The Latest Breaking News from Oregon

The story of one US governor’s historic use of clemency: ‘We are a nation of second chances’

Kate Brown has granted more commutations or pardons than all of Oregon’s governor from the last 50 years combined

The Guardian - US · Sep 28, 2022

Oregon Shakespeare Festival focuses on expansion – but is not without its critics

After two years of pandemic closures, audiences are back at the Oregon Shakespeare Festival, to find a season of diverse plays. But for many, change has come too soon.

WEKU · Sep 28, 2022

Pac-12 Predictions, Schedule, Game Previews, Lines, TV: Week 5

Pac-12 schedule and previews for all of the Week 5 games of the 2022 season, highlighted by Washington at UCLA, Oregon State at Utah, and Stanford at Oregon

USA Today Sports Media Group · Sep 28, 2022

Oregon refinery fire: Massive inferno erupts with two injured at BP facility

A massive fire broke out at a BP oil refinery in Oregon, Ohio, with fire crews responding to reports of injuries at the site as huge clouds of smoke were seen rising from it

Daily Mirror · Sep 21, 2022

States look to help tenants pay for air conditioning as climate warms

As an intense heat wave scorched Oregon in the summer of 2021, state Sen. Kayse Jama, a Democrat from Portland, knew people were literally dying from the heat. About 100 Oregonians passed away from heat-related causes, mostly low-income, older apartment-dwellers. About a quarter of the people who died lived in…

Tribune News Service · Sep 20, 2022

Oregon Governor Condemns Students’ Vulgar Chant vs. BYU

The school previously issued a statement on the unsavory display during Saturday’s game.

Sports Illustrated · Sep 20, 2022

Flood of record requests hamper Oregon election officials

Oregon's secretary of state says county clerks are being inundated with public records requests stemming from “the big lie” that the 2020 election was stolen, even while they’re already busy preparing for the November election

The Independent UK · Sep 19, 2022

General election early voting starts this week

Welcome to the Monday, September 19, Brew. 

Ballotpedia · Sep 19, 2022

That hoppy IPA might have a terroir, just like wine

ST. PAUL, Oregon — The first hint of harvest time in one of the nation's major hop-growing regions is obvious: All along the backroads of Oregon's Willamette Valley are trucks overflowing with ropes of bouncy, freshly cut hops dropping their distinctive bright green cones on blacktop warmed by the early…

Tribune News Service · Sep 19, 2022

September Surge Of Heat To Bake The Northwest

As stifling warmth begins to ease across parts of the West, the Northwest will heat up.

Zenger · Sep 16, 2022