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Your Weekend Reader for Dec. 20-21

Health care cutbacks. Rob Reiner. Marijuana news. Trump’s haphazard ways. The solstice looms, as solstices do. A seal on the highway. When moviemakers deploy the F-word. It’s the holiday edition of Your Weekend Reader, with almost no holiday content.

Your Weekend Reader for Dec. 13-14

Christmas trees. Magic mushrooms. Communities on ICE. Paying for transportation. A missing nuclear-powered device. Eastern Oregon reconsidered. Unity Shelter news. Trump notes. “Six-seven,” we hardly knew you. Gifts for the journalists in your life. It’s all in the new edition of Your Weekend Reader.

Your Weekend Reader for Dec. 6-7

Oregon political rematch looms. Judges and gerrymandering. Health insurance subsidies. Rage bait rules. Peace prize for Trump — no, not that one. Early line on the Oscars. “Hamnet.” News from the Pac-2. Young folks and the news. And a drunken raccoon! It’s all in the new edition of Your Weekend Reader.

Your Weekend Reader for Nov. 29-30

Saving some gratitude for yourself. Brushing off the holiday tunes. Remembering Tom Stoppard. Saving our universities from AI. Appreciating those resilient salmon. Dealing with college athletics. And looking sharp at the airport. It’s all part of the Thanksgiving edition of Your Weekend Reader.

Your Weekend Reader for Nov. 22-23

Trump’s week. Bad news for CNN anchors. School attendance. The gold standard of science. Marjorie Taylor Greene. Elon edges out Jesus. The price for city services. Cats, eagles and windshields don’t mix. That beached whale. It’s time to light the lights on a new Weekend Reader.

Your Weekend Reader for Nov. 15-16

School closures. Portland troops. ICE in Newport. A burglary ring hits Eugene – and Corvallis. The fate of the penny. Bad news for hemp. Another Hollywood crisis. Keeping seagulls at bay. And baby otters! It’s all in a tardy edition of Your Weekend Reader.

Your Weekend Reader for Nov. 8-9

Independent newspapers. Recalls and Coffin Butte. Financial woes for schools. Trump’s coming election mayhem. Clean your water bottle. “Six-seven” and “996.” And sharks on the beach. It’s all in the new edition of Your Weekend Reader.

Your Weekend Reader for Nov. 1-2

The weekend’s time tyranny. SNAP is just the start. Wildland firefighters fight smoke. Trump’s offer to universities. Baseball vs. itself. “Still Crazy After All These Years.” Salmon swim back and rabbits grow horns. It’s all in the birthday edition of Your Weekend Reader.

Your Weekend Reader for Oct. 25-26

Atmospheric rivers. Portland rallies. Samaritan deals. School closures. Open primaries? NBA scandal. Merkley talks and talks. Johnson closes the House. A crumbling democracy — and a White House wing. Bad news about the news. “Sleepmaxxing” breakdown. But a baby elephant gets a pumpkin. It’s all in the new edition of the Weekend Reader.