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Oregon News

Here’s how to tell if your Oregon election mail comes from an official source

‘We’ll have to litigate’: Oregon bipartisan duo seek novel ban on law enforcement masking

More Questions Arise About State Investments in Private Equity

AG on Trump administration notice to remove gender ideology from sex ed

Oregon Political News /Polls

Gov. Tina Kotek’s transportation funding package clears Oregon House, moves to Senate

Oregon state lawmaker wants death tax to die

Oregon lawmakers join call for answers on firefighter arrests at Bear Gulch

Oregon Wildfire News

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‘A little bit of Armageddon’: How volunteer firefighters saved Oregon’s historic Breitenbush Hot Springs

Firefighters make progress against Flat Fire, reach 52% containment

Flat Fire in Central Oregon 67% contained

Scientists find surprises under surface of burned forest streams 5 years after Oregon’s Labor Day fires

Oregon wildfire updates: Emigrant Fire grows to 16,000 acres

Evacuation notices cancelled as crews work to contain Dads Creek Fire

Wildfire burning west of Glendale results in Level 1 evacuation alert, Cow Creek Road closure

Willamette Valley/Salem News

Home repair program in Eugene’s Whiteaker neighborhood aims to improve public health, climate resiliency

Third man dies in Marion County Jail in 2025

How are Eugene, Springfield schools handling the cell phone ban?

Southern Oregon

DOJ declines to further investigate criminal allegations raised by Fire District 5 officials

Business & Economic News

Google Barred From Exclusive Search Deals but Avoids Harsh U.S. Court Remedies

Judge won’t force Google to sell Chrome browser, rejects DOJ proposal

Here are the jobs covered by Trump’s ‘No tax on tips’ law

Kraft Heinz undoes blockbuster merger after a decade of changing tastes

Pessimism about economy at record highs in new survey

Health Insurers in Oregon Move Toward Major Rate Bumps, Again

Education News

New tribal languages program coming to Chiloquin Elementary School

Energy & Environment

Energy secretary says he worries most about high electricity bills

Appeals court overturns ruling halting EPA clawback of climate funds

85 climate scientists refute Trump administration report downplaying climate change

Health News

Protesters heckle Crenshaw over cuts to Medicaid

Trump demands drugmakers ‘justify’ COVID treatment success

RFK Jr.’s power play faces key September tests

These scientists found Alzheimer’s in their genes. Here’s what they did next

How rural hospitals are banding together to survive

Natural Resource News

Drones blasting AC/DC are helping biologists protect cattle from wolves on the Oregon border

Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife’s list of species at risk surpasses 300

Public Safety

Trump says he will order federal intervention in Chicago and Baltimore despite local opposition

Trump amps up rhetoric toward Chicago as showdown looms

International News

Belgium to recognize Palestinian state, top diplomat says

National News

US conducts lethal strike on ‘drug vessel’ in Caribbean: Rubio

Judge rules Trump’s use of US military in LA illegal 

National Campaign News/Polls

Ashley Hinson hints at Senate run after Ernst announces retirement

Republicans fret about inflation’s impact on 2026 midterms

National Political News

Trump announces Space Command moving to Alabama, reversing Biden decision

Bipartisan Colorado lawmakers condemn Space Command relocation

Trump administration to target housing costs: Bessent

Trump says Colorado’s mail-in voting played role in Space Command move

Trump, GOP face tough choices for second tax bill

Murkowski takes aim at Trump administration’s ‘unlawful’ pocket rescission

With discharge petition, Massie continues crusade for release of Epstein files

Trump addresses speculation about his health

Trump’s cash-grab faces meandering path to SCOTUS as Congress writhes

Tariff/Trade News

Bessent: Trump administration has backup plan if Supreme Court rules unfavorably on tariffs

Trump: Tariff decision “an emergency,” will appeal as soon as Wednesday

Why economists now fear tariff rollbacks

Opinion

Iran is poking the bear again

Why return-to-office cannot be one-size-fits-all 

Tinkerbell politics won’t save progressive Democrats 

An Iowa mom showed how Democrats can win in deep-red America