With opening delayed to 2027, James Beard Public Market carries weight of Portland’s civic hopes w/ Michael Russell www.oregonlive.com/dining/2026/...

*Buying something cheap at the hardware store for a quick project* How does this place even stay in business? *Comes back twice in the same day, spends $200*

Oregon had just begun to reap the benefits of leaps in energy efficiency and imagine a future where little or none of its electricity came from fossil fuels. Then came data centers, and extreme weather. Now the state faces a new energy crisis. @rogoway.bsky.social reports in the first of a series:

Is Oregon's population slump turning around?

What's that quiet?

This Christmas, consider making a contribution to one of 14 nonprofits featured in @oregonian.com's Season of Sharing campaign. Each organization is vetted by journalists, and their stories show exactly how they're making a difference for Oregonians.

State Supreme Court orders immediate release of 3 Oregon prisoners freed then rearrested Lawyers for the three who were released Christmas Eve praised the ruling. Prosecutors blasted state officials’ actions that led up to it and called for a legislative fix. @oregonian.com bit.ly/4phOpel

The Corvallis Clinic — a major mid-Willamette Valley health provider recently acquired by Optum — plans to close its OB-GYN department early next year, citing the loss of doctors and the inability to recruit replacements www.oregonlive.com/health/2025/...

A Portland maker of trendy home fixtures has abruptly laid off most of its staff. @kcd.bsky.social reports:

Wow, a real shocker on the bakery beat

Not everything in Oregon is getting pricier. Here’s what got more expensive in 2025 and what didn't, from @aimeegreen.bsky.social

Family, community mourns Portland man shot dead while working at convenience store Santi Ram Rai was a singer, raised two young children and volunteered as a youth coordinator for an organization that helped the children of fellow refugees from Bhutan.

Agreements with the U.S. Marshals can be lucrative for local jails. Columbia County, for instance, billed the federal law enforcement agency roughly $2.5 million in transport and boarding fees in the first nine months of this year

Meet @oregonian.com's 2025 Restaurant of the Year www.oregonlive.com/dining/2025/...

‘Absolutely appalled’: Judge blasts ICE for failing to feed detainee before court @oregonian.com www.oregonlive.com/crime/2025/1...

ICE officers had arrest quotas, used facial recognition in Oregon immigration dragnet, @maxbernstein.bsky.social reports:

A very meta front page for @oregonian.com today tells the surprisingly dramatic story of the very first edition of the newspaper 175 years ago www.oregonlive.com/history/2025...

Nearly 1,900 publicly subsidized rental units are sitting empty across Portland. Why? Not for lack of need... Jonathan Bach reports:

The Oregonian celebrates a big milestone this week. The institution predates most others in Oregon — not to mention the state itself

Misinformation, spread both by earnest would-be allies and and opportunists seeking to cash in, is compounding ICE fears in and around Portland. @gosiawoz.bsky.social reports:

Reclaim your inbox for the whole year this Black Friday by unsubscribing from all the unwanted marketing emails that arrive today

Nobody in the Siletz tribe had ever harvested a whale before. Nobody could remember the last time the tribe had done it. But when the opportunity arose, they jumped at the chance to relearn an age-old cultural practice.

This Oregon lake town rebuilt after devastating wildfires. At what cost? Jonathan Bach reports:

Rake leaves from your yard into the North Willamette Boulevard bike lane?

Providence eliminated 250 jobs in a separate round of cuts earlier this year, @kcd.bsky.social report

Oregon National Guard members called up by the federal government, who spent several weeks doing very little, will now have to travel to Texas to demobilize, Sami Edge reports

Here are the details on PowerLattice (now HQ'd in Vancouver), which emerged from stealth today with a $25m round: www.oregonlive.com/silicon-fore...

Intel's latest job cuts included more than 300 factory technicians, @rogoway.bsky.social reports

This massive power line was supposed to help Oregon residents. Now it'll likely serve a data center. @gosiawoz.bsky.social reports:

This leaves Intel with a little more than 16,000 Oregon workers, fewer than at any point since 2012.

Live streamers are a nearly constant presence at Portland’s ICE protests, often seeking out conflict and confrontation. That’s where the profit is.

One Oregon lawmaker’s wife made $6,000 a month working in his office at taxpayer expense, but she was not a frequent sight at the Capitol — probably because also working as a full-time fifth grade teacher at a private school @carlosfuentes.bsky.social reports:

Judge says again, louder this time: No National Guard deployment in Oregon. @maxbernstein.bsky.social reports:

The FAA will cut flights at 40 "high-volume" airports as the federal government shutdown drags on. The feds didn't say which 40 airports would be affected, but Portland International Airport, incidentally, is the nation's 30th largest by passenger volume. A list is expected sometime Thursday.

The IRS' online tax prep program, a free alternative to commercial software, is dead, federal officials informed Oregon and other states this week. @aimeegreen.bsky.social reports:

Commute hour conditions. Thanks, Standard Time

Melissa Fireside was elected to the Clackamas County commission less than a year ago. Then she resigned, facing theft allegations. Now, @noellecrombie.bsky.social reports, state officials say she's fled the country.

How’s the view from your desk?

Newly disclosed records show: • The insiders who bought Amazon’s local fiber provider appointed the people who approved their deal. • They discussed shredding an unfavorable opinion. • They bucked lawyers’ advice to get an outside ‘fairness opinion’, saying it would cost too much and take too long.

Appeals court clears way for Trump to deploy National Guard in Portland

The truth of what's happening in Portland doesn't matter to the Trump administration. But it should to all those who recognize the danger of the federal government's willingness to unleash "full force" on cities with different politics. Editorial: www.oregonlive.com/opinion/2025...

‘Hell hole’? ‘Burning’? ‘War ravaged’? 11 Portlanders tell @lizzyacker.bsky.social what the city is really like

Many Oregonians and Oregon small businesses will face higher health care premiums next year. @kcd.bsky.social reports:

Street trees: 👍 Fruit trees: 👍 Fruit trees as street trees: 👎👎👎 My fellow dog walkers know what I’m talking about.

A federal judge Sunday night issued a new broader order barring any National Guard members from being relocated from any state for federal service in the state of Oregon.

Newsom: California National Guard ‘on their way’ to Oregon, on Trump’s orders www.oregonlive.com/politics/202...

In The Sunday Oregonian: President Trump said conditions outside Portland's ICE building continue to deteriorate, necessitating the National Guard. Here’s what The Oregonian's journalists saw. www.oregonlive.com/crime/2025/1...

National Guard troops temporarily blocked from deploying to Portland, judge rules www.oregonlive.com/crime/2025/1...

Judge will rule today or tomorrow on Trump’s Portland troop deployment. @maxbernstein.bsky.social reports:

Oregon sues to block Trump from deploying troops to Portland after Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth moves to federalize 200 members of the Oregon National Guard @maxbernstein.bsky.social reports: