Cascadia quake may create ’emergency situation’ in other West Coast fault zone, study warns

Construction workers and vehicles move around the Capitol. The building's retrofitting project came before a recent study which found heightened risk of increasingly damaging earthquakes on the nation's West Coast. (Photo by Julia Shumway/Oregon...

SNAP recipients left in limbo as website goes dark from government update

SNAP recipients have been left stunned after a curious government message was posted to the scheme’s website. The message, displayed on the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s website, confirmed critical updates about the funding program would not be...

Oregon nursery caught in the fray of government shutdown

Mia Maldonado (Oregon Capital Chronicle) Richard Kenton and Sandy Roth have spent three decades building their native plant nursery in Cove, a small town 20 minutes east of La Grande in Union County. The married couple operates Plant Works LLC,...

Oregon Tech Baja car places 13th in four-hour endurance race

Matthew Haines, Cliff Stover, Owen Haugh, and Wyatt Rasor Three students from Oregon Tech’s Baja Racing team traveled to Gray Court, South Carolina, Oct. 2-5 to compete in the 50th Anniversary of Baja Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE)...

International News Briefs for Monday, October 13, 2025

HAVANA TIMES – We bring you some of the top international news stories compiled by Democracy Now on Monday, October 13, 2025. Trump Addresses Knesset as Israel and Hamas Exchange Captives Oct 13, 2025 Hamas has released the remaining 20 living...

What is the Insurrection Act, the law at the center of the debate over Trump deploying the National Guard?

As blue cities push back on President Donald Trump’s tactic of deploying the National Guard to fight crime, the Trump administration has floated the idea of using the Insurrection Act to justify sending federal troops to cities.“I’d do it if it...

Oregon to spend twice as much on illegal alien health care as on state police

Taxpayers in Oregon are being swindled by their state government to subsidize free health care for illegal aliens, who should not even be in the country in the first place. Oregon's state budget for the next two years authorizes $1.5 Billion for...

Tuesday is the deadline to register to vote in Oregon's November special election

The deadline for online registrations is 11:59 p.m. on Tuesday. Ballots will begin to be mailed out the next day. PORTLAND, Ore. — Oregonians planning to vote in the Nov. 4 special election must be registered to vote by Tuesday, Oct. 14. The...

Oregon nursery among small businesses caught in the fray of government shutdown

Richard Kenton and Sandy Roth have spent three decades building their native plant nursery in Cove, a small town 20 minutes east of La Grande in Union County. The married couple operates Plant Works LLC, where they grow willows, cottonwood,...

Oregon Now Spends More On Free Health Care For Illegal Immigrants Than State Police

Oregon taxpayers will spend more in the state’s current budget period on free health care for immigrants regardless of legal status than on state police by $500 million or more, according to state officials and budget documents. Oregon officials...

Chicago Strikes Back, With an Assist from Republican Governors

In the White House view of the world, five vibrant American cities—Washington, Los Angeles, Portland, Memphis, and Chicago—are putrid hellholes, so dangerous and crime-choked that local law enforcement needs federal backup. Last week, President...

2025 Election Q&A: Chakema Clinton-Quintana for Wilmington council

Chakema Clinton-Quintana, director of Live Oak Bank’s small business center Channel, is running a campaign for one of three Wilmington City Council seats in the 2025 municipal election. (Courtesy photo) WILMINGTON — Chakema Clinton-Quintana,...

Let’s plop polarizing politicians in bumper cars to heal the divide

The mood of the nation is ugly and getting worse. Deadly violence from guns, knives, firebombs and vehicles is rising. Social media is toxic. Things have to change for all of our sakes. The tone of the discourse is hateful. For those of us who...

Hemp Companies Sue Ohio Governor Over Hemp THC Ban

Three companies in Ohio have filed a lawsuit against Gov. Mike DeWine (R) and the Ohio Department of Agriculture after the governor issued an executive order to ban the sale of hemp-derived THC products in the state. The companies, Fumee Smoke and...

Tuesday is the deadline to register to vote, update your address ahead of November election

Oregonians who want to cast a ballot in the upcoming Nov. 4 special election should check that their voter registration is up to date. The deadline to register to vote in the election is Tuesday at 11:59 p.m. Ballots will be mailed to voters...

Seattle airport refuses to air DHS video blaming Dems for government shutdown

Airports in Portland, Buffalo, and Akron-Canton have also refused to air the video. Seattle-Tacoma International Airport is refusing to broadcast a Department of Homeland Security video in which Secretary Kristi Noem blames Democrats for the...

Cove nursery among small businesses caught in the fray of government shutdown

Cove nursery among small businesses caught in the fray of government shutdown Published 6:29 am Monday, October 13, 2025 By MIA MALDONADO | Oregon Capital Chronicle Plant nursery owners fear delayed federal payments could force their 30-year...

Eastern Oregon nursery among small businesses caught in the fray of government shutdown

Eastern Oregon nursery among small businesses caught in the fray of government shutdown Published 6:29 am Monday, October 13, 2025 Plant nursery owners fear delayed federal payments could force their 30-year business in Eastern Oregon to close...

Readers respond: Oregon leaders’ newfound outrage

As treasurer of the Libertarian Party of Oregon, I am disheartened by the newfound moral outrage by state and local leadership to the Portland deployment of the Oregon National Guard in the wake of a lack of Democratic support for Senate Bill 667,...

COMMENTARY: Trump has no authority for military deployments to US cities

President Donald Trump is trying to break evermore rules and laws is his expanding misuse of the National Guard he wants deployed in Democratic cities. Last week, Oregon Federal Judge Karin Immergut, appointed by Trump himself, was unequivocal:...