1 in 10 Oregon schools operate 4 days a week. This schedule may harm students, review finds

Four-day school weeks have become increasingly common in Oregon over the past two decades, even though they appear to worsen academic performance, attendance and graduation rates, according to a research review by the University of Oregon College of …

Chinese spies targeting US Navy personnel arrested in Texas, Oregon

(The Center Square) – From China to Houston to cities and military bases in Oregon, Washington and California, federal agents tracked down and arrested two alleged Chinese spies for acting as agents of the People’s Republic of China (PRC) targeting U.S. …

Gov. Tina Kotek orders Oregon schools to prohibit students from using cellphones

By the middle of the upcoming school year, Oregon students will not be allowed to use their cellphones in school. Gov. Tina Kotek on Wednesday issued an executive order to Oregon’s 197 school districts, requiring they adopt a policy for banning student …

Oregon, Washington sue Trump admin for sharing Medicaid files with ICE

Oregon and Washington’s attorneys general are suing the federal government for sharing residents’ Medicaid records with federal immigration enforcement officials. Oregon Attorney General Dan Rayfield and Washington Attorney General Nick Brown, alongside 13 …

Gov. Kotek signs executive order banning cell phones in Oregon K-12 classrooms

SALEM Ore. (KPTV) - Governor Tina Kotek issued an executive order on Wednesday mandating all 197 school districts in Oregon ban student cell phone use during the school day. “Oregon’s schools should be a place where students find belonging, support, and …

Federal budget bill would boost logging — but cut funds to Oregon timber counties

The Republican-backed budget bill that passed in the U.S. Senate Tuesday authorizes dramatic increases to logging on federal lands managed by the U.S. Forest Service and Bureau of Land Management. But Oregon counties won’t see most of those revenues if the …

Oregon State football star among top 100 players in EA Sports College Football 26

The Oregon State Beavers are in the game. While we don’t know the player ratings yet for the entire OSU roster in EA Sports College Football 26, one player did crack the top 100, released this week: senior running back Anthony Hankerson. Hankerson is rated …

Layoff notices coming for hundreds of Oregon transportation workers

Tommy Tofi commits to Oregon: Ducks flip Top247 OL from Cal

Just a little less than a month after Cal pulled a recruiting stunner, San Francisco Archbishop Riordan Top247 offensive lineman Tommy Tofi announced he was decommitting from Cal. Two days later, he gave his commitment to Oregon. In landing the class of …

Oregon lawmakers regulate guns, public defense, while crime victim, exoneree funding stall

Oregon lawmakers regulate guns, public defense, while crime victim, exoneree funding stall Published 7:13 am Wednesday, July 2, 2025 The Oregon State Penitentiary in Salem. (Ron Cooper / Oregon Capital Chronicle) Bills that would have funded care for …