Educators Gather for GEAR UP West 2025: Advancing College Access & Student Success

Next week, October 26-28, 2025, hundreds of educators, college access professionals and community leaders from across the region and United States will come together for Gaining Early Awareness and Readiness for Undergraduate Programs (GEAR UP)...

Oregon AG asks federal court to toss lawsuit seeking sanctuary law clarification

Oregon Attorney General Dan Rayfield this week asked federal court to dismiss a Marion County lawsuit seeking clarification on whether county officials are allowed to comply with “immigration enforcement subpoenas.” Rayfield said Oregon’s...

Oregon’s latest statewide student survey shines a spotlight on unmet health needs, makes an urgent call for more support

PORTLAND, Ore. (KTVZ) - More than one in five Oregon eighth- and 11th-graders say they experienced unmet mental or physical health care needs in 2022, according to a new state Student Health Survey report developed with Oregon youth using the most...

Oregon lawyers urge judge not to lift broader National Guard ban

Lawyers for the state on Tuesday urged U.S. District Judge Karin J. Immergut not to lift her temporary order barring federal deployment of any National Guard troops to protect Portland’s U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement property and...

Oregon’s sole USCIS Application Support Center shifting location in December

The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services confirmed its Portland Application Support Center will move to Southeast Powell Boulevard in December. PORTLAND, Ore. — Portland's only Application Support Center (ASC), part of the U.S. Citizenship...

Oregon Zoo's elephant plate debuts at Portland DMV Nov. 3

PORTLAND, Ore. - A new Oregon Zoo license plate showcasing the endangered Asian elephant will be available at the Oregon DMV starting Nov. 3. According to the Oregon Zoo Foundation, this specialty plate celebrates Portland's nickname, the Rose...

Oregon embraced Carnegie Libraries like no other state

If you walked into almost any city library in the 1880s, chances are you wouldn't even recognize it. First off, if you were under 12 years old at the time, you wouldn't even be let in the door. Children were simply not allowed in. But if you were...

Oregon teens face health care barriers; report calls for support

PORTLAND, Ore. - A recent report from the Oregon Health Authority (OHA) reveals that over 20% of Oregon’s eighth- and 11th-graders faced unmet mental or physical health care needs in 2022. The Student Health Survey highlights the challenges...

Want a say in Oregon's natural disaster budget?

Oregonians may soon have greater input in how the next statewide budget seeks to mitigate natural disasters. Gov. Tina Kotek on Wednesday, along with Oregon State University's Oregon Climate Change Research Institute and the University of Oregon's...

Court Clears Trump to Deploy Oregon Guard in ICE Facility Unrest

A federal appeals court on Monday cleared President Donald Trump to for now send Oregon National Guard troops to Portland, lifting a previous lower court ruling that barred him from doing so following that blocked the move after months of violence...

EXCLUSIVE: ICE arrests 'worst of the worst' illegal immigrants convicted of sex crimes against children

"These barbaric monsters who committed these crimes against innocent children should NEVER have been in our country in the first place." US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents on Monday arrested illegal immigrants throughout the...

ICE arrests 51 criminal illegal immigrants in Portland amid ongoing Antifa-linked protests

The operation targeted illegal migrants with extensive criminal histories, such as sexual assault, child abuse, domestic violence, drug trafficking, and manslaughter. Federal immigration authorities arrested 51 illegal immigrants during a joint...

U.S. marshal and undocumented immigrant shot during ICE stop in Los Angeles

Federal officers attempting to arrest an undocumented immigrant in Los Angeles fired shots that injured the immigrant and a U.S. marshal on Tuesday, authorities said. The shooting happened during what the Department of Homeland Security described...

How This Oregon Music Festival Has Helped Plant Hundreds of Trees & Protect Acres of Rainforest

Seemingly small initiatives can make a big impact when it comes to making festivals greener — a point Oregon’s Cascade Equinox Festival is demonstrating with its ongoing sustainability program. The festival’s third edition happened Sep. 19-21 in...

Humongous pumpkin ‘boat’ race features costumes, captains and a world record-breaking sailor

Give them pumpkin to talk about. Gourds and ghouls gathered in Tualatin, Oregon, for the 21st annual West Coast Giant Pumpkin Regatta to watch competitors turn huge pumpkins into hollowed-out floating boats. The event has been drawing large crowds...

Desert Race Adventures Confirms Mid-November Launch Date

Posted in: Games, Indie Games, Video Games | Tagged: Black Smoke Studios, Desert Race Adventures, Firedrake Games Originally slated for the summer, Desert Race Adventures has been given a new release date for Steam and Nintendo Switch next month...

Watch: Dozens of giant pumpkins hit the water for rowing race

The gourd, the bad, and the ugly set sail in Oregon at the state's annual pumpkin regatta in Tualatin. Hosted since 2004, the rowing race sees competitors dress up as characters from Elvis or a hot dog, to Guy Fieri and a UPS delivery man, and...

BYD’s EVs race ahead – but more established brands can catch up

Electric cars made by the Chinese car firm BYD are now a familiar sight on British roads. In September 2025, the company sold 11,271 vehicles in the UK – ten times as many as in the same month last year. This level of growth means the UK is now...

Trump touts Oregon National Guard ruling as Supreme Court weighs deployment to Chicago

By John Fritze, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump is leaning on a new appeals court ruling that endorsed his deployment of the National Guard to Portland, Oregon, as he urges the Supreme Court to let his administration carry out a similar effort...

Judge likely to block federal cuts to inclusive sex education funding

A federal judge in Oregon said she’s leaning toward blocking the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services from pulling funding for sex education that includes references to diverse gender identities. At one point during a hearing Monday, U.S....