Gubernatorial grudge match

By Julia Shumway | Editor

We’re two weeks out from the election! Check your mailbox for your ballot if you haven’t received it already, and return it by next Tuesday if you need to use the mail. Otherwise, it can go in a ballot box or to your county elections office by 8 p.m. Nov. 3,

Two longtime rivals seek new audiences in Oregon governor’s race. Who will persuade voters?

by Shaanth Nanguneri

In her second quest to defeat Oregon Gov. Tina Kotek, Sen. Christine Drazan, R-Canby, has gone straight into the political lion’s den. She has announced policy plans to reduce taxes and regulations in the heavily-Democratic Portland metropolitan area, emphasized the natural beauty of its waterfront and advocated against needle exchanges near schools in Multnomah County. […]

Bear killings skyrocket as garbage, bird feeders draw them into conflict

by Alex Brown

Bears are having a very bad year. Across much of the United States, a warm winter and persistent drought have decimated the natural foods that black and brown bears rely on. With nearly every station at the buffet in short supply, the adaptable eaters are turning to human food. From California to Connecticut, desperate bears […]

More ballot drop boxes, please

by Randy Stapilus

Oregon famously allows people to place their completed ballots in the mail for dispatch to the county elections office. It’s safe and it works. If you want to be really super-rigorous about security, the platinum standard a small but determined group of Oregonians hold to is to take your completed ballot to the county clerk’s […]

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