Letter from the Editor: Readers asked for women’s sports coverage. We listened — and need your help.

According to an internal email to Washington Post sports staff, the paper isn't sending any reporters to cover the winter Olympics next month. The decision comes as major layoffs are expected in the coming weeks.

Intel shares had been on a tear but the stock slid 13% this afternoon after executives admitted they had badly underestimated demand from data centers. “We are working aggressively to address this and better support our customers’ needs going forward," CEO Lip-Bu Tan told investors.

Alan Swinney's appeal is heading to the Oregon Supreme Court His conviction was based on “transferred intent." Essentially, that the Proud Boy had intended to hit one person, but instead struck another His appeal argues transferred intent doesn't apply to a 2nd-degree assault case Context here:

Do you rent (or do you have friend who rents) on Burnside Street in Portland? I'd like to chat with you (or said friend) for a story, preferably by the end of the month. Please shoot me an email -- [email protected] -- to set up a time to talk. Thanks! @oregonian.com

🚨JOB ALERT🚨 The Oregonian/OregonLive is hiring a reporter through @reportforamerica.bsky.social to cover the business and culture of women’s sports in Portland. Come cover the Thorns, WNBA and more in the Rose City. 🌹 #BAONPDX

The defense attorney, Brian Walker, conceded that he didn’t have a “good explanation” for the death, but suggested the medical examiner had been misled by injuries inflicted during a “deep and firm” massage that the Wests’ 22-year-old son, Ted, gave to his mother on Jan. 7.

BACH is BACK

I’m at a lunch for landlords (yknow, for research) and the speaker is predicting that rents in Portland will start heading up again in 2026 “as new supply remains constrained” To the people who do this for a living, cause and effect couldn’t be clearer

extremely wild story from @nicolecarpenter.bsky.social (yes that one): aftermath.site/nicole-carpe...

me when my friends want to hang out

Despite the impression given on the front page of the daily paper's website today (and the email newsletter) I will not be standing trial for murder this year. (I thought it was really funny and the editor is buying me a drink. We journos work hard and shit happens).

@aprilehrlich.bsky.social shares for our “what our audience doesn’t know” series. "Many of these managers make 6 figures, a salary that many of us may never reach, and OPB is paying for a negotiator. The more they prolong this process, the more money it costs." -April Ehrlich, OPB Reporter/Producer

The FBI found no video of the shooting and six Border Patrol officers did not have operating body cameras, an affidavit said.

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:

Oregon lawyers seek court order to halt ICE warrantless arrests @oregonian.com www.oregonlive.com/crime/2026/0...

Oregon’s Attorney General Dan Rayfield announces formal investigation into shooting of a man and a woman in a truck by U.S. Customs and Border Patrol today. Meanwhile, FBI still processing shooting scene and evidence in lot of Adventist Health Medical Office 3 at 10201 SE Main St.

Live: Watch press conference about Border Patrol shooting in Portland www.oregonlive.com/portland/202...

One issue in our first contract negotiation is compensation. OPB hasn't given us a proposal that addresses our concerns. Many of us struggle to make ends meet. Our current pay doesn't help alleviate the challenges we face. In the coming weeks, we’ll share more about the struggle our creators face.

Happy New Year to Eugene, where the private sector is spending $$$ to build student housing near the University of Oregon The 15-story Chapter Alder is replacing two restaurants and and a house with a 491-bedroom tower Great reporting on this by @eugeneweekly.com eugeneweekly.com/2025/12/24/c...

Pittsburgh City Paper closes "We’re facing rising costs and less revenue, but also, misinformation, hostility towards media, a rough economy, and a loss of talent to more stable industries.” #localnews triblive.com/business/pit...

Wrote 510 stories this year, and that couldn't have happened without the support and engagement of readers. To #GoBeavs fans and others: Thank you. It is an uncertain time for journalism, so please consider subscribing to The Oregonian as we flip to 2026: www.oregonlive.com/subscribe/

If you could give yourself an award what would it be for?

Honor and a privilege to publish my top 10 with the Mercury. Support local film criticism and read!

Biked to see a movie at Lloyd Center and the ticket guy told me someone stole the bike parking. Like ripped it up out of the ground.

Merry Christmas to everyone (except trolley fans) Lake Oswego is trying to redevelop the Foothills District again — but isn't considering extending street car service That's what killed the last planning effort in 2013 There will be a big opportunity once the old sewage treatment plant is demo'd

Portland Fire fans, Nik is your go-to for WNBA coverage this year! Proud to call him a colleague and friend who understands the importance of covering women’s sports in a clear-eyed and meaningful way. He’s shown it time and again over the years on the #opreps beat. Follow him!

Professional update: After primarily covering high school sports in Oregon over the last decade, your boy is moving to covering the @portlandfire.bsky.social for the @oregonian.com. Very excited to get to cover a brand new @wnba.com franchise in a city that is feral over women's sports.

It's 2045. You approach the Gen Alpha bouncer with a Paw Patrol/Punisher tattoo. They take a dismissive glance at your BeReal "Shouldn't you be home watching video essays about the Cartoon Sponge?" You begin to weep, your reply barely audible over the bass beat: they used to sell duvets here

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

Family members are still waiting for Matt Aldridge’s body to be recovered.

When I was on CNN's northeast desk, the first job at 6a every morning was to read the local papers. That guided some of what the massive CNN machine followed every day. When those papers die, CNN doesn't hire new regional reporters. What you get instead is more panel shows, more punditry.

When I left OPB after more than 5 years in 2021, I was barely making $50K. A fellow nonprofit more than doubled my salary.

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

UPDATE: I've heard back from the OSAA, which included that Anderson and Eckard filed the lawsuit despite explicitly leaving their medals behind at the podium. Executive Director Peter Weber said the OSAA was looking forward to presenting evidence that proved the claims were false #opreps

coworker: everything is collapsing me, reframing: isn't a collapse just another way of coming together

reading this, but in the cadence of the last stanza of "funeral blues" by Auden

On this day 175 years ago, the first edition of The Oregonian hit the streets of Portland. If all had gone to plan, the newspaper would have celebrated its 175th anniversary last month. But when its printing press never arrived, Dryer suspected sabotage! www.oregonlive.com/history/2025...

Legal precedent is the backbone of the law, the judge wrote. But artificial intelligence is a machine built on the probable order of words, not the truth itself.

The U.S. ties rents in regulated-affordable apartments to average income. So when avg incomes rise, rents in subsidized buildings do too. Portland's rental vacancy rate has been 8% for 2 years. That's kept market rents flat. Combine those: an affordable home is barely cheaper than a market one.

If you don't know the true scope of a problem, it's impossible to fix. Vital reporting by (bluesky exile) Jonathan Bach www.oregonlive.com/business/202...

PSU has been tearing down its older housing, and is already contributing to downtown's vibrant culture of "fenced off lot where something used to be." That said... would prospective students choose vintage features over better WiFi and actual amenity spaces where you can play Super Smash Bros.?

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

Hacienda CDC's affordable housing project Los Colibris will likely be the first building going in the new OMSI district. Living in the shadow of the Marquam Bridge is... not ideal, but the designers did a nice job creating a semi-public courtyard while still retaining access to ODOT's parking lot

A loss for one of Portland's most prominent law firms: "Gresham defeats $3M suit over claims of lackluster police response to knife-wielding neighbor" www.oregonlive.com/crime/2025/1...

i just reviewed 50+ applications for an arts award and most of them were written by chatgpt. And then the other reviewers said they put them into Gemini to rank them. At a certain point, if everyone is giving their thinking entirely over to AI, why are we even bothering with any of this anymore?

2 cottage clusters are going in right across the street from each other in LO's First Edition. Units priced as low as $899,000 -- so not exactly cheap -- but probably easy to sell in Lake Oswego's most walkable neighborhood lakeoswegoreview.com/2025/10/23/f...

Portland Public Schools has declined to forecast school enrollment impacts of a key policy proposal past 2031. The Oregonian ran projections. Here's what we found: www.oregonlive.com/education/20...

Joseph Brausen, 12, was pedaling on the sidewalk of Southeast 10th Avenue in Hillsboro when he was fatally struck by a driver last year. He was on his way to a park. His parents have filed a $2M suit against 2 businesses on that street and local governments www.oregonlive.com/washingtonco...