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Oregon transportation tax vote and layoffs delayed because of senator’s health

With a key Democratic senator recovering from surgery, the Oregon Senate will delay a planned vote on a ...

Elections

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

With the May 2026 primary eight months away, Oregon Secretary of State Tobias Read said Oregonians may start ...

Crime & Justice

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

Legal experts at odds over the constitutionality of proposals to limit immigration agent masking, which are popping up ...

Climate

Democratic AGs disclose FEMA failed to make grants for months to critical disaster program

WASHINGTON — Democratic attorneys general have updated their complaint against the Trump administration in a lawsuit over whether ...

Local News

Woodstock Library reopening in Southeast Portland with new look

On Thursday, Sept. 5, patrons can visit the updated space following its closure for renovations. Woodstock Library closed ...

Crime & Justice

Planned police presence at MHCC is for training purposes

Uniformed officers, marked vehicles will be at campus Wednesday, Sept. 3

Government

Oregon’s U.S. Sen. Jeff Merkley returns from Gaza, Israel: ‘There has to be an end to this war’

Merkley and Sen. Chris Van Hollen of Maryland recently went to Gaza’s border with Israel and Egypt to ...

Environment

Oregon State Parks to charge fees at 21 more state parks to address budget shortfall

The Oregon Parks and Recreation Department is implementing new fees at some of its day-use parks and raising ...

Business

After false starts, Oregon House passes transportation tax package

The proposal heads to the Senate, which is expected to vote on Wednesday A bill to fund road ...

Crime & Justice

Pair arrested for shooting in Centennial Neighborhood

Jeroshea M. Wilson, 27, and Sir James A. Williams, 37, in custody

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Environment

How the Rapid Spread of Misinformation Pushed Oregon Lawmakers to Kill the State’s Wildfire Risk Map

After Oregon’s record-breaking fire season in 2020, lawmakers wanted to map out which properties were most at risk. ...

Lifestyle

Music lovers unite! Canby’s Record Bonanza is tuning up

From recalling the halcyon days of the ‘Summer of Love’ to discovering the quality of voices such as ...

Government

What’s happening at the Portland City Council meetings this week?

Here’s a look at the upcoming agenda items being covered on Wednesday, Sept. 3, and Thursday, Sept. 4, ...

News

Portland Police Bureau rejoins regional Transit Police Division

Portland dedicates personnel to patrolling public transit

Local

‘How do you start again at 81?’ Sisters man loses home in Flat Fire

Braxton Holly lost everything but the shirt on his back In a span of 20 minutes, the Flat ...

Government

Republicans re-up plan to use road safety, climate money to bail out state transportation department

Proposal counters tax hikes and increased fees sought by Democrats for special session Oregon Republicans opened Friday’s special ...

Government

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

More than 320 species of plants and animals living in Oregon are in need of greater protection, according ...

Crime & Justice

Pedestrian dies in early morning Northeast Portland crash

A pedestrian was hit and killed by a vehicle early Friday, Aug. 29, in the 500 block of ...

Business

Oregon wood treater polluted a town’s water source. Regulators didn’t stop it.

An Oregon wood treatment facility polluted a town’s water source for years with a now-banned chemical. Regulators who ...

Business

‘Common sense’: federal appeals court upholds Oregon prescription drug transparency law

A 2018 law requiring pharmaceutical companies to report to the state the reasons for raising already expensive drug ...