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A recently installed lock and seal secures November 2024 and June 2026 election ballots in a room at the Market Street elections office in Redding on Sept. 17, 2026.
Salvador Ochoa
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CalMatters
Elections
How election deniers are using public records to sow doubt in California
Ryan Sabalow
California election skeptics filed dozens of public records requests. Some are soliciting donations from people who believe election results can’t be trusted.
The Oregon Department of Transportation has built six wildlife crossings, including this tunnel beneath U.S. 97 south of Bend.
Oregon Department of Transportation
Wildlife
Nonprofit recruits volunteers to help track wildlife impacted by Oregon’s roads
Mia Maldonado
FILE - Oregon Gov. Tina Kotek, right, talks with twins Joey and Aubrey Hager, left, and their mom, Kelly Hager, at the Veterans of Foreign Wars cowboy breakfast before the Pendleton Round-Up on Sept. 18, 2026.
Eli Imadali
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OPB
Elections
Facing tight race, Gov. Tina Kotek taps friendly influencers to spread message
Dirk VanderHart, Lauren Dake
A forested trail opening to the beach is blocked by barbed wire.
Courtesy of the Surfrider Foundation
Outdoors, Leisure and Sports
New trail restores Lighthouse Beach access near Coos Bay
Theo Greenly
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The Medford Mail Tribune, established in 1909, will cease publication this week.
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A Palestinian mother mourns her son, who was killed in an Israeli airstrike just over a month into the ceasefire, at Al-Shifa Hospital, in Gaza City, on Nov. 20, 2025.
  1. Photos: What a year of ceasefire in Gaza looks like
  2. Ongoing lawsuits allege GLP-1s can cause serious harm. But we don't know how often
  3. Did Russia play by the rules in reporting lab worker's death?
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Republican state Sen. Christine Drazan, during the gubernatorial debate in Eugene, Ore., at the University of Oregon, on Thursday, Oct. 1, 2026.
Will Yurman
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Elections
Christine Drazan reports $1 million check in tight race for Oregon governor
Lauren Dake
The campaign donation from the National Republican Governors Association comes at a key time.
Eight people are seated at a wooden dais. A blond woman in the middle speaks into a microphone.
Screengrab from RVTV
Housing
Medford moves toward taking over former hotel that housed wildfire survivors
Jane Vaughan
A woman sitting at a table speaking into a microphone
Roman Battaglia
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Politics & Government
Ashland seeks new city manager as Sabrina Cotta steps down
Roman Battaglia
Picnic tables are shown on pavement under the shade of a large tree. A few people are seated at the tables.
Jane Vaughan
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JPR
Poverty and Homelessness
Grants Pass warns Parker’s Place shelter developer of grant violations
Jane Vaughan
Republican Christine Drazan and Democratic incumbent Tina Kotek at their second gubernatorial debate in Medford, October 17, 2026.
Roman Battaglia
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JPR News
Elections
Oregon’s second gubernatorial debate features few fireworks, plenty of policy
Dirk VanderHart
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State workers march along 16th Street during a SEIU Local 1000 picket outside the CalHR building in Sacramento on July 22, 2026.
Fred Greaves
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CalMatters
Labor & Employment
California’s biggest state worker union authorizes strike in Newsom’s last months
Lynn La
Demanding better pay and a more flexible work-from-home policy, state workers in SEIU Local 1000 voted to authorize a strike as the union negotiates with Gov. Gavin Newsom.
Exterior of a data center with rooftop equipment, exposed pipes and large metal ducts in Silicon Valley, South San Francisco Bay Area, California.
Sundry Photography
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Politics & Government
Humboldt County pauses new data centers, but leaves an exception
Roman Battaglia
From left, Cameron Winklevoss and Richard Uihlein.
Photos via Noam Galai, Getty Images and Uline Corporate Video
Elections
Why are out-of-state billionaires funding a California voter ID measure?
Nadia Lathan
Artificial intelligence evaluators are increasingly called upon to audit powerful new models, including in legislation. Dreamforce conference attendees explore an agentic exhibit in San Francisco on Sept. 15, 2026.
Anna Hoch-Kenney
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CalMatters
Science & Technology
‘Evaluators’ are supposed to keep AI from killing us all. No pressure
Khari Johnson
A screenshot from a recent campaign ad by Republican gubernatorial candidate Steve Hilton.
CalMtters
Elections
Republican Hilton’s ‘Just try it’ ad courts liberals — and angers his own base
Jeanne Kuang
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