Did the Grasshopper Fire Have to Be So Bad?
Itβs nearly extinguished, and it was far from 2026βs biggest Oregon blaze, but the 94,000-acre Grasshopper Fire east of Mount Hood represents the biggest missed…
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Data centers take center stage, spur mudslinging, in competitive Gorge-based Oregon House race
A Republican county commissioner who ushered in Google data center development in The Dalles is accusing his opponent of being a champion of data center…
Read full article βAll of Oregonβs congressional districts are considered safe this year. Hereβs why.
Political analysts donβt expect any of Oregonβs six congressional seats to change hands in the November election. The Cook Political Report, which analyzes congressional elections…
Read full article βReaders Respond to Audit of Portland Public Schoolsβ $61 Million Contract
As a public official, there are several things you would prefer not to read in an audit of a $61 million public contract.
Read full article βCity Greenlights Franchise Transfer of Fuel Terminal After Months of Limbo
The controversial fuel terminal along the Willamette River thatβs currently owned by Zenith Energy will soon have a new owner.
Read full article βAI issue wrangling in Oregonβs 4th Congressional District
If youβre a candidate complaining about an opponentβs stance on an issue, it helps to have a firm and visible position on it yourself. The…
▶️ Watch →Abiqua Falls is one step closer to becoming public land after $2 million sale approved
A popular 92-foot waterfall formerly at risk of being closed to the public is closer to becoming a new state recreation area after the Oregon…
Read full article βCounty Auditor Raises Concerns Around Preschool for All Contracting
In two recommendations, Jennifer McGuirk suggests the county strengthen its seat allocation policies and improve the programβs waitlist.
Read full article βOregon lawmakers could ban Flock, automated license plate reading cameras in 2027
Oregon lawmakers took action earlier this year to regulate the use of an increasingly bipartisan focus of anti-surveillance advocates nationwide: Flock cameras. Now, they could…
Read full article βMillions of dollars of waste found in Trump administration push for immigration detention
WASHINGTON βΒ Government investigators Thursday released a report that found the Department of Homeland Security wasted more than $20 million in federal funding in its rapid…
Read full article βFederal judge orders White House must restore press passes to 3 banned news outlets
WASHINGTON β U.S. District Court Judge Timothy Kelly early Thursday issued an order that temporarily blocks President Donald Trumpβs ban of three news organizations from…
Read full article βOregon studentsβ grasp of key subjects slowly grows, but still below pre-pandemic levels
Results from the latest statewide assessment tests show student proficiency in reading, writing and math slowly inching up from pandemic lows.
Read full article βOregonβs Students Continue to See Slow Recovery in State Assessment Outcomes
With the beginning of fall comes a now familiar tune: Oregon students continue to post outcomes on the statewide assessment that continue to fall flat…
Read full article βFake Trivia From Chuck Klostermanβs Bizarro Rock-βnβ-Roll History
βRock*β is a speculative cultural history that asks, what if the Velvet Underground was the biggest band the world had ever known?
Read full article βWomenβs Sports Deserve Better than Anti-trans Fearmongering
In recent months, anti-trans protestors haven taken to the Sports Bra and Portland Fire and Thorns Games.
Read full article βPittsburgh Housing Authority Expected to Pick Ex-Home Forward CEO Ivory Mathews to Lead Agency
The ex-CEO of Home Forward, who resigned under a cloud of controversy earlier this year, is poised to be selected to serve as the next…
Read full article βDowntown Foot Traffic Is Up but Office Workers Remain Home, Study Shows
Monthly visitors and office workers in downtown hit 3 million people for the first time since 2019. The number is higher than last summer, when…
Read full article βFlock surveillance cameras raise constitutional questions, bipartisan US senators say
WASHINGTON β A vast and growing network of artificial intelligence-driven Flock cameras could violate constitutional privacy rights, U.S. senators on a Judiciary Committee subcommittee said…
Read full article ββCongress, do your job:β Checks and balances depend on voters, too
βCongress, do your job.β That was a repeated refrain at this summerβs convention of the nonpartisan League of Women Voters in Columbus, Ohio. Whether Republican,…
Read full article βDocumentary on Psychedelics Shows Real-Deal Trips
The film βPeakingβ shows the effects of LSD, psilocybin, ibogaine, MDMA, ayahuasca and toad.
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