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Oregon News

Pacific Northwest efforts to end time change still active

How rising electricity demand is hurting the push for more housing in Oregon

Sports betting in Oregon continues to surge in popularity

This is the most beautiful bat of the year, and it’s from Oregon

Oregon Gov. Tina Kotek hires new heads of housing production office

Oregon regulators approve natural gas rate hikes for some, cuts for others

National Report on Housing Shortage Places Oregon Among 10 States Struggling Most to Produce New Units

Oregon Political & Election News

Portland police gear up for potential election violence and National Guard on standby

Clackamas County faces ballot processing backlog following machine breakdowns

Police describe ballot box arson suspect

U.S. Rep. Salinas faces Erickson in rematch for 6th Congressional District 

How to vote in Oregon, how to find ballot boxes, how to get in-person voting help today: 2024 general election

Oregon elections officials rebut claim of 2022 election irregularities, cite flaws in ‘amateur analysis’

Metropolitan Portland News

Ranked-choice voting, sprawling candidate field upends Portland City Council races

Central/Eastern Oregon

Iron Triangle floats plan to buy Malheur Lumber, seeks government aid to save mill

Willamette Valley Area

 Local conservative group spends bigly on mailers

 Last-minute cash drops into Albany City Council races

Have your say: $1M for Eugene, Springfield, Lane County road projects

Southern Oregon

Fish biologists collaborate to track pioneering Klamath River salmon

Klamath Basin gets $46 million for ecosystem projects

What to know about your county office candidates for the Nov. 5 election

Aggressive firefighting, cooperation kept SW Oregon’s wildfires in check

Klamath Falls mayoral candidates Q&A

Klamath Falls City Council candidates Q&A

Business News

Lithia Motors leaps up the rankings of Oregon CEO pay: Here’s the full list

The automated farm: Company creates robotic year-round greenhouses

Natural Resource News

Oregon inks agreement with developers to enter entire state forest into carbon market

Lake County teacher is Oregon’s ag educator of the year

Health News

Since Dobbs, Idaho mothers increasingly accused of child abuse while pregnant

OHSU Will Bring Back a Familiar Face as Interim President

Open enrollment: How to sign up for health care in Oregon

Radiologist sues Northwest Permanente over alleged fraud 

Oregon Health Authority to launch new rental assistance program in November

Education News

Oregon Department of Education offers schools guidance on limiting student cell phone use

Energy & Climate Change

Bob Sallinger, ‘the face of conservation in Portland,’ dies suddenly at 57

State invites public participation in offshore wind energy ‘roadmap’ after feds pause plans

Groups demand state and federal action on nitrate pollution in letters to Oregon governor, EPA

International News

U.S. says Iranian-American held in Iran as tensions high following Israeli attack

National Political & Election News

Rhetoric versus reality: Addressing common misconceptions about the economy

Don’t by fooled by video purporting to show workers destroying Trump ballots

Video held up as evidence of voter fraud simply shows postmaster carrying out his duties

Don’t fall for video supposedly showing flipped votes in Kentucky; user error is to blame

House Speaker Johnson says GOP may try to repeal CHIPS Act, then walks it back

Video of immigrant claiming he’ll vote multiple times in Georgia is fake

Harris assails Trump for saying ‘war hawk’ Liz Cheney should have rifles ‘shooting at her’

Trump and Harris crisscross campaign trail days out from Election Day

Why more Native Americans are on U.S. ballots than ever before

A simple truth is at the root of many false election claims: Voter rolls are imperfect

Trump talks about reporters being shot and says he shouldn’t have left White House after 2020 loss

Harris urges voters not to be fooled by Trump’s claims electoral system is rigged

Trump wants to narrow his deficit with women but he’s not changing how he talks about them

Harris appears on ‘Saturday Night Live’ as mirror image of Maya Rudolph with election looming

Panic buttons, drones, snipers among plans to guard a high-risk election

Young Men Could Be Key to Trump Victory—if They Show Up

RFK Jr.’s public health plans under Trump rattle critics

RFK Jr. says Trump ‘assured’ him of role in White House

Musk draws skepticism with call for $2 trillion in spending cuts

Trump says ‘Fox News is not our friend,’ claims it’s airing ‘Democrat ads’

Trump’s 2024 vulnerability: Boredom

The “no comment” candidate: Harris strategy clouds how she’d govern

Opinion

Editorial: The calm needed before – and after – the election storm

What Trump has actually done for Black Americans