NW Natural broke a promise this winter, disconnecting families from power and violating the shutoff moratorium. @oregoncub.bsky.social discovered the error. www.oregonlive.com/environment/...

More Oregonians got their electricity and natural gas disconnected in 2025 than in previous years... despite additional consumer protections www.oregonlive.com/environment/...

Some groups are floating an idea to place contaminated sediment from the Portland Harbor Superfund in the massive Ross Island lagoon.

must-read from @rogoway.bsky.social about the environmental impact of data centers

Can Portland solve two big environmental problems at once: Superfund cleanup and Ross Island restoration? www.oregonlive.com/environment/...

The cost of popular chocolate treats has far outpaced inflation. Here’s by how much.

Tillamook Creamery faces renewed scrutiny as Oregon's appeals court has revived a potential class action over alleged "greenwashing" in its ads leading to inflated prices. Can the iconic cooperative reconcile with the reality of industrial dairies? www.oregonlive.com/environment/...

now for some healing news...

if you're struggling to understand the horrific allegations against civil rights icon Cesar Chavez, I highly recommend this brief interview with Miriam Pawel who a decade ago wrote a revealing book about Chavez and his cult-like leadership www.pbs.org/newshour/sho...

The Oregon Legislature just overwhelmingly approved a one-year moratorium on data centers’ eligibility for one major property tax break, reports @rogoway.bsky.social The bill amendment was definitely a surprise. www.oregonlive.com/silicon-fore...

The calls detail attempted suicides, fights and pain.

During a trailblazing public service career, Avel Gordly worked to improve police accountability, mental health treatment and the lives of disadvantaged Oregonians. She died Monday of natural causes. theoregonian.visitlink.me/65GYZi

Temporary tear gas restriction outside Portland’s ICE building extended www.oregonlive.com/crime/2026/0...

great story by @jrlsilverman.bsky.social about the challenges of moving children with complex needs into general education classrooms at PPS.

finally!

The dispute over $15 M from Portland’s cash‑rich clean energy fund is only a small precursor to the much larger battle looming over the $75 M the mayor wants for the Moda Center renovation. With @jonathanmbach.bsky.social www.oregonlive.com/politics/202...

BREAKING: detained Oregon family released www.oregonlive.com/pacific-nort...

'The judge said there’s clear evidence of potential future harm, noting the overwhelming material documenting “broad-reaching dragnet, sweeping approaches” that will continue to force people who would otherwise not be targets to be “caught up again and again” by federal immigration officers.'

Judge restricts federal officers’ use of force at Portland ICE protests @oregonian.com www.oregonlive.com/crime/2026/0...

Why is the 7-year-old from Oregon and her parents still being held in a Texas detention center? Do they have a legal path out? Read my update to find out. www.oregonlive.com/portland/202...

excellent story by @apnews.com staffers

The volume of gas agents federal agents deployed Saturday in Portland went far beyond the security gate, protesters say, and reached marchers hundreds of feet from the facility. https://www.oregonlive.com/portland/2026/02/tear-gas-at-portland-ice-protest-chokes-children-seniors-in-crowd.html 

We’re doing a survey of people who have stayed in homeless shelters. No paywall. Please send to anyone you think has something to say! Or like/re-post to increase the likelihood the right people will see it. THANKS www.oregonlive.com/politics/202...

ICE made reckless arrests of farmworkers, Oregon judge finds @oregonian.com www.oregonlive.com/crime/2026/0...

The family has a pending asylum claim. Read my story to find out more: ICE detains family seeking emergency care for child at Portland hospital www.oregonlive.com/portland/202...

Who were the man and woman shot by Border Patrol agents in Portland? here's what I've found out: www.oregonlive.com/environment/...

and in part 2, Ted Sickinger writes about why Oregon’s largest electric utilities are unlikely to meet state climate targets. www.oregonlive.com/politics/202...

also, here's the first part in our series on Oregon's looming energy crunch: @rogoway.bsky.social writes about the 9-gigawatt problem and the power crisis it could spell. www.oregonlive.com/business/202...

The multibillion-dollar question is whether households and small businesses will foot the bill for surging appetite for energy from data centers, on top of the state's clean energy mandates. www.oregonlive.com/environment/...

He says ICE agents forced open a door and detained him at gunpoint, without a warrant, then led him out in subfreezing conditions. via @apnews.com www.oregonlive.com/nation/2026/...

Trump’s appeal of Oregon ruling barring National Guard deployment gets June hearing in 9th Circuit @oregonian.com www.oregonlive.com/crime/2026/0...

Who were the man and woman shot by Border Patrol agents in Portland? @gosiawoz.bsky.social www.oregonlive.com/environment/...

Oregon couple deported, forced to leave toddler behind www.oregonlive.com/news/2025/12...

great story by my colleague @lmonghughes.bsky.social

I will bring the🍿to the Nov. 19 hearing at the OR legislature's joint committee on Public Education Appropriations on this bombshell new report: www.oregonlive.com/education/20...

newest plot twist: private equity firm to buy Zenith Energy www.oregonlive.com/environment/...

Born in Calexico, on the Mexican border, he grew up steeped in Latino culture and speaking Spanish. He dreamed of becoming a foreign correspondent. Now he's producing a Spanish-language newscast in a Portland basement, filling a news hole for Latinos in Oregon. www.oregonlive.com/news/2025/12...

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:

"Nobody in the tribe had ever done it before, and nobody could remember the last time it happened." The unfolding story of the whale that had become entangled in crabbing gear and had beached itself on the Oregon coast, via @jamiehale.bsky.social www.oregonlive.com/native-ameri...

remarkable story by @jrlsilverman.bsky.social If hundreds more kids are brought into the renovated Jefferson HS, it may hobble three other high schools in North and Northeast Portland... while the "enrollment iceberg" looms large. www.oregonlive.com/education/20...

Abril Aldama’s anguished city council testimony is emblematic of the trauma immigrant families say is inflicted by ICE agents in Oregon and nationwide.

The humpback whale that came ashore near Yachats, Oregon entangled in crab pots was euthanized. Why have whale entanglements surged on the West Coast? fantastic research/graphics from @mark-w-graves.bsky.social

breaking news, from @maxbernstein.bsky.social Federal appellate court allows Pres. Trump to maintain federal control over Oregon National Guard, deploy troops to Portland www.oregonlive.com/crime/2025/1...

Her life fell apart after a tragic accident but a secondhand furniture warehouse helped restore her dignity. Great story by @lmonghughes.bsky.social www.oregonlive.com/politics/202...

This one may be a lot more critical for Oregon than 'war ravaged' headlines. "There are not many indicators that are as important for our current and future economic outlook as this one." via @jrlsilverman.bsky.social www.oregonlive.com/education/20...

RIP Jane Goodall www.oregonlive.com/entertainmen...

And... environmentally-minded Portland may soon weigh whether to weaken its policy to phase out diesel, replace it with biofuels. (Hint: some biofuel feedstocks can result in emissions comparable to or higher to those of petroleum diesel). www.oregonlive.com/environment/...

Great weekend reading! @editorswindler.bsky.social visited Oregon's 5 smallest towns. Places like that have some amazing stories. Read the series here: www.oregonlive.com/living/2025/...

"Amid the cacophony of Oregon's dangerous wildfires, the music of flames" A story fitting for our times. Farewell, David Stabler. www.oregonlive.com/O/2009/09/am...

There's a new effort in Oregon to replace offensive geographic names across the state. The to-do list is currently 91 names long.