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Two weeks after three students and a teacher were fatally shot at Silver Rail Elementary in Bend, more than 86% of families want their children to return to the school, according to a survey from Bend-La Pine Schools.

In the most populous county of Washington’s contested 3rd Congressional District, Clark County Auditor Greg Kimsey chose to accept Gov. Bob Ferguson’s recent offer to send plainclothes National Guard members to ballot drop boxes to provide extra security.

The Secretary of State is encouraging Oregon voters to mail in their ballots by the end of the day today (Tuesday) to ensure they are postmarked in time, and to vote via a secure drop box after that.

If you plan to vote by mail, the U.S. Postal Service recommends mailing your completed ballot at least seven days before Election Day — that means no later than today, Oct. 27.

For three Wednesdays in October, ODFW staff from around the state descend on the 50-year-old hatchery in Otis to help trap, sort, collect eggs and sperm, and send some back on their way upriver.

The buyouts will be available to select employees in the U.S., U.K., Canada and India at the vice president level and below.

Southern Oregon University has some ambitious plans underway to right its financial ship. The first aims to reduce operational spending by $20 million by next June. The other is an ongoing philanthropic campaign to raise $100 million to "supercharge" other priorities.

In 1994, concerns about offshore drilling and foreign fishing prompted the state to develop what it calls the Territorial Sea Plan, which tackled those issues and more. But a lot has changed since then, so the state is diving into efforts to update that plan.

Portland Public and Salem-Keizer's plans to close schools share many similarities. For starters, their proposals are wildly unpopular with the families and communities they impact. But there are also some differences.

The string of bad news for the Oregon football team continues. After falling to 4-3 on Saturday in a surprising 21-10 loss to Illinois, coach Dan Lanning fired his offensive coordinator yesterday. Today, he announced the starting QB isn't coming back this year.

Federal attorneys in Seattle alleged Monday that hundreds of ineligible Washington residents — non-citizens — are voting in elections.

After 16 seasons with the Portland Timbers, team captain Diego Chara is set to retire from Major League Soccer next year.

Several businesses had shattered windows near the shooting scene on A Street. Neither the man shot nor the Ashland officer has been publicly identified.

Pacific Seafood processing plant workers are back on the job in Newport after a fire Sunday in one of the company’s buildings forced an evacuation of the Yaquina Bay waterfront.

In the wake of the Silver Rail Elementary shooting, the governor announced she's instructed several state agencies to help the schools and families in the Bend-La Pine community in several ways whether it's increased funds, fast-tracked family leave or flexing some school requirements.

President Trump is planning to open up some of the nation's last pristine forests to road building and timber companies. But those who work in the woods say it won't do enough to revive the industry.

The 21-10 loss on the road to the Illini was the third of the season for Oregon, essentially ending any chance at the College Football Playoff.

For the past 14 months, Bryan Vance has tracked the prices of 20 common grocery staples, aggregating them into a newsletter called Stumptown Savings. Spurred by rising costs and his own layoff, the Google sheet where he tracks items is now 5,500 lines long. Every month he adds 400 points of data.

Most of the water that's pumped out of the Harney Basin aquifer gets used for commercial agriculture, but for the last three decades water in parts of the basin has been drying up. Now, a nonprofit partnership in the region is looking for solutions on how to keep farming with less water.

Polling suggests the race between Gov. Kotek and her Republican challenger could be close. The shooting at Silver Rail Elementary School will certainly be on some voters’ minds.

Kaylub Giamanco, the man who fatally shot the teenage shooter at Silver Rail Elementary School on Oct. 15, exclusively spoke with OPB about his experience that day. This is the full interview with Giamanco, edited for clarity.

A Pacific Seafood warehouse along the Yaquina Bay caught fire Sunday morning. Hazard teams have been deployed but officials says, ammonia risk is stable for now.

Family members and close friends remembered Megan Lambert, the 25-year-old school teacher and volleyball coach who dedicated her life to working with children.

The high diesel prices are adding to pain for cattle ranchers in western states, who were already struggling with persistent drought. And in Harney County, where bovines outnumber the people – by a lot - there’s many mouths to feed.

The agency posted on Everbridge that the evacuation notice affected people within a half-mile radius of the facility, located at 213 SW Blvd.

Alcohol consumption in the U.S. is at an all-time low, according to a Gallup poll from last year. The share of Americans who say they drink was just 54% for the second year running in the survey.

Adult emerald ash borers measure about half an inch long and sport a shiny green exoskeleton. Originally from Asia and first identified in the U.S. in Michigan in 2002, the invasive pest has decimated ash trees in North America, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture.

Charlotte beat Portland 2-0 at home in 2024 in the only other matchup between the clubs.

The allegations center on nearly $400,000 in donations the John G. Atkins Foundation made to the sheriff’s office between 2009 and 2023. County officials say the nonprofit’s donations bypassed county approval and oversight.

The weekly newspaper announced the closure in its most recent edition, citing a sharp decline in revenue.

Employees in the buyout program could leave LCC as late as the end of the next year, according to the timeline included in the emails. But the college said workers who want to participate must commit by the end of next month.

Driving along the scenic Columbia River Gorge on I-84, you might not expect to find many of the bright, candy-colored vintage neon signs that once illuminated America’s main boulevards. But a time capsule of this craft can be found in The Dalles, Oregon, home to the National Neon Sign Museum.

Oregon’s draft State Rail Plan identifies a dozen projects intended to improve passenger rail service, including upgrades to help Amtrak Cascades avoid freight traffic, which is a common source of delays.

The win moved the Thorns (13-8-8) into sixth place in the league standings with one game left in the regular season. It is the tenth straight season that Portland has made the playoffs.

Damian Lillard and Toumani Camara scored 19 points each and helped the Trail Blazers improve to 2-0.

With little more than a week until Election Day, affordability and public safety are taking center stage in the race for two seats on the nonpartisan commission that leads the Portland area’s purplest county.

Oregon’s 2026 wildfire season burned a record amount of land and cost more to fight than any season before it, even as the state saw fewer fires than usual. More than 2.1 million acres burned across the state this year, surpassing the previous record set in 2024.

Students at Oregon State University’s Cascades campus in Bend are worried about their safety after alleged incidents of sexual assault and the Silver Rail Elementary School shooting.

Oregon is dropping its lawsuit to halt construction of an immigrant detention center in Newport, after the U.S. Department of Homeland Security confirmed it’s no longer pursuing the project.

An industrial chemical leak killed multiple fish in Portland’s Johnson Creek in late September, Oregon environmental regulators have concluded.

Oregon election officials took news of the monitoring in stride, saying DOJ officials would be granted no greater access than any member of the public who wants to observe ballot tallying.

Cyrus Javadi has won his coastal district — stretching from Astoria down to Neskowin — twice. But he did so as a Republican. Then last year Javadi shocked the GOP with two moves. First, he voted with Democrats on a controversial transportation bill. Then, he switched parties.

In an exclusive interview with OPB, Kaylub Giamanco, the man who fatally shot the teenage school shooter at Silver Rail Elementary, shares what he wants people to know about his experience.

Oregon has some of the country’s tightest limits on special education funding. As many questions about the shooting remain, families of children with disabilities are wondering if the tragedy could have been prevented.

Oregon’s largest electric utility says it will need to almost double the amount of renewable energy it delivers to meet the state’s emission reduction goals by the end of the decade.

Surviving family members, lawyers representing workers and state officials interviewed for this story all pointed to a pattern: The DOE systematically challenges and then drags out workers’ compensation claims for years with recommended denials and subsequent legal appeals.

Local governments across Oregon appear sharply divided on what amounts to a statewide data center moratorium.

Police believe a Happy Valley man, Edward Villa, shot and killed his girlfriend — along with her 15-year-old son and mother — earlier this week.

If approved, the 88-mile pipeline would carry up to 275 million additional standard cubic feet of natural gas per day to the Northwest.

Some council members wanted the city to explore other funding options but the mayor broke the 2-2 tie to make Ashland's parks fee a permanent one. The council had adopted the fee last year to avoid major cuts in service.