Business & Economic News

Exclusive: Lutnick moves goalposts on Trump’s ownership of economy: “end of this year”

Education News

Trump administration ending grants for colleges with large minority student populations

Energy & Environment

Trump administration wants to cancel Biden-era rule that made conservation a ‘use’ of public land

Health News

Study details how ‘forever chemicals’ disrupt liver function

Health officials prepare for fall respiratory illness season in Oregon, Northern California

State boosts rates to keep Oregon Health Plan contractors

Public Safety

Trump says he’ll send the National Guard to Memphis to address crime concerns

International News

Majority on Brazil’s Supreme Court votes to convict Bolsonaro for alleged coup attempt

Russian drones force Europe to defend itself, perhaps alone, after Putin ‘put down a marker’ to NATO

National News

9/11 remembered at Pentagon and Ground Zero

Live updates: Trump calls Kirk’s widow ‘absolutely devastated’; Vance arrives in Utah

Bound by loss, split on justice: 9/11 families reflect 24 years later

Live updates: Trump says ‘with a high degree of certainty’ that suspect in Charlie Kirk killing has been caught

National Political News

Schumer warns of a shutdown if Republicans don’t accept Democrats’ health care demands

State Department warns immigrants against praising Kirk’s death

House passes defense policy bill with proposal to repeal AUMF

Trump announces millions in storm recovery funds for North Carolina, Wisconsin, Kansas

Massie says Trump among those who should tone down rhetoric

Ocasio-Cortez on Kirk assassination: ‘Are we going to do something?’

Lawler bill establishes Sept. 11 as federal holiday

Shouting breaks out in House after silent prayer for Charlie Kirk

House pushes to conference first batch of 2026 funding bills with Senate

Senate mounts new Russia pressure campaign

Charlie Kirk’s killing could send Congress into a tailspin. Mike Johnson is trying to avoid that.

Opinion

The best way to honor Charlie Kirk’s memory

William F. Buckley Jr. would recognize Charlie Kirk as a kindred spirit

The Campus Vigils for Charlie Kirk