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Every year at track & field state, I write something about a small Malheur County school. A nod to a previous life.

This year, Harper Charter's Lindsay Talbot single-handedly helped the Hornets to a 3rd-place finish with 4 individual golds.

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Harper’s Lindsay Talbot leads the Hornets to Class 1A bronze with four individual golds
Harper had one athlete score points this week, and still left with a state trophy.
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May 31, 2025 at 4:27 PM
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Voters appeared to have narrowly approved Portland Public Schools’ proposed $1.83 billion bond to rebuild or modernize three high schools and carry out seismic retrofits and other upgrades at its aging middle and elementary schools.
Voters appear to narrowly approve $1.83 billion Portland Public Schools bond
Voters appeared to have narrowly approved Portland Public Schools’ proposed $1.83 billion bond to rebuild or modernize three high schools and carry out seismic retrofits and other upgrades at its aging middle and elementary schools.
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May 21, 2025 at 3:36 AM
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More than 100 news organizations in Canada just got their first checks - more than $20 million - from Google as part of the damages the company has agreed to pay under Canada's Online News Act. A similar bill is being considered in the Oregon Legislature right now. #orleg.
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Canadian Journalism Collective
The Canadian Journalism Collective is a federally incorporated nonprofit organization created for the purpose of distributing funds allocated under the Online News Act.
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April 30, 2025 at 9:06 PM
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The city’s top firefighters say recent Oregon and California wildfires are a ‘wake-up call.’
Is Portland ready for a catastrophic wildfire in Forest Park?
The city’s top firefighters say recent Oregon and California wildfires are a ‘wake-up call.’
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April 30, 2025 at 10:04 PM
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Today is the deadline to register to vote or update your address ahead of May election
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Tuesday is the deadline to register to vote or update your address ahead of May election
Voters will decide the makeup of many school and service district boards and the outcome of money measures during the May election.
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April 29, 2025 at 2:26 PM
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The spacecraft is expected to reenter the atmosphere at some point during a four-day window next month.
A spacecraft orbiting for 53 years is projected to fall to Earth soon
The spacecraft is expected to reenter the atmosphere at some point during a four-day window next month.
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April 29, 2025 at 3:00 PM
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The Blazers were officially eliminated when Sacramento won Sunday at Cleveland.
Trail Blazers defeat Spurs but are officially eliminated from play-in race
The Blazers were officially eliminated when Sacramento won Sunday at Cleveland.
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April 7, 2025 at 12:55 AM
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More than 100 vendors sell everything from candles and jewelry to dog treats.
Portland Night Market opens its 2025 season showcasing local businesses
More than 100 vendors sell everything from candles and jewelry to dog treats.
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April 5, 2025 at 9:30 PM
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Dozens of coordinated protests against the Trump administration are happening across Oregon Saturday, including several in the Portland area.

The #HandsOff demonstrations come in response to the Trump administration, Doge, tariffs and several other issues

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April 5, 2025 at 10:11 PM
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At least 125 people showed up to protest Trump in rural Madras, including a forest service fish biologist who could lose his job, a woman who relies on Medicaid to pay for caregivers and a first-time protester with the sign “my tummy hurts and I’m mad at the government.” #orpol
More than 100 turn out in 'ruby red' Madras to protest Trump as part of national Hands Off protests • Oregon Capital Chronicle
At least 125 people flocked to the busy intersection of U.S. routes 26 and 97 in Madras on Saturday afternoon.
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April 5, 2025 at 11:20 PM
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“Our perspective was always, you have to be comfortable reading about it in The Oregonian,” Marriott said. “That was the rule of thumb.”

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March 21, 2025 at 3:55 PM
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Documents unsealed Tuesday after a three-year court battle between Nike and several news organizations detail allegations of sexual misconduct by Nike executives, from seemingly consensual relationships with subordinates to unspecified harassment and unwanted sexual remarks.
Unsealed court records name top Nike executives accused of sexual harassment, misconduct
The documents were unsealed Tuesday after a three-year court battle with The Oregonian/OregonLive and other news organizations.
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March 19, 2025 at 7:30 PM
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The page on Robinson previously included information about his Army service during World War II, which occurred prior to his famously breaking baseball's color barrier in 1947 with the Brooklyn Dodgers.
Webpage on baseball and civil rights icon Jackie Robinson suddenly missing amid Trump’s DEI purge
The page on Robinson previously included information about his Army service during World War II, which occurred prior to his famously breaking baseball's color barrier in 1947 with the Brooklyn Dodgers.
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March 19, 2025 at 9:00 PM
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Notable nugget from a recent Portland city ombudsman report:

"The Water Bureau in 2023 had spent $72,000 more on attempting to collect returned payment fees than it managed to bring in, a cost it then passed along to utility ratepayers."

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March 19, 2025 at 9:21 PM
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“We spread the color on each other until at some point, there’s enough color on everybody that you’re not different from the next person,” said volunteer Kishore Pathial.
People share music, color powder and food at Hindu Holi festival in Bethany
“We spread the color on each other until at some point, there’s enough color on everybody that you’re not different from the next person,” said volunteer Kishore Pathial.
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March 16, 2025 at 8:00 PM
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The suit prompted Portland police policy changes to ensure journalists and legal observers are free to document protests in the future.
Portland set to pay nearly $1M to settle ACLU suit on treatment of journalists, legal observers at 2020 protests
The suit prompted Portland police policy changes to ensure journalists and legal observers are free to document protests in the future.
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March 5, 2025 at 1:30 AM
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Winter precipitation could start as early as Thursday morning, with slick roads by the afternoon.
Portland winter weather: A timeline for when snow, sleet, freezing rain are expected to arrive
Winter precipitation could start as early as Thursday morning, with slick roads by the afternoon.
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February 12, 2025 at 10:30 PM
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"Today we were informed by the White House that if AP did not align its editorial standards with President Donald Trump’s executive order renaming the Gulf of Mexico as the Gulf of America, AP would be barred from accessing an event in the Oval Office."
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AP statement on Oval Office access | The Associated Press
The Associated Press issued this statement on Tuesday from Executive Editor Julie Pace: As a global news organization, The Associated Press informs
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February 11, 2025 at 9:22 PM
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The Oregonian gets results. Here’s a sampling of @oregonian.com journalism that had measurable impact in 2024, rounded up by editor @tbottomly.bsky.social
Letter from the Editor: Journalism with impact from 2024
Subscribers make the difference by supporting public interest journalism.
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January 12, 2025 at 11:45 PM
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What’s the best restaurant in the Portland area?

Tell us all about your favorite and nominate it for our Readers Choice Awards. We'll take submissions until Monday, Dec. 16, 2024. On Wednesday, Dec. 18, we’ll reveal the finalists. www.oregonlive.com/dining/2024/...

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December 12, 2024 at 7:00 PM
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Go, generic green and yellow team! Portland is a city!
Greetings from the Indianapolis airport, where they are braced for a surge of fans from the University of Oregon at Portland
December 6, 2024 at 11:38 PM