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Oregon Political News

Republican legislator to run for state Sen. Betsy Johnson’s seat

Rent assistance delays leave thousands of Oregon renters on brink of eviction

State hired contract workers, added retention bonuses to ensure care for vulnerable populations as vaccine mandate kicks in

Oregon landlords get millions in back rent, but tenants await aid

State Grants Approval for New, Long-Planned Psychiatric Hospital, With Significant Conditions

Oregon House Speaker Tina Kotek Calls for Special Session to Protect Tenants

Oregon COVID-19 News

Oregon ‘herd immunity’ against COVID-19 delta variant should arrive in late December, OHSU forecasts

Why these Oregonians are willing to lose their jobs by refusing COVID-19 vaccines

Oregon’s vaccine mandate kicks in Monday for thousands of workers. What happens now?

What Oregon’s vaccine deadline means for vulnerable populations

What Oregon’s vaccine deadline means for state police and juvenile corrections

Wildfires

Top state, federal officials talk wildfire management plans

Oregon Legislative Press Releases

News from the Regions

Portland Area

Portland affordable housing will displace African nonprofit

Snack Program at Low-Income Portland Schools Will Pause Oct. 18 Due to “Shortage of Cafeteria Workers”

Salem Area

Plan to reopen Shellburg Falls after wildfires

School districts prepare to put unvaccinated on leave

Central/Eastern Oregon

Mt. Bachelor to keep fast pass despite pushback from Ron Wyden, skiers

Oregon farmers get one last gulp of water before winter

Crane operator hurt in explosion at John Day lumber mill

Tribal incumbents face challenge to reelection bids

Officials link nearly 250 COVID-19 cases to Pendleton Round-Up as infection declines

Community Counseling Solutions halfway to providing mental health, substance abuse services

Drivers should be ready for lane closures near Meacham next week

Central Oregon brewers take economic hit in 2020

Albany/Corvallis Area

Albany’s Cumberland Church finally makes move to new location

Albany council denies historic building window renovation

Oregon State receives $2.5 million grant to create wood stoves that burn more cleanly

Eugene Area

Lane County COVID-19 update: 1 death, 86 cases reported

Roseburg Area

Former UCC nursing students file complaint over lack of accreditation

Douglas ESD seeks adults and youth for Youth Design Institute

Winston-Dillard School District has preschool program openings for qualified students

Roseburg Forest Products buys land in the southern U.S.

Medford Area

Boy scout builds new garden shed for Talent elementary school

In revised lawsuit, ACLU removes language seeking changes to APD’s force tactics

‘Increasingly difficult’ to generate new hospital surge

Nurse explains why she won’t get COVID-19 vaccine 

Making ends meet

Calle Guanajuato season extended through December

Jackson County logs 56 new COVID-19 cases

International News

Pentagon, State Department square off on Afghanistan accountability

National Covid-19 News

National News

Robert Gates says ‘extreme polarization’ is the greatest threat to US democracy

Buttigieg says supply chain troubles could last into next year

Poll: 80 percent say lawmakers should work across party lines more often

DC’s Metro pulls half of its rail cars over safety compliance problem

Business

Kaiser Permanente nurses authorize a strike by big majority

Opinion

Portland Area

Opinion: A police force sized for a Portland of 50 years ago

Opinion: An Elliott State Research Forest would serve science, forestry and opportunity

Salem Area

Other views: We need more problem-focused responses

Our view: Federal policy needs to support families

Other views: Even Oregon’s smallest streams play big role in fate of the climate

Albany/Corvallis Area

Editorial: Roses and raspberries (Oct. 17)

Eugene Area

Opinion: How much surveillance will we accept?

Guest View: City doing more harm than good with WJP unhoused

Opinion: More needs to be done to reduce fuel in Oregon forests

Guest View: An opportunity for respectful dialogue on salmon and dams

Medford Area

Court panel should toss congressional map