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Oregon News

An Eastern Oregon media company is being sold to Carpenter Media Group

Oregon DMV needs more accessible website, higher security, audit finds

Joe Kent doesn’t like the I-5 bridge project. Could he change it if he’s in Congress?

Oregon Political & Election News

After years in the minority, Rep. Cliff Bentz tries to give agriculture the advantage in Congress

Hoyle, Despain spar at Coos Bay Forum

Metropolitan Portland News

Gresham High School principal resigns amid safety concerns

Keith Wilson, Portland mayoral candidate, failed to pay property taxes on his Clackamas County trucking company’s equipment

Next Portland City Council to face budget cuts

Federal loan to provide broadband access to rural area near Oregon City

Oregon Coast

Fire Season on CFPA-Protected lands ends

Central/Eastern Oregon

Amazon plans to power Eastern Oregon data centers with nuclear reactors

Locals spearhead effort to buy Mt. Bachelor resort

Carpenter Media Group to acquire EO Media Group

Oregon Department of Forestry declares end to fire season in NE Oregon

Willamette Valley Area

ODOT reports ‘major strides’ made on Van Buren Bridge construction

Fire burns through encampment near west Eugene Walmart

Southern Oregon

How a Case Developed Against a Big Provider of Disability Services

Affordable housing shortage a hot topic at Medford candidates forum

‘Improvement’ or ‘confusing’? Oregonians to vote on ‘ranked-choice’ elections

Klamath Falls City Council tackles housing availability

Business News

Three Mile Island nuclear plant will reopen to power Microsoft data centers

American Airlines fined $50 million for its treatment of passengers with disabilities

Oregon McDonald’s linked to E.coli outbreak

Public Safety

Majority of Portlanders favor increased law enforcement to reduce unsheltered homelessness

Natural Resource News

Banking on Oregon forests: In spite of flaws, carbon markets put a price on climate pollution

Federal workers kill two E. Oregon wolves blamed for killing 12 sheep

Health News

Portland-area Providence doctors and nurses authorize strike as contract negotiations continue

People 50 and older should get pneumococcal vaccine, U.S. health officials recommend

Education News

UO Ballmer Institute begins training a new generation of behavioral health workers

Oregon announces first three ‘recovery’ high schools to help students facing problems with substance abuse

Proposed Portland Public Schools Phone Policy Says Off and Away, Except at Lunch

Roseburg schools looking for community input on future investments

International News

US confirms North Korea has sent 3,000 troops to Russia for training and possible Ukraine combat

Middle East latest: Sirens sound across Tel Aviv as projectiles are intercepted near Blinken’s hotel

Large blast hits southern Beirut suburb

National News

More than 1,600 voters have registration revoked under Virginia program targeting noncitizens

Data shows disconnect between Americans’ perceived financial strain and reality

National Political & Election News

These are the 2 paths either Trump or Harris has to follow to become president

Harris needs young voters of color to win. A new poll finds cracks in her support

Jailed reporters, silenced networks: What Trump says he’d do to the media if elected

Election officials are fighting a tsunami of voting conspiracy theories

Harris decries Trump after John Kelly says he wanted generals like Hitler’s

Where Harris, Trump campaigns stand on tech policy

Trump Takes Narrow Lead Over Harris in Closing Weeks of Race

Justice Department Cautions Musk PAC on $1 Million Voter Lottery

American creating deepfakes targeting Harris works with Russian intel, documents show

Harris faces questions about campaign strategy in final stretch

Nate Silver: ‘My gut says’ Trump will win

Opinion

Opinion: Vote ‘yes’ on Measure 118 for economic justice

OPINION: Changes to elections, City Hall, could be great for Portland

Vote ‘yes’ on veterans levy, RCC bond, 3 Rivers bond

If Harris wins, Trump will cry foul and run again in 2028

The problem with polling