5+ hour, 46+ min ago  (1065+ words) The Portland Cascade's Tori Vidales, third from left, celebrates with teammates after hitting a home run in the fifth inning during an Athletes Unlimited Softball League game against the Oklahoma City Spark at Hillsboro Ballpark on Thursday, June 18, 2026. Fans cheer…...

8+ hour, 57+ min ago  (478+ words) Gov. Tina Kotek signs legislation codifying the Dolly Parton Imagination Library into state law, joined by families and supporters of the program in a Gresham library. Shaanth Nanguneri / Oregon Capital Chronicle When her son began receiving free books in the…...

11+ hour, 8+ min ago  (635+ words) Mo Elwefati secures his bike on the Transit to Trails Shuttle in Bend, Ore. , on June 17, 2026. On a hot late afternoon in Bend, families and friends pulled inner tubes from the Deschutes River after a lazy float. Many people drove…...

12+ hour, 21+ min ago  (243+ words) FILE - Portland Parks & Recreation has seven outdoor pools. Courtesy Portland Parks & Recreation Portland's outdoor public pools are open for summer, just in time for another warm weekend. The city will open its seven outdoor swimming pools on Thursday. It comes…...

12+ hour, 50+ min ago  (222+ words) Allison Frost / OPB Editor's Note: This episode of Think Out Loud was recorded on Thursday, June 11. Four days after we recorded the episode, the North Plains City Council voted to terminate the employment of city manager Bill Reid. At that…...

1+ day, 20+ hour ago  (809+ words) Amid escalating tensions over the role of data centers in the city of Hillsboro " and the tax breaks their developers have recently been granted" one voice has been conspicuously absent: the mayor's. Hillsboro Mayor Beach Pace was not present at…...

2+ day, 21+ hour ago  (435+ words) Holly Bartholomew / OPB Oregon's Justice Department plans to take a more aggressive approach to preventing monopolies and high-profile mergers in the state. On Wednesday, the state Legislature approved 16 new positions under Attorney General Dan Rayfield dedicated to investigate and fight…...

1+ day, 21+ hour ago  (1198+ words) FILE - City Hall on Nov. 12, 2025, in Portland, Ore. After nearly two months of long-winded debates and indecision, Portland has a budget. But no one is thrilled about it. "This is not a great budget," said Councilor Elana Pirtle-Guiney, before voting…...

1+ day, 21+ hour ago  (684+ words) Black smoke rises from the area of the Russian oil producer Gazprom Neft's Moscow oil refinery on the outskirts of Moscow on Thursday. Moscow was fending off a "large-scale" drone attack from Ukraine, with several drones reaching an oil refinery,…...

23+ hour, 18+ min ago  (401+ words) FILE - Republican Christine Drazan (left) and Democratic Gov. Tina Kotek (right) will face off on the ballot in November. Saskia Hatvany and Kristyna Wentz-Graff / OPB Oregon Gov. Tina Kotek has declined to participate in a gubernatorial debate with a statewide…...