Portland Tribune

18/12/2025

Here's what we know about Oregon WRs Dakorien Moore, Evan Stewart and Gary Bryant Jr.'s availability for Saturday's CFP game: https://portlandtribune.com/2025/12/18/oregon-ducks-wide-receivers-dakorien-moore-evan-stewart-gary-bryant-jr-injuries/

18/12/2025

🏛️With a transportation funding referendum likely headed to Oregon voters in November 2026 and a short legislative session approaching, it’s unclear if and how Republicans and Democrats can compromise on a sustainable plan to fund road maintenance and operations.

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With a transportation funding referendum likely headed to Oregon voters in November 2026 and a short legislative session approaching, it’s unclear if and how Republicans and Democrats can compromise on a sustainable plan to fund road maintenance and operations. House Bill 3991, which Gov. Tina Kot...

18/12/2025

🏛️One of the top GOP challengers in Oregon’s 2026 governor’s race is facing investigation from the state Government Ethics Commission over allegations she used her position as a county commissioner to benefit her children.

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One of the top GOP challengers in Oregon’s 2026 governor’s race is facing investigation from the state Government Ethics Commission over allegations she used her position as a county commissioner to benefit her children. Marion County Commissioner Danielle Bethell, a Republican from Keizer, anno...

18/12/2025

🏞️Oregon and Washington lost a combined 50 senior level scientists and staff year over, followed by California which lost 40, Florida which lost 20 and Hawaii which lost 10 senior staff.

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Nearly 1,800 U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service employees have left the agency in the last year, records obtained by conservation advocates find, as pressure mounted from President Donald Trump and his administration’s policies meant to cut the federal workforce. That’s a loss of almost 20% of the s...

18/12/2025

🏛️U.S. Rep. Jodey Arrington, a Texas Republican who chairs the House Budget Committee, introduced the de-funding bill on Dec. 11, in response to what he characterized as “far-left officials targeting immigration enforcement.”

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A powerful Republican lawmaker is proposing legislation that would allow the Trump administration to strip federal funding from states that prosecute federal agents for their conduct during immigration raids. The proposal is drawing a stern rebuke from Oregon leaders as the state’s attorney genera...

17/12/2025

🌦️Snowpack in the Northwest is sitting at the lowest level for the region as a whole at this point in the winter since record keeping began in 2001, according to Jacob Genuise, a climatologist at the Washington State Climate Office.

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Across the Northwest, a record warm fall and lack of snowpack going into the winter is putting more drought pressure on Oregon, Idaho, Washington and western Montana. Despite record rain in western Washington recently, and earlier this year in central and southern Oregon, the showers are filling up ...

17/12/2025

Oregon State HC JaMarcus Shephard taps 1998 AP all-American Inoke Breckterfield to coach Beavers' defensive line: https://portlandtribune.com/2025/12/17/oregon-state-football-tabs-alum-inoke-breckterfield-as-defensive-line-coach/

17/12/2025

The county’s public health department conducts unannounced, semiannual inspections of food-service establishments to assess compliance with health codes across three categories.

In the first half of the month, dozens of Portland restaurants have received perfect scores of 100.

🍳Find the full list at the Portland Tribune: https://portlandtribune.com/2025/12/17/multnomah-county-health-inspections-great-notion-brewing-sushi-chiyo-bobablastic/

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📝: Hannah Seibold

17/12/2025

Oregon State football's portal exodus begins as sources announce two more players' transfer intentions Wednesday: https://portlandtribune.com/2025/12/17/oregon-state-football-transfer-portal-conrad-hussey-jojo-johnson-2025/

17/12/2025

🛣️“I want a date, and I want a report, or else I would say that your team is not doing its work,” said Oregon state Rep. Thủy Trần, D-Portland. “You can’t punt it down the road without giving us something.”

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Planners say they need the Coast Guard to green light a design, a decision expected in the spring. Construction isn’t getting any cheaper. A group of Washington and Oregon lawmakers gathered Monday, expecting to hear a new estimate of the cost to replace the Interstate 5 bridge across the Columbia...

17/12/2025

Oregon State (officially) hires program's first-ever football general manager, Eron Hodges:
https://portlandtribune.com/2025/12/17/oregon-state-football-general-manager-eron-hodges-jamarcus-shephard-scott-barnes/

17/12/2025

Takeo Kashiwagi and his family are closing a staple for sushi and bento lovers in southeast Portland at the end of December, after spending nearly 20 years of serving the community.

Kashiwagi, the second restaurant iteration of Sushi Takahashi 2, which was in downtown Portland, will close on Dec. 31, after the restaurant owner’s posted about the year-end closure to social media and updated their website.

“Domo arigato,” a statement reads. “Thank you so much to everyone in our sushi-loving community for being part of our journey. We hope our paths will cross again somewhere in the city.”

🍣Read more at the Portland Tribune: https://portlandtribune.com/2025/12/16/kashiwagi-owners-announce-year-end-closure-marking-a-new-chapter-after-decades-in-sushi/

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📝: Hannah Seibold