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Oregon News

Oregon farmers wrap up local food deliveries after federal cuts

Oregon police, forensics lab actions result in $14 million payout for Coos County man

‘A universal struggle’: Oregon eligibility workers brace for federal benefit cuts

Oregon braces for new demands on public benefits eligibility workers

EBT theft is on the rise in Oregon. Here’s what to know about preventing it.

Oregon Political News /Polls

Lawsuit accuses Oregon senator, wife of failing to curb sexual harassment of an employee

Oregon Wildfire News

Oregon fire map & tracker

InciWeb – Oregon Wildfire Tracker

Township Fire south of Klamath Falls burns difficult terrain

Portland/Metro News

Parent Group Vows to Hold Portland School District to Seismic Retrofit Promises

Portland TV Stations Are in the Middle of Trump’s Bid to Cancel Kimmel

Skimming device found at Dollar Tree in East Portland

Willamette Valley/Salem News

Eugene considers ban on drivers donating money in traffic

Corvallis already has to make cuts to budget approved in June

Corvallis has a lot to say; local leaders mull how to handle the chatter

Southern Oregon

Barnett awarded $100,000 in libel suit against operator of website

Ashland group wants voters to have final say on new utility fees

Phoenix Phoodery management serves eviction notices to two kitchen owners

Residents begin to fill up Royal Oaks development for wildfire survivors 

Business & Economic News

In Oregon, $100,000 fee for H-1B skilled worker visas could hit Nike the hardest

Did Amazon trick people into paying for Prime? Federal case goes to trial

Costco poke sold in Oregon, Washington recalled due to listeria contamination

CEO poll shows Trump economic policies are bad, but they’re too scared to speak up 

Energy & Environment

Oregon officials decry Trump administration’s revocation of scientific finding on carbon emissions

Is there chromium in Oregon water? Environmental group says yes

Health News

OPB’s First Look: What Oregonians need to know about COVID-19 shots

COVID-19 shots and what Oregonians need to know

Trump and RFK Jr. are making claims about autism. What do medical experts say?

Who should get a COVID, flu or RSV vaccine this year? What to know

Cocoa supplements could reduce the risk of heart disease: Study

Trump suggests changes to childhood vaccine schedule ‘based on what I feel’

Study: Aspirin cuts colorectal cancer recurrence in half

Trump’s Tylenol diatribe was rooted in frustration

Public Safety

Threat to NYC cell service disrupted as UN convenes: Secret Service

Transportation News

‘Made my heart sink’: Oregonians who bought electric vehicles discover they may not get $7,500 tax credit

International News

Pressured on Gaza and Ukraine, Trump focuses mainly on migration in U.N. address

UN chief warns world leaders of ‘an age of reckless disruption and relentless human suffering’

Live updates: Trump says he now believes Ukraine can take back all of its land after meeting with Zelenskyy

Trump: NATO countries should shoot down Russian planes if they enter airspace

National News

Jury convicts Ryan Routh on all charges in attempted assassination of Donald Trump

National Campaign News/Polls

What Americans think about legal immigration, according to a new poll

Poll finds broad opposition to government pressure on broadcasters

Pritzker: Trump deploying troops to control midterm elections

Harris on Trump: ‘We’re dealing with a communist dictator’

National Political News

Trump cancels meeting with Democrats as prospects for shutdown increase

Trump administration fires more immigration judges

Trump’s ‘tough it out’ advice to expectant moms is the latest example of men opining on women’s pain

Close to 5M could become uninsured if Congress doesn’t extend subsidies, report says

Trump signs executive order designating antifa as a terrorist group: What does that mean?

Trump makes defiant return to United Nations podium

5 takeaways from Trump’s long, contentious UN speech 

GOP senator on Trump linking autism, Tylenol: ‘Not the case’

Bolton: Rubio remarks on Europe, Ukraine ‘total nonsense’

Trump: Ukraine can win war against Russia, restore ‘original borders’

White House’s director of 250th celebration fired by bipartisan commission

Trump’s words could trip up any prosecutions against political foes

Leavitt seeks firings over escalator incident involving Trumps at United Nations

Trump’s stunning pivot on Ukraine thrills hawkish Republicans

Military/Defense

Military academies eye Classical Learning Test for admissions as skeptics voice concerns

Hegseth axes decades-old advisory committee on women in the military

Opinion

What Oregon’s first synagogue teaches about belonging

A Constitutional Convention would be a constitutional crisis — states must say no 

The Supreme Court has abandoned federal judges on the front lines of justice 

Two boulders are crushing Hawaii: Trump’s tariffs and the Jones Act