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Oregon News

Oregon joining bipartisan group of states suing TikTok over accusations of addicting young people

How to register to vote in Oregon while Motor Voter sign-ups are paused

Oregon officials call for audit as number of noncitizens registered to vote increases

Audit of Oregon benefits eligibility system finds issues 

Oregon Political & Election News

Oregon congressional candidates Chavez-DeRemer, Bynum spar over abortion, crime in first debate

Two Ballot Measure Campaigns and Three Caucus PACs Are Flush

Oregon’s 2024 ballot measures, explained

Metropolitan Portland News

Students call for Portland Public Schools to take action to prevent gun violence

A Rundown of the Political Action Committees Seeking to Set the Agenda for Portland’s Next Government

Special interest groups aren’t beholden to the local campaign fi

How Ranked Choice Voting Will Work in Portland

Multnomah County Commission candidates seek to distinguish themselves as race to represent Portland’s westside heats up

Dry weather prompts Portland Water Bureau to tap groundwater supply

Oregon Coast

City of North Bend supports SORA Portland flight effort

Central/Eastern Oregon

Deschutes County sheriff candidate goes to court to block release of employment records

Transportation issues: OPB staffers spend two weeks navigating Eastern Oregon in public transportation

Ochoco Preserve restoration turns farmland to floodplain

More livestock attacked by wolves in NE Oregon

Willamette Valley Area

Philomath city manager’s comments about Nazi flag spark controversy

Go to our 2024 election page and learn more about the local races and issues you care most about!

Eugene area to see higher rates for electricity, water in 2025

Southern Oregon

Umpqua Public Transportation District working to stay in compliance with federal and state law

Medford police unveil online crime mapping tool for public

Election conspiracy theories fuel a push to count votes by hand

Medford mayor, council races draw a crush of candidates

 Business News

Trump Media is on a winning streak. Should you invest in DJT?

‘This is the worst-case scenario’: Hurricane Milton could clobber Florida’s insurance market

Natural Resource News

Willamette River seeing record numbers of coho salmon

Health News

How a flooded North Carolina factory could impact Oregon hospitals

Oregon scientists are helping explain how the brain clears away waste

Only 2% of charitable giving goes to women. Can Melinda French Gates change that?

Oregon Is Building An Excess of Certain Types of Residential Mental Health Treatment Beds

Negotiations end, no agreement between nurses and CHI Mercy Medical Center

International News

Israeli defense minister warns an attack on Iran would be ‘lethal’ and ‘surprising’

Susan Rice: Trump’s reported calls with Putin appear illegal 

Russia has suffered more than 600K casualties in Ukraine, US official says

National News

How could hurricanes impact the election? What we can learn from 5 recent storms

Language, lack of money and fear are matters of life and death with Milton approaching Florida

Florida Republican suggests Greene have ‘head examined’ over hurricane claims

Preparing for Milton also means fighting misinformation, FEMA says

National Political & Election News

Sanewashing? The banality of crazy? A decade into the Trump era, media hasn’t figured him out

Trump has long blasted China’s trade practices. His ‘God Bless the USA’ Bibles were printed there

Early in-person voting begins in Arizona, drawing visits from Harris and Trump

How Kamala Harris’s media blitz went

Democrats start to hit the panic button

Aurora mayor says Trump claims about Colorado city ‘grossly exaggerated’

Justice Department airing details about foreign election interference

Logan Act: Why it could be illegal for Trump to call Putin

Trump’s Apocalyse America tour heads to Colorado

Walz: Harris doesn’t support key benefits for undocumented immigrants

Why Johnson talks Trump nonstop on the campaign trail

Opinion

Commentary: Vote no on Measure 118

Commentary: Oregon will vote on tax increase to pay for universal basic income

Editorial endorsement November 2024: For Portland mayor, vote Gonzalez as top choice; Rubio second