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Checking in with the Oregon Ducks LB room ahead of the 2025 season
We are less than 50 days away from the start of the 2025 college football season, and fewer than two weeks stand between us and the beginning of the Oregon Ducks' fall camp getting off the ground in Eugene. While coaches and players wrap up their...

Oregon wildfire updates: Burdoin Fire grows to 11,000 acres
Nearly 850 fire personnel have been moved onto the Burdoin Fire, which has burned nearly 11,000 acres, is threatening hundreds of homes and remains the top wildfire priority in the Pacific Northwest. Groups are assessing property damages and the...

VA provides 816 home purchase loans in Oregon in Q1
There were 816 VA home purchase loans issued in Oregon in the first quarter of the fiscal year 2025, totaling $361.6 million, according to figures provided by the Veterans Affairs Home Loans Index.The VA assists service members, veterans and...

My Modern Met’s Art + Culture Guide to Portland
Photo: Travel Portland It’s hard to be bored in Portland, Ore. With its vibrant art scene, world-class dining, and stunning natural beauty, there is always something to see, eat, and hear. As the largest city in Oregon, it serves as a cultural hub...

Oregon Tech students gain leadership skills at national event
KLAMATH FALLS, Ore. - Two students from the Oregon Institute of Technology traveled to New Orleans, Louisiana to attended a national leadership academy. The Society of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging Technologist Section Future Leaders...

The World’s Best Chardonnay, According To The 2025 Decanter World Wine Awards
Two glasses of Chardonnay wine with cheese getty Ten Chardonnay still wines took top honors at the 2025 Decanter World Wine Awards. Two wines were awarded Best in Show, and eight received Platinum Medals. All ten wines received a score of 97/100...

Oregon’s iconic ‘Gold Man’ statue is getting re-coated in gold
Published 9:44 am Tuesday, July 22, 2025 By Aimee Green, The Oregonian “The Oregon Pioneer,” the gold-leaf covered, 23-foot tall statue atop the Capitol dome, symbolically faces West. The Oregon State Capitol, the third such building housing state...

Oregon Ducks OL room check-in ahead of 2025 season
We are less than 50 days away from the start of the 2025 college football season, and fewer than two weeks stand between us and the beginning of the Oregon Ducks' fall camp getting off the ground in Eugene. While coaches and players wrap up their...

Oregon’s workforce, higher education leaders hopeful for federal aid focused on workforce programs
Workforce Pell is less than a month old and still has a number of implementation steps ahead of it, but Oregon’s higher education and workforce leaders are already enthusiastic about how it may help students and local economies. “We’re just so...

Who’s on First?
Could we please take a moment and think clearly and dispassionately about the crime and punishment of Jeffrey Epstein? Allow me to point out the fact that the man, utterly despicable as he was, guilty of horrifying crimes, is already dead. Whether...

Oregon State football position preview: Offensive line
Injuries prevented Oregon State fans from seeing the full potential of the team’s offensive line in the spring, resulting in a rough spring game protecting Duke transfer Maalik Murphy and his fellow quarterbacks. But as with any spring game, one...

Oregon tribes emphasize community, language and culture in early childhood education
Eleven preschoolers are scattered throughout a classroom at Shawash-iliʔi Skul, an immersion school run by the Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde in northwestern Oregon, chattering away, but not just in English. Their conversation is sprinkled...

This is the best U.S. city for a digital detox, says new travel study
If you’re looking to unplug and recharge, Colorado Springs, Colorado has just been named the best U.S. city for a digital detox, according to a new study from Upgraded Points. The report ranked 100 park-rich cities across 14 criteria such as...
Oregon State Beavers All-Quarter-Century team nominees: Outside linebackers
The Oregonian/OregonLive has compiled a list of nominees for an Oregon State Beavers All-Quarter-Century football team made up of players from 2000 through 2024. The final teams will be selected in August. • • • OTHER POSTS Defense: Defensive...

Oregon company recalls tuna salad products that may be contaminated with listeria
A ready-to-eat food company based in Beaverton is recalling tuna salad products that may be contaminated with listeria. Reser’s Fine Foods last week recalled a host of tuna salad products due to potential listeria contamination, according to a...

Oregon Ducks All-Quarter-Century team nominees: Outside linebackers
The Oregonian/OregonLive has compiled a list of nominees for an Oregon Ducks All-Quarter-Century football team made up of players from 2000 through 2024. The final teams will be selected in August. •• • • If you purchase a product or register for...

‘Nothing prepares you for this’: Mother of teen killed on Oregon City construction site remembers son
OREGON CITY, Ore. (KPTV) - One of the last videos ever taken of 18-year-old Lucas Gray was in June, at his high school Baccalaureate ceremony in West Linn. A teen who held close to his faith, Gray recited Lucas 6:37. “Who am I to judge another...

21 DAYS TO 2025 KICKOFF: JoJo Scott
True Freshman | 6-1 | 173 lbs. | Lakeland, Florida JoJo Scott Courtesy Kansas State Athletics Position: Cornerback Previous College: None Projection: Redshirt Status: On Scholarship Jozia “JoJo” Scott (b. June 1, 2007) is a promising young...

Oregon Health Authority offering equity grant for community-led organizations
The Barbara Roberts Human Services Building in Salem (OREGON HEALTH AUTHORITY photo) The Oregon Health Authority is accepting grant applications from organizations focused on improving the health of Oregonians who historically faced challenges...

Rival Big Ten coach shares first thoughts on Iowa football road trip
Kinnick Stadium is known as one of the toughest road environments in the entire Big Ten, with many top teams seeing postseason dreams die within the confines of almost 70,000 avid Hawkeye fans. From the distance between the fans and the visiting...