Shooter kills three children and one teacher at Oregon elementary school

A 16-year-old shooter opened fire at an elementary school in Bend, Oregon, on Thursday, fatally shooting a teacher and three children before he was killed by a community member, authorities said at a evening news conference…

 https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/oct/15/oregon-elementary-school-shooting

 

Ballots discounted for late postmarks surged in Washington and Oregon after Postal Service changes | PBS News

The number of ballots rejected for late postmarks has soared in the vote-by-mail states of Washington and Oregon, according to newly released data highlighting concerns about recent changes in U.S. Postal Service operations ahead of this fall's pivotal midterm election...

 https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/ballots-discounted-for-late-postmarks-surged-in-washington-and-oregon-after-postal-service-changes

 

Judge blocks Trump anti-DEI conditions on California, Oregon grants - POLITICO

“Plaintiffs maintain that ‘[n]othing in the Constitution or federal statutes authorizes Defendants to impose the Challenged Conditions, or anything of the kind, on funds administered through congressional grant programs,’” Orrickwrote. “I agree.”…

 https://www.politico.com/news/2026/07/10/judge-blocks-trump-anti-dei-conditions-california-oregon-grants-00993264

Video shows ICE violently arresting Oregon farm workers and using facial recognition

Exclusive: Body-cam footage shared with the Guardian shows agents forced workers out of a van in what a judge has called ‘unlawful’ arrest…

 https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/may/21/ice-immigration-oregon-facial-recognition 

 

Falsely charged with a crime, no way to fight it: inside Oregon’s court crisis

An attorney shortage has left thousands trapped in criminal cases without lawyers. One wrongfully accused woman had no choice but to wait…

 https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/apr/28/oregon-public-defender-crisis-courts

 

Western US gripped by extreme snow drought: ‘I’ve never seen a winter like this’

States brace for less water and fire risks as Oregon, Colorado and Utah report lowest statewide snowpack since 1980s…

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/feb/11/snow-drought-oregon-colorado-utah

 

Oregon must dismiss more than 1,400 criminal cases due to attorney shortage, court rules

The problem has been years in the making and has become a significant constitutional crisis, as people charged with crimes are routinely unable to fight their cases as they wait weeks, months or sometimes years for the state to appoint them lawyers. The attorney shortage – due in part to the increasing difficulty of recruiting attorneys for the low-salary, high-caseload jobs – has meant that people have had cases hanging over them for extended periods of time, impacting their housing, employment and families, advocates say. 

Oregon's highest court ruled on Thursday that dismissals are required if the state failed to provide counsel within 60 days after arraignment for a misdemeanor and within 90 days for a felony...

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/feb/05/oregon-supreme-court-ruling-attorney-shortage

 

Powerful storms dump heavy rain and swell rivers across US Pacific north-west

Crews conduct high-water rescues in Washington, and flood watches put in effect along coast down to Oregon…

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/dec/09/pacific-north-west-washington-oregon-storms 

 

ICE detained teenaged US citizen during school lunch break, family says

Despite telling the officers he was an American citizen, one of them broke the driver's side window and detained him. In a video shared to the outlet by Cesar Jimenez, Christian can reportedly be heard asserting his citizenship while an officer responds "get out of the car" and "I don't care." 

Christian Jimenez was taken to the ICE facility in south Portland and released shortly before 7pm the same day, his brother said. Cesar Jimenez added that authorities are now attempting to charge Christian with "interference or obstruction of investigation"...

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/nov/23/ice-oregon-student-citizen-detained-immigration 

 

Republicans BUSTED Using Fake Photos To Justify Trump's Portland Siege

The official Twitter account of the Oregon Republican Party was busted using fake photographs to claim that Portland is under siege by the Left and that Trump's deployment of the National Guard was necessary. The only problem is that the pictures weren't from Portland, or from the US, or even from this year. Some of the pictures were nearly 20 years old and featured riot police in South America - obviously not modern-day Portland. The Oregon GOP deleted the post after being called out, but the damage has already been done.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=byU3Thg1u8s

 

 

Oregon sues Trump administration over order to deploy troops in Portland - The Washington Post

The defense secretary issued a memo saying 200 members of the Oregon National Guard would be activated, an action state leaders say is unlawful...

https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2025/09/28/trump-portland-national-guard/ 

 

BREAKING: Trump slammed with MAJOR LAWSUIT

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0MOcDPtVaIU

Trump says he's sending the military into 'war ravaged' Portland, Ore.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NVzDl2MvX0Y

 

Firefighter arrested by US border agents was on track for legal status, lawyers say

Lawyers say arrest of man fighting Bear Gulch fire in Oregon was illegal and demand immediate release from detention…

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/aug/30/us-border-agents-oregon-firefighters

 

Oregon father detained at his son’s daycare #immigration #trump #insanit...

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/OT4Qi5OnGnk

 

Ice’s ‘inhumane’ arrest of well-known vineyard manager shakes Oregon wine industry

Friends and family of Moises Sotelo 'disappointed and disgusted' after respected fixture detained outside church…

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jun/19/oregon-vineyard-manager-arrest-ice

 

Brief: What Will Universal Healthcare Actually Require? (Conspirituality podcast)

In 2022, Oregonians passed Measure 111, which amends the state constitution to declare access to affordable healthcare a right for every citizen. As it happens, this was the first ballot Derek voted on when moving to the state.

Now that the long journey to universal healthcare is a reality in Oregon, what does that actually entail? Derek is joined by two members of the nonprofit organization, Health Care for All Oregon: Collin Stackhouse, the Social Media Coordinator, and Rebecca Schoon, an Associate Professor of Public Health at Pacific University, who’s on the board. Together, they map out the journey ahead.
Interview: 

https://www.conspirituality.net/episodes/brief-universal-healthcare-oregon

Dysentery cases are on the rise in Oregon. Here’s what to know. - The Washington Post

Health officials have linked the rise in dysentery cases to the number of people experiencing homelessness in the county. Since 2015, there have been several dysentery outbreaks among unhoused people in Portland, according to the county health department...

https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/03/04/dysentery-outbreak-portland-oregon/

I went to my Congresswoman's Town Hall. Here's how it went.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h1OurUUr9KE

Oregon officials condemn letter telling residents to track down ‘brown people’

Anonymous note in Lincoln county told people to write license numbers to find those who may be undocumented…

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/dec/22/lincoln-oregon-brown-people-immigration-letter