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Letter from the Editor: Readers asked for women’s sports coverage. We listened — and need your help As Portland positions itself as a women's sports capital, we're adding a reporter to cover its cultural and economic impact through a Report for America partnership.

Letter from the Editor: Readers asked for women’s sports coverage. We listened — and need your help.

According to an internal email to Washington Post sports staff, the paper isn't sending any reporters to cover the winter Olympics next month. The decision comes as major layoffs are expected in the coming weeks.

Intel’s middling financial results are reality check for chipmaker and its shareholders Shares fell 13% after executives acknowledged they don't have enough chips to meet customers' demand.

Intel shares had been on a tear but the stock slid 13% this afternoon after executives admitted they had badly underestimated demand from data centers.

“We are working aggressively to address this and better support our customers’ needs going forward," CEO Lip-Bu Tan told investors.

Notorious ‘Proud Boys’ brawler serving 10 years in Oregon prison loses appeal Alan Swinney had traveled from Texas to join right-wing brawlers in downtown Portland.

Alan Swinney's appeal is heading to the Oregon Supreme Court

His conviction was based on “transferred intent." Essentially, that the Proud Boy had intended to hit one person, but instead struck another

His appeal argues transferred intent doesn't apply to a 2nd-degree assault case

Context here:

Do you rent (or do you have friend who rents) on Burnside Street in Portland?

I'd like to chat with you (or said friend) for a story, preferably by the end of the month.

Please shoot me an email -- jbach@oregonian.com -- to set up a time to talk.

Thanks!

@oregonian.com

The Oregonian/OregonLive - Report for America The Oregonian is the oldest continuously operating business in the state and among the most highly recognized news organizations in the United States. Our work has earned eight Pulitzer Prizes, includ...

🚨JOB ALERT🚨

The Oregonian/OregonLive is hiring a reporter through @reportforamerica.bsky.social to cover the business and culture of women’s sports in Portland.

Come cover the Thorns, WNBA and more in the Rose City. 🌹 #BAONPDX

Wife’s sudden death called coincidence — or calculated murder — as unfaithful firefighter’s trial in SW Washington ends The murder trial against Kevin West, ex-battalion chief at Camas-Washougal Fire, culminated Friday.

The defense attorney, Brian Walker, conceded that he didn’t have a “good explanation” for the death, but suggested the medical examiner had been misled by injuries inflicted during a “deep and firm” massage that the Wests’ 22-year-old son, Ted, gave to his mother on Jan. 7.

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four months of silence now he can't stop posting

BACH is BACK

I’m at a lunch for landlords (yknow, for research) and the speaker is predicting that rents in Portland will start heading up again in 2026 “as new supply remains constrained”

To the people who do this for a living, cause and effect couldn’t be clearer

I'm Not That Nicole Carpenter I got a corrections request for a story I didn't write, and it pulled me down a journalism rabbit hole.

extremely wild story from @nicolecarpenter.bsky.social (yes that one): aftermath.site/nicole-carpe...

A screengrab of new Portland City Council President Jamie Dunphy at a city council meeting, responding to the idea of electing him president by saying "This is not something that I have been seeking and not something I'm excited about."

me when my friends want to hang out

Despite the impression given on the front page of the daily paper's website today (and the email newsletter) I will not be standing trial for murder this year.

(I thought it was really funny and the editor is buying me a drink. We journos work hard and shit happens).

@aprilehrlich.bsky.social shares for our “what our audience doesn’t know” series.

"Many of these managers make 6 figures, a salary that many of us may never reach, and OPB is paying for a negotiator. The more they prolong this process, the more money it costs." -April Ehrlich, OPB Reporter/Producer

Border Patrol agent fired 2 shots when driver rammed unoccupied federal rental car, FBI says The FBI found no video of the shooting and six Border Patrol officers did not have operating body cameras, an affidavit said.

The FBI found no video of the shooting and six Border Patrol officers did not have operating body cameras, an affidavit said.

‘A 9-gigawatt problem’: Northwest’s soaring energy demand, supply constraints, could spark new power crisis Data centers are straining electricity supplies even as Oregon tries to switch to renewable power. That’s put the grid’s reliability in doubt.

Oregon had just begun to reap the benefits of leaps in energy efficiency and imagine a future where little or none of its electricity came from fossil fuels.

Then came data centers, and extreme weather.

Now the state faces a new energy crisis. @rogoway.bsky.social reports in the first of a series:

Oregon lawyers seek court order to halt ICE warrantless arrests If granted, Oregon would join Colorado and Washington, D.C. in ending the practice by immigration officers.

Oregon lawyers seek court order to halt ICE warrantless arrests

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Oregon’s Attorney General Dan Rayfield announces formal investigation into shooting of a man and a woman in a truck by U.S. Customs and Border Patrol today.

Meanwhile, FBI still processing shooting scene and evidence in lot of Adventist Health Medical Office 3 at 10201 SE Main St.

Live: Watch press conference about Border Patrol shooting in Portland Investigation is being led by the FBI.

Live: Watch press conference about Border Patrol shooting in Portland
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imagine if you had a really big story pre-planned for publication today and then this happened

One issue in our first contract negotiation is compensation. OPB hasn't given us a proposal that addresses our concerns. Many of us struggle to make ends meet. Our current pay doesn't help alleviate the challenges we face. In the coming weeks, we’ll share more about the struggle our creators face.

The hot chick/sandwich shop is the red brick building, while Flock13 bulges in black with yellow accents in the distance

The "I ain't selling!" hold-out building on the corner of 13th and Alder is a combination Dave's Hot Chick/Mike's Jersey Subs.

In the distance you can see another student housing project, Flock 13, which has 188 beds.

but where are people going to park?!?!

The 15-story Chapter Alder is shown in a rendering with a top-heavy design, some weird green accent panels but mostly symmetrical windows

An apartment home and former Chinese restaurant that were demolished to make way for Chapter Alder.

The Roma Cafe building was also demolished to make way for Chapter Alder.

Happy New Year to Eugene, where the private sector is spending $$$ to build student housing near the University of Oregon

The 15-story Chapter Alder is replacing two restaurants and and a house with a 491-bedroom tower

Great reporting on this by @eugeneweekly.com

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Pittsburgh City Paper closes Pittsburgh City Paper is closing after 34 years of operation. Employees at the alt-weekly Pittsburgh City Paper publication posted on social media that the news outlet was closing. Colin Williams, new...

Pittsburgh City Paper closes
"We’re facing rising costs and less revenue, but also, misinformation, hostility towards media, a rough economy, and a loss of talent to more stable industries.”
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Wrote 510 stories this year, and that couldn't have happened without the support and engagement of readers. To #GoBeavs fans and others: Thank you.

It is an uncertain time for journalism, so please consider subscribing to The Oregonian as we flip to 2026: www.oregonlive.com/subscribe/

incredibly powerful vocab word

If you could give yourself an award what would it be for?

Honor and a privilege to publish my top 10 with the Mercury. Support local film criticism and read!