PORTLAND, Ore. – In early February 1996, a jet stream steered a warm pineapple express into a snow-covered Pacific Northwest. This weather system, named “pineapple express” for its origins near Hawaii, was a river in the sky […]
by Mia Maldonado, Oregon Capital ChronicleFebruary 4, 2026 As Oregon lawmakers weigh how to balance the state’s budget, hundreds of Oregonians visited the Capitol to plead with them not to cut funding for public defense, […]
by Alex Baumhardt, Oregon Capital ChronicleFebruary 4, 2026 This is a developing story and may be updated. Oregon lawmakers meeting at the Capitol to balance the state’s budget are staring down a much rosier economic […]
TILLAMOOK STATE FOREST, ORE.—Browns Camp Off Highway Vehicle (OHV) Campground, managed by the Oregon Department of Forestry (ODF), will transition from a first-come, first-served model to a reservation-only system when it reopens for the season […]
by Alex Baumhardt, Oregon Capital ChronicleFebruary 3, 2026 Federal agents at an Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility in Portland are temporarily barred from deploying less-lethal munitions and chemicals at protesters unless the agents are in […]
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