Hampton Lumber / Facebook Here's Who Planted a Giant Smiley Face Out of Trees on Hillside Locals and regular visitors know to look for the cute attraction every year, and it continues to make people smile. By Amanda Thomason December 2, 2020
@PortlandPolice / Twitter Portland Rioters Arrested After Spending Thanksgiving Day Smashing Storefronts Four were arrested after a group of rioters vandalized multiple Portland businesses on Thanksgiving Day. By Jake Dima November 27, 2020
Monkey Business Images / Shutterstock New York Times: 'Data Do Not Support' Claims That Family Gatherings Are Main Cause of COVID Spread 'Somebody says something, and somebody else says it, and then it just becomes the truth. I worry about this narrative that doesn't yet seem to be data-based.' By Erin Coates November 24, 2020
Cathy Cheney - Pool / AP Governor Urges Citizens To Call Police on Neighbors Who Violate Lockdown Order Democratic Oregon Gov. Kate Brown asked her state’s citizens to report neighbors who violate her Thanksgiving coronavirus restrictions. By Kipp Jones November 23, 2020
Andrew Selsky / AP Oregon Counties Vote To Secede from Liberal-Controlled State Some voters are fed up with Oregon's liberal leaders and want to get as far away as possible - preferably to another state. By Jack Davis November 23, 2020
David Papazian / Getty Images Op-Ed: Democrats Turn on Own Voters - New Carbon Tax Is Going To Wallop Those Who Put Them in Office 'Carbon dioxide taxes are generally an inherently regressive tax and disproportionally harm low-income families.' By Tim Benson November 20, 2020
Eddie Moore - Pool / The Albuquerque Journal via AP Second Wave of American Lockdowns Begin as State Orders 2-Week Quarantine for All Residents However, not all state leaders are rushing to shut down their own economies and communities because of COVID-19. By Jared Harris November 15, 2020
Nathan Howard / Getty Images Portland Takes an Ax to English Language To Make City Charter More Woke Portland has removed masculine and feminine terms from its city charter. By Jake Dima November 13, 2020
Ankur Dholakia - AFP / Getty Images Politician Who Voted To Defund the Police Wrongly Called 911 on Driver 'I paid for a ride. He says he canceled it. So, I'm going to sit here until he sends me another ride.' By Erin Coates November 11, 2020
Giuseppe Cacace / AFP via Getty Images American Man Brought to Justice After Aiding Islamic Terrorist Group for Over 5 Years An Oregon man was charged in federal court with providing support to the Islamic State. By Kaylee Greenlee November 6, 2020