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Oregon's revenue surge can produce a false sense of abundance
Oregon may be near the bottom of all 50 states in some troubling categories, such as K-12 test scores and children’s mental health care. But it looks like we’ll be Number One when it comes to how much more revenue state government will have to...
Oregon Faces Title IX Suit Over Trans Sports Policy
Three female high school students have filed a federal lawsuit that claims Oregon’s policy of allowing transgender athletes to compete in girls sports violated Title IX protections against sex-based discrimination in educational settings. The...

Oregon Country Fair celebrates 67 years of magic, expecting 15,000 daily visitors
EUGENE, Ore. — Deep within the forest in Veneta, a whimsical-mystical campground holds Oregon’s most magical fair. The Oregon Country Fair is entering its 67th year and it’s expecting around 15,000 visitors each day it is open. With countless...

Oregon Insider Confirms Dan Lanning’s Major Damage Control Move After Unexpected Recruiting Blow
Dan Lanning’s 2026 recruiting hit a bump in the recent past, interrupting the non-stop series of commits coming to Oregon in the first half of the year. Oregon is still within the top 10 classes of 2026, but has fallen down from the elite tier due...

Oregon Jamboree To Host Final Festival In 2025 After 34-Year Run
Photo via Oregon Jamboree SWEET HOME, Ore. — After more than three decades of live music, community spirit, and country flair, the Oregon Jamboree will take its final bow in 2025. Organizers announced this week that this year’s event will mark the...

Oregon Jamboree announces 2025 will be its final year after 34 years of country music
SWEET HOME, Ore. (KATU) — The Oregon Jamboree is calling it quits. The non-profit country music festival in Sweet Home posted on Facebook Tuesday, saying this year's festival will be its last. “As we prepare for the 2025 Oregon Jamboree and an...

Artist Straddles Worlds of Fine Art, Commercial Illustration
(Artwork by JoAnne Coughlin Walsh) Acrylic painter and digital artist JoAnne Coughlin Walsh creates art for newsrooms across the country from Oregon to Cleveland and in New Jersey as a full-time illustrator-art director with Advance Local Media....

Which potato chip is Oregon’s favorite? Instacart crunched data to find out
As anyone who has visited a grocery store can testify, there are plenty of potato chip options for crunch-craving shoppers to choose from. But which potato chip brand is Oregon’s favorite? While that question may not be keeping us up at night, the...

Oregon Teens Sue State Over Trans Athlete Laws, Inspired By Biles-Gaines Feud
Three teenage girls are suing the state of Oregon over laws that allow trans-identifying men to compete in women’s sports. Two of the girls told Fox News they were inspired by the online fight between former Olympic gymnast Simone Biles and...

New legislative caucus hopes to tap into Oregon’s trade potential
Two Oregon lawmakers have launched a bipartisan caucus to promote trade, business development and international economic policy. Reps. Daniel Nguyễn, D-Lake Oswego, and Shelly Boshart Davis, R-Albany, announced the creation of the new Trade...

Oregon Cabaret Theatre stages a 1970s ‘Disaster’ movie … musical
Published 6:00 am Wednesday, July 9, 2025 By LUCIE K. SCHEUER / for the Rogue Valley Times 1/2 Swipe or click to see more Rick Wasserman, left, plays the floating casino owner Tony Del Vecchio. and Alex Boyles fills the role of noted disaster...

Restored Westman hotel in Oregon set for late 2025 opening
The Westman, a boutique hotel in Oregon, US, is set to open its doors later this year following a restoration. Situated in Bend, the hotel will offer 23 uniquely designed guest rooms and community-focused common areas, housed within the city’s...

This Oregon city’s most elaborate house, now a fixer-upper, is for sale at $525,000
The weathered 1890 Cox-Williams House in St. Helens, recognized by historians as the largest and most elaborate surviving Victorian-era residence in the city’s downtown Columbia Riverfront Historic District, is for sale at $525,000. The...
‘Completely committed’: Trio of Oregon prospects highlight class of 2025 heading into MLB Draft
On July 13, the MLB Draft will take place in Cumberland, Georgia. Hundreds of baseball players from all over the world will hear their names called as Major League Baseball teams look to find their future stars. Among those players taken in the...
Oregon State women’s basketball signs Spanish forward to final roster spot
Oregon State women’s basketball’s roster for 2025-26 is complete. The Beavers signed Spanish forward Lara Alonso-Basurto, the team announced Wednesday, to fill the 15th and final roster spot for coach Scott Rueck. Alonso-Basurto joins the team as...

Art Beat: PorchFest Edmonds, Stand Up for Driftwood, plus live music and theater
Tether the Star band members Maery and Brian prepare to play during PorchFest 2024. (Photo by Julia Wiese) Spotlight: PorchFest Edmonds Brings Music & Community Together July 13, 1-6 p.m. Downtown Edmonds, Map & Schedule Discover hidden musical...

Oregon Students Sue To Remove Trans Athletes From Girls Sports
Three Oregon high schoolers have filed a federal lawsuit demanding that transgender athletes be banned from competing in future girls’ sports events and have their past records scrubbed, arguing that trans girls have “unfair and discriminatory”...

How to Watch 2025 Prefontaine Classic: Live Stream Track and Field, TV Channel
By Ben Verbrugge is a freelance sportswriter with a journalism degree from CSU Dominguez Hills. He is a member of the Los Angeles media and spends most of his time covering the NBA, NFL, and MLB. When not writing, he is either playing or watching...

Simulating Arizona’s football season in EA Sports College Football 26
There are 50 days until Arizona football kicks off its 2025 campaign, and in anticipation for this season, we have once again simulated the season for the Wildcats via EA Sports College Football 26. Last year’s simulation was far off from the...

Oregon jail forces transgender woman into solitary, lawyer says
Maxine Bernstein / oregonlive.com (TNS) A federal judge Tuesday ordered a transgender woman’s pretrial release to a halfway house after her defense lawyer informed the court that Columbia County jail was holding her in solitary confinement because...