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Oregon News

‘Stop Requested’: From Newport to Klamath Falls by public transit

Former DEI Manager for Oregon Parks and Recreation Department Sues Agency

Oregon Political & Election News

Attacks intensify in Oregon’s 5th Congressional District

State lawmakers push to expand free school meals program for all in Oregon

Former speaker competes with political outsider for Oregon attorney general post

Metropolitan Portland News

Clackamas County moves forward with plan for drug treatment campus

City’s Sudden Plan to Exit Homelessness Compact Riles Governor, County Chair and Metro President

Oregon drug recriminalization law earns wide support among Portland-area voters, Oregonian poll finds

Central/Eastern Oregon

‘OPB Politics Now’: A deep dive on Deschutes County and Bend politics

Difficult fire season strains relationship between forestry department, Eastern Oregon landowners

Developers propose hundreds of homes in contest for Bend UGB expansion

Willamette Valley Area

World War II vets at Capital Manor show artistic talents

Lawsuit: Reservoir drawdown caused drinking water crisis 

Albany shelter proposes housing for former camping site

Southern Oregon

Salmon return to Klamath Basin in Oregon after more than a century

City of Grants Pass candidates detail their views in Daily Courier interviews

Josephine commissioners OK $157,000 for low-income vets housing

Rapid-fire candidate forum at SOU covers host of issues for Ashland, county

Klamath County commissioner candidates Andrew Nichols, Rejeana Jackson answer questions

Business News

Boeing union is set to vote on a new contract deal, possibly ending strike

Frozen waffles sold at Walmart, Target and supermarkets are recalled over listeria risk

Public Safety

Guns: Where do Trump and Harris stand?

Natural Resource News

New pathogen raises regulatory concerns for Oregon nursery industry

Transportation News

ODOT denied new federal funding for Rose Quarter I-5 Improvement Project

Health News

OHSU postpones 25% of surgical procedures due to nationwide IV fluid shortage

Anti-abortion researchers take legal action over retracted studies cited in FDA case

Neurosurgeon Darrell Brett Slapped With $20,000 Fine

Medicare Guide 2025: Here’s why careful comparison is even more important this year

International News

Moldova accuses Russia of meddling ahead of its elections and EU referendum

Israel says drone targets Benjamin Netanyahu’s house; strikes in Gaza kill 50

Israel says it will target Hezbollah’s financial arm and begins striking Beirut

National News

US to probe Tesla’s ‘Full Self-Driving’ system after pedestrian killed

National Political & Election News

Catholic bishops are donating millions less to defeat abortion this year. Here’s why

Trump is promising deportations under the Alien Enemies Act of 1798. What is it?

Harris says Trump is ‘cruel’ at Georgia rally as she spotlights abortion restrictions

AI-generated images have become a new form of propaganda this election season

Musk offers voters $1 million a day to sign PAC petition backing the Constitution. Is that legal?

Harris urges Black churchgoers in Georgia to head out to vote and gets an assist from Stevie Wonder

Republicans and Democrats are both preparing for long legal battles over the 2024 election results

Trump kicks off a Pennsylvania rally by talking about Arnold Palmer’s genitalia

A Glock, Vinyl Records and Formula One: Harris Tries to Show Her Personal Side

Republicans head to court in expanding battle about overseas ballots 

Harris’s and Trump’s most likely paths to victory in battleground states

Fox News host pushes back on Trump’s false Springfield claims 

Trump doubles down on Jan. 6 defense and “enemy from within” comments

The Very Real Scenario Where Trump Loses and Takes Power Anyway