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Black protesters and Boogaloo boys, both carrying weapons but offering radically different visions of America, assembled in the former capital of the Confederacy over the holiday weekend.

Advocates of police reform say they plan to keep the pressure on for more in the wake of a special session of the Oregon Legislature.

California’s new budget provides enough funding for schools to pivot to hybrid learning when they reopen this fall. But school officials fear Sacramento’s decision to delay cuts could throw districts into the fiscal abyss later.

More than 3,100 inmates at the Snake River Correctional Institution outside Ontario are under quarantine because of an outbreak of COVID-19 at the facility.

At the Salute to America event, Trump referred to protesters calling for the removal of statues as an "angry mob" and likened the defeat of the "radical left" to defeating Nazis and terrorists.

The state is imploring Oregonians to limit unnecessary travel over the holiday weekend, to stay home and avoid congregating in large groups.

The U.S. reported more than 55,000 new COVID-19 cases on Thursday — reaching a daily global record for the coronavirus pandemic. The previous record was set last month by Brazil.

A proposed forest project in Southern Oregon’s Applegate Valley is running into opposition from locals who say it will make the area more vulnerable to wildfire.

As of Thursday afternoon, just four measures appeared likely to qualify for the general election, the fewest in more than 50 years.

Experts note that isolation is a leading contributor to heat deaths. Also, social distancing recommendations during the pandemic are creating a 'perfect storm' of conditions for heat deaths among aging Americans.

A federal judge has issued a temporary restraining order against the city of Portland, restricting how police can interact with journalists and legal observers documenting the nightly protests.

The Oregon Shakespeare Festival would like its supporters to reimagine theater … online.