Wiles’ hire is Trump’s first major decision as president-elect and one that could be a defining test of his incoming administration.

Losing out would be a major setback for Oregon; it could cost the state nearly $1 billion in federal investment.

Traffic crashes have killed 54 people in Portland so far this year.

Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell said he would not resign if President-elect Donald Trump asked him to and that he cannot be fired or demoted.

A unanimous board approved the money after Commissioners Julie Brim-Edwards and Sharon Meieran criticized the chair for not having acted sooner.

Rayfield said he will start transitioning into the job in the “immediate future,” according to a message he sent employees of the Oregon DOJ Wednesday.

More than 10,000 residents remain under evacuation orders as the Mountain Fire continued to threaten some 3,500 structures in suburban neighborhoods, ranches and agricultural areas around Camarillo in Ventura County, northwest of Los Angeles.

Oregon lawmakers will continue to set their own salaries and those of certain other elected officials

Greek Life administrator Leonard Serrato posted an expletive-filled rant mocking supporters of President-elect Donald Trump.

“We accept the choice that the country made. I’ve said many times, you can’t love your country only when you win,” Biden said in the White House’s Rose Garden.

Anti-psilocybin measures were on the ballots in 16 cities and unincorporated Clackamas County.

Portland Public Schools board member Andrew Scott will step down in January, opening a seat in his Southwest Portland zone just a few months before voters are expected to weigh in on a bond that would provide hundreds of millions of dollars to rebuild Wells High School in his zone.

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