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Oregon started this season at No. 2, with the highest preseason ranking in program history and the expectations that come with it. Five games later, the Ducks are outside the Associated Press Top 25. Sunday’s poll,…
Seven turnovers are difficult enough to stomach on an Oregon football Saturday. Learning afterward that the officials also mishandled the Ducks’ best opportunity to pull even makes a 17-15 loss to UCLA considerably harder to accept.…
After Shooting A 54-year-old Sweet Home man is dead following a shooting Saturday evening, October 10, 2026, and investigators are asking for the public's help locating a hunter they believe fired the fatal shot. The victim…
Meet Juicebox, the four-pound giant Pacific octopus now at the Oregon Coast Aquarium in Newport, with a shapeshifter’s name and a planned return to her home reef.
Mount Hood’s Palmer slope was nearly bare before this weekend’s fresh snow. Satellite estimates, glacier research and climbing rangers explain what changed and why a dusting offers little protection.
No Kings events return across Oregon October 17, 2026. Find rally times, locations and organizer links, plus voter registration and ballot deadlines.
A new Oregon governor poll puts Tina Kotek ahead of Christine Drazan, 46% to 44%, as ballots prepare to go out. The race remains within the margin of error.
Marion County and Salem brought Detroit Lake drawdown concerns to federal court October 6 as a judge weighs whether to pause the Corps plan.
Sweet Home football player Mason Flores died on his 16th birthday after a head injury. His family plans organ donation as the community honors him.
Washington State Ferries said 23 engine-room employees called in sick Monday morning and qualified replacements declined to cover their positions, leaving 13 of the 18 vessels operating that day out of service. The disruption stopped several…
Marlene Gabrielsen named John Ackroyd in a 1977 rape report. His later conviction and suspected Highway 20 killings left Oregon families waiting for answers.
Oregon beat USC 41–27 on Saturday, and I’m still disgusted by what happened in that game. As someone who has loved the Ducks my entire life, I should be enjoying a win at the Coliseum. Instead,…
