Global pandemic
Testing of students moving onto college campuses and student-to-student transmissions at parties acount for some but not all of Oregon's caseload spike, authorities say.
Portland braced for potential violence Saturday as the Proud Boys, designated a hate group by the Southern Poverty Law Center, planned to bring people into the city for an unsanctioned rally.
Nullification of the fraudulent 1865 treaty passed the U.S. Senate and House unanimously.
Sunday marks the 170th anniversary of the Donation Land Claim Act, which kick-started the white settlement of current-day Oregon—and the seizure of Indigenous people's land.
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The campaign against a November ballot measure to improve transportation in the Portland metro area by taxing large business payrolls has received nearly $840,000 in cash contributions.
A forest activist's death is confirmed and federal aid is secured to fix fire-related road damage.
The hearings on the nomination of Judge Amy Coney Barrett are expected to last four days. President Trump wants a final vote in the Senate before the election.
Astronauts have been able to cast ballots from above since the Texas legislature gave its blessing in 1997. "It's critical to participate in our democracy," NASA astronaut Kate Rubins said.
Barrett is President Trump's choice to replace Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, who died last week. Watch the official announcement live.
A federal judge has ruled that the Trump administration’s leading steward of public lands has been serving unlawfully and blocked him from continuing in the position
Presidential nominee Joe Biden said he is confident in the courts, the Congress, and national security officials to carry out the rule of law.
Curious Northwest
The year was 1913. In Eastern Oregon, the town of Copperfield was known for heavy drinking, corrupt local politics, daytime brawls and nighttime brothels. To the west of the Cascades, Fern Hobbs was developing her own reputation, as the first Oregon woman to receive an important political appointment after the state granted women the right to vote.
Online learning presents challenges for both students and parents, who may be working from home, looking for work or need childcare. Some are forming in-person pods to deal with some of those challenges. We talk with parents from three families who formed a pod for their school-aged children.
Multnomah County DA Mike Schmidt isn’t pursuing charges against most of the protesters Portland police have arrested, but police continue to make arrests. The police union and others have vociferously objected to his failure to prosecute, especially in cases involving rioting without accompanying charges related to property damage or violence.
