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Oregon News
Olympic Pipeline partially restarted, source of leak found after more than a week
KATU
Crews have partially restarted the Olympic Pipeline, east of Everett, after it was shut down for more than a week.
Oregon governor declares fuel emergency after pipeline leak, warns of rising gas prices
Associated Press
Oregon Gov. Tina Kotek declared a state of emergency Monday to ensure that enough fuel arrives to the state while the Olympic Pipeline, which supplies more than 90% of the state’s fuel, remains shut down due to a leak ahead of Thanksgiving travel.
POLITICS
Phil Knight Writes Record Check to Republican Legislative PAC
Willamette Week | By Nigel Jaquiss
Phil Knight has broken his own record for political spending. The 87-year-old Nike co-founder wrote a $3 million check to the Bring Balance to Salem PAC on Oct. 22, according to a new filing with the Oregon secretary of state.
Bring Balance was formed in 2021. The PAC spent nearly $5 million in 2022 and just over $5 million in 2024, all in support of Republican legislative candidates.
Who will carry the torch of bipartisanship after Rep. Lively retires?
Eugene Register-Guard | By Alan Torres
Partisanship has a stranglehold on the Oregon legislature and one of its longer serving advocates for working across party lines is retiring.
State Rep. John Lively, D-Springfield, announced earlier this month, he won't seek re-election, bringing his 14-year tenure in the legislature to an end next year.
Lively sat down with The Register-Guard to reflect on his political career. Lively said he's seen the legislature become more partisan over time and he's tried to push back against this trend. He hasn't yet endorsed a candidate to replace him next year, but said he hopes whoever does has a similar bipartisan philosophy.
Lively said the biggest change he's seen in the legislature has been diminishing relationships between, and respect for, members of opposing parties. For most of Lively's career, Democrats have had a supermajority in the state legislature. But things were more evenly divided when he started and compromise was common.
Guest column: Oregon growth is the antidote to Trump chaos
The Bulletin | Guest Column by Anthony Broadman
The best path forward is clear. We need to spur private sector job growth with good, high- paying jobs. A growing economy is how we fund public safety, protect critical services, and improve wages. Central Oregon should be a model for the rest of the state. Bend and Redmond have remained resilient, adding jobs over the past year while other regions slowed. New employers continue to arrive, long-standing businesses are expanding, and sectors like advanced manufacturing, outdoor recreation, aviation, and health services are creating opportunities for working families across the region.
To stay competitive, we have to be honest about what holds us back. Too many out-of-state corporations take advantage of Oregon’s strengths, our talented workforce, our quality of life, and our public investments, without contributing meaningfully to the communities that make their success possible. We need to invest in local businesses that hire here and grow here, not provide incentives to megacorporations that use loopholes to extract value and move their profits elsewhere.
Fixing this comes down to fairness. It means closing tax loopholes for out-of-state corporations while strengthening the employers who are investing in our communities and our future. It means ensuring that more people who work here can afford homes here. It means cutting waste and inefficiency while creating a state revenue system that supports Oregon job creation and steady growth. Most importantly, it means designing an Oregon-built approach that focuses on economic resilience and workers.
Donors match Oregon’s $6M commitment to food banks amid SNAP uncertainty, governor says
The Oregonian | By Jonathan Bach
As the historic federal shutdown threatened 757,000 Oregonians’ monthly food assistance, a group of donors gave more than $6 million to Oregon food banks, pantries and charities, Gov. Tina Kotek said Monday.
ECONOMY
Lam Research opens $65 million Tualatin office with room for 700 workers
The Oregonian | By Mike Rogoway
Semiconductor equipment manufacturer Lam Research opened a four-story office building on its Tualatin campus Friday, a $65 million project with space for 700 employees.
HOUSING
Corporate investment in residential housing may be another hurdle for first-time buyers
Oregon Capital Chronicle | By Robbie Sequeira
As corporate ownership of residential property across the country rises nationwide, researchers from the Lincoln Institute of Land Policy and the Center for Geospatial Solutions, which is housed at the institute, warn this rising trend has complicated the housing market for first-time buyers.
HEALTH CARE
After Long Search, OHSU Health Names New CEO
Willamette Week | By Andrew Schwartz
After a nearly two-year search, including a rocky period in which an interim leader was hired and lasted just a few weeks, the OHSU Health system has named a new CEO.
Tarek Salaway has worked as an executive in an array of California health institutions, and comes most recently from a Kaiser Permanente system in the San Francisco Bay area.
HOMELESSNESS
Homeless day center in St. Johns has become a magnet for livability issues, neighbors say
KGW | By Blair Best
Multnomah County opened North Portland's only drop-in day center in July. Guests say it's helped them find shelter and services, but nearby businesses have concerns.
Portland begins charging for illegally parked lived-in RVs
KOIN 6 | By Amanda Rhoades
On Monday, the City of Portland began enforcing a law that allows it to tow live-in vehicles that are illegally parked and charge owners for the cost. Cars and campers with expired registration tags are included.
TRUMP ADMIN VS. OREGON
DHS calls out Oregon for undocumented driving law; both sides weigh in
KATU | By Tanvi Varma
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has criticized an Oregon law that permits immigrants in the country illegally to obtain driver's licenses.
The condemnation came after DHS said an immigrant with an Oregon license was charged in a hit-and-run incident that resulted in the death of 8-year-old Mora Gerety.
Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin stated, "8-year-old Mora Gerety’s precious life was taken by an illegal alien who should have never been in our country, let alone issued a driver's license by the sanctuary state of Oregon."
Oregon’s lawsuits against Trump cost a fraction of what state has saved
Oregon Capital Chronicle | By Mia Maldonado
Despite lawsuits, the state has only paid a fragment of that in legal costs.
Dayton school superintendent calls on community to support students after McMinnville teen's arrest
KGW | By Libby Dowsett
Families in the Dayton School District have expressed fear after the arrest of a 17-year-old student by federal law enforcement officers in McMinnville.
Feds say Oregon 17-year-old used his car to ‘violently attack’ ICE agents
The Oregonian | By Fedor Zarkhin
The Department of Homeland Security said Monday that the 17-year-old McMinnville High School student detained by immigration agents last week was arrested because he was obstructing federal officers.
Oregon man charged after threatening to kill federal agents and assault their wives
KATU National Desk
A Portland, Oregon, man has been federally charged after threatening to kill federal law enforcement agents and to sexually assault their wives.
Salem City Council votes to draft state of emergency over ICE sweeps
Statesman Journal | By Whitney Woodworth
The Salem City Council voted to reaffirm the city's inclusive status and move forward with declaring a state of emergency due to ICE activity.
The vote followed hours of public testimony, with many residents describing fear and disruption caused by recent immigration arrests in the region.
Recent ICE operations in the area have led to dozens of arrests, causing significant fear and economic impact in local communities.
US Coast Guard must return rescue helicopter to Newport, judge rules
OPB | By Dirk VanderHart
The U.S. Coast Guard must immediately return a rescue helicopter to the city of Newport as a court case challenging the aircraft’s removal gets underway, a federal judge has ruled.
4 Oregon counties must submit to ICE subpoenas on 9 noncitizens, judge rules
The Oregonian | By Maxine Bernstein
U.S. District Judge Michael J. McShane found that the information sought through the subpoenas is “patently reasonable,” in the “custody and control” of the counties and directly relevant to the investigations by federal immigration enforcement officers.
CRIME & PUBLIC SAFETY
Washington County man pleads guilty to sex crimes; DA says more victims possible
KPTV
A 39-year-old man has pleaded guilty to sex crimes, and the Washington County District Attorney’s Office says there could be more victims.
Antonio Arredondo Jr. pleaded guilty on Nov. 18 to first-degree rape, first-degree sodomy, and first-degree sex abuse. The charges stem from cases in both Oregon and Washington.
Arredondo is scheduled to be sentenced on March 16, 2026.
Arredondo has been a registered sex offender since 2009, when he was convicted of molesting a child in Texas. The district attorney’s office says he moved to Oregon shortly after his conviction and continued his predatory behavior.
The district attorney’s office says Arredondo used dating apps to find single women with young daughters and then pursued romantic relationships with the single mothers. Arredondo would begin sexually abusing the child, and in some cases, he also became violent, both physically and sexually, toward the mothers.
In 2023, authorities issued a media release to alert the public of Arredondo’s actions and to seek additional victims. The district attorney’s office says victims in Polk County, Clark County, and an out-of-state victim contacted law enforcement.
In Feb. 2025, Arredondo was convicted of first-degree sex abuse in Polk County and sentenced to a minimum of 75 months in prison.
The investigation is ongoing, and detectives believe there could be more victims who have not yet come forward.
Anyone with information related to Arredondo is urged to call their local law enforcement agency.
Accused attacker in assault on Japanese diplomat in Portland granted release pending trial
The Oregonian | By Maxine Bernstein
A woman accused of assaulting a top Japanese diplomat in downtown Portland in 2023 was granted release Monday to live with her mother pending trial after her latest court-ordered visit to a federal medical center to restore her mental competency.
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