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Oregon News

Oregon counties plan new recovery programs amid funding concerns 

Gov. Kotek proposes changes to Oregon school funding and half billion dollar boost in next budget

Another big Oregon school district’s labor negotiations are heating up. Can it avoid a strike?

Date announced for Peter Courtney funeral service in Mt. Angel

Wildfire News

Elevated wildfire risk this weekend as Oregon wildfire season off to ‘aggressive start’

Oregon wildfire update: 17 large fires bring evacuations

Oregon wildfires: Lightning, high winds expected Sunday

Wildfire, smoke map: Track fires, red flag warnings

WILDFIRE UPDATE: Officials hold public meeting July 20 on fires near Ukiah

Fire prompts evacuations, threatens timber in East Linn County

UNF fires combined into Diamond Complex

Firefighters responding to blazes sparked by overnight lightning strikes

Oregon Political & Election News

Pacific Northwest politicians weigh in on President Biden’s dropout from 2024 race

Lawmakers call for removal of state Chiropractic Board leader over repost of crass Trump assassination joke

Metropolitan Portland News

Global CrowdStrike outage affects Portland tech systems

After officials promised to address Portland’s fentanyl crisis, overdose deaths rose. What happened?

Portland declares Microsoft software outage emergency

Central/Eastern Oregon

Tumbleweeds sold for big bucks on popular home decor website causes chuckles in the Northwest

Willamette Valley Area

Eugene City Council to hear strategic plan progress

Southern Oregon

‘An existential moment’ as Southern Oregon’s public schools struggle with budget shortfalls

Southern Oregon residents worry state isn’t monitoring water quality closely enough after arsenic scare

Street preachers cut deal with city of Grants Pass, Josephine County

UPDATE: Air quality moderate in Rogue Valley; air advisory still in effect

Firefighters responding to blazes sparked by overnight lightning strikes

Business News

Oregon’s workforce is aging. Here are the industries with the oldest workers

Oregon paid his companies $70 million. Personal tax, business debts are piling up

Why Kroger wants to sell Oregon Albertsons, Safeway stores in merger — but not Fred Meyers

Oregon’s Employment sees little change in June

CrowdStrike CEO ‘deeply sorry’ after massive IT outage

Natural Resource News

Researchers find extreme heat impacts tree recovery even more than drought

Health News

Anti-abortion researchers back riskier procedures when pregnancy termination is needed, experts say

Oregon’s measles outbreak, biggest in five years, expands to six people

Proposed first-ever federal standards for maternal care met with mixed response from hospitals

America’s growing elderly population endangered by rising heat, wildfires

Education News

‘An existential moment’ as Southern Oregon’s public schools struggle with budget shortfalls

Gov. Kotek proposes changes to Oregon school funding and half billion dollar boost in next budget

Another big Oregon school district’s labor negotiations are heating up. Can it avoid a strike?

International News

Israel says airstrike in Yemen will block weapons to Houthi militia

Ukrainian former lawmaker killed in suspected assassination as civilians die in Russian airstrikes

South Korea to play ‘full-scale’ loudspeaker broadcasts in response to North

National News

Secret Service says full federal resources weren’t given to Trump ‘in some instances’

National Political & Election News

President Joe Biden drops out of the 2024 race after disastrous debate inflamed age concerns

In his first campaign rally with Vance, Trump says he took ‘a bullet for democracy’

Biden’s decision to drop out crystalized Sunday. His staff knew one minute before the public did

What happens next: Joe Biden wants to pass the baton to Kamala Harris. Here’s how that might work

Harris could become first Black woman, first person of South Asian descent to be president

Democrats hail Biden’s decision as selfless while Republicans urge him to resign

What to know about Vice President Kamala Harris, endorsed by Biden as his successor

Read full text of President Biden’s letter ending 2024 reelection bid

Harris races to lock down support after Biden drops out

Harris vs. Trump: What the polls tell us

Biden withdraws from presidential race: 5 things to know

House Republicans say Biden must resign after ending reelection campaign

Crockett says she hopes ‘the geniuses that pushed’ Biden out ‘have a plan’

DNC chair vows ‘transparent and orderly process’ to choose new nominee

Opinion

Our View: Let’s hope for quick answers in fire investigations

Merkley Monthly: Improving access to rural health care