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Mount Hood and Mount Hood National Forest on Dec. 12, 2025. The Trump administration is moving the U.S. Forest Service's headquarters to Salt Lake City, Utah, and closing around 23 research facilities, including in the Pacific Northwest Research Station in Portland.
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Environment, Energy and Transportation
US Forest Service releases long-awaited restructuring plan
Adia White
Labs in Seattle and Wenatchee that were previously identified for closure were spared in the latest plan. The regional headquarters in Portland will be closed.
The Coos County animal shelter near Coos Bay. Sept. 3, 2026.
Theo Greenly
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Politics & Government
Coos County bought a $77,000 animal incinerator. Here’s why
Theo Greenly
FILE - A stand of juniper trees torches at the head of the Rowe Creek Complex Fire near Mitchell, Ore., on July 21, 2026.
Saskia Hatvany
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OPB
Wildfire
Oregon’s 2026 wildfire season brings record costs
OPB Staff
California lawmakers have tried and failed five times since 2022 to regulate technology that tracks license plates. Meanwhile, a national backlash against the tech has gained momentum. A protester holds a sign while demonstrating on the corner of Broadway and 14th Street in Oakland on Aug. 20, 2026. Protesters gathered to call for a ban on automated license plate reader technology.
Khari Johnson
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CalMatters
Politics & Government
California kills bill regulating Flock cameras even as public rage grows
Khari Johnson
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A view from the Klamath Mountains.
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  2. Inside the Oregon coast's hands-on marine science center
  3. Roseburg event aims to give children a place to sleep
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David Richardson testifies before Congress in 2025, when he was leading the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA). In a new book, he describes his efforts to dramatically reduce the agency's size. "I quickly realized that I would not be the one to transform FEMA or shut it down," he says.
  1. Inside the failed mission to eliminate FEMA
  2. Tributes to Gloria Steinem are flooding in, from Hollywood to Capitol Hill
  3. Fox News abruptly parts ways with scandal-tarred star Maria Bartiromo
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Ballots are processed at the Washington County Elections Office in Hillsboro, Ore., May 21, 2024.
Kristyna Wentz-Graff
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OPB
Politics & Government
Why the rushed Postal Service plan for mail-in voting has states in a panic
Jacob Fischler
President Donald Trump’s executive order placing new restrictions on mail-in voting would assign state officials a Herculean task to reach compliance before the crucial midterm elections.
FILE - Matt lifts up his three-year-old son, Theo, to cast his ballot into the Hillsboro Public Library-Shute Park ballot drop box in May 2026. Election officials are increasingly recommending voters plan to use drop boxes rather than mailing their ballot.
Eli Imadali
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OPB
Politics & Government
Amid postal service uncertainty, Oregon election officials turn to ballot drop boxes
Dirk VanderHart
A cloudy sky paves the way for rain and a steep drop in temperatures throughout Oregon during the first week of September 2026.
Jeff Thompson
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OPB
Weather
Cold front interrupts summer in Oregon, bringing showers and a steep drop in temperatures
Jireh Deng
Coos-Curry Electric Cooperative’s office in Port Orford. The member-owned utility raised rates 10.8% beginning Sept. 1, 2026.
Theo Greenly
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JPR
Environment, Energy and Transportation
Coos-Curry Electric raises rates 10.8%
Theo Greenly
International student enrollment at Oregon's public universities is expected to decline this year due to Trump administration policies. Oregon State University is currently home to about 1,900 international students and their families, down from 2,400 in recent years.
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Oregon State University
Education
Oregon universities brace for international enrollment drop following visa delays, Trump policies
Alex Baumhardt
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A tractor is seen destroying rows of marijuana plants in a hoop house.
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Law and Justice
Mendocino County sheriff gets $4.5 million from legal cannabis to go after illegal grows
Justin Higginbottom
The sheriff said he's combating international criminal networks in the rural county.
Smoke from the Eaton Fire fills the sky behind electrical infrastructure in La Cañada Flintridge on Jan. 8, 2025.
Jules Hotz
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CalMatters
Politics & Government
Wildfire liability bill dies without a vote on final day of California's legislative session
Levi Sumagaysay
Tina Peters at a candidate debate in Hudson, Colo., in 2023.
David Zalubowski
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Associated Press
Politics & Government
Tina Peters rejects Shasta County elections job offer
Roman Battaglia
Remnants of 2021's Caldor Fire are still highly visible in the Lake Tahoe Basin, as seen in this burn scar.
Hugh Safford
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UC Davis
Wildfire
Lessons from the Caldor Fire: The ‘Christmas Valley Miracle’ and forest management
Jen Picard, Sarit Laschinsky, Vicki Gonzales
A 4-lane freeway bridge going in both directions, with trees scattered around it.
Caltrans
Environment, Energy and Transportation
Redding will get a 'first-of-its-kind' truck-only lane on I-5
Roman Battaglia
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