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this WEEK'S STORIes, February 20, 2026

Pictured: A blob with the name of "Transportation funding gap" in the style of the 1958 movie

  A 1958 horror movie I wasn’t allowed to see until I became a teen with my own ticket-buying power is playing out in the state legislature. Only the popcorn is missing. 

Or so it seems to me. It’s called “The Blob.”  ...Continued

Pictured: A bar graph showing an apparent pattern of comebacks in fentanyl use (Illustration: Hospital Association of Oregon)

 A few weeks ago, the Independence Police Department located a man who hadn’t registered as a sex offender.  ...Continued

Pictured: CHS player, Lucas Haines, in action; Inset of top scoring Jack Holestine, whose injury benched him (Photos by Lance Masterson)

 Central’s boys varsity basketball team keeps winning, even while one of its leaders watches from the bench. ...Continued

last WEEK'S STORIes, February 13, 2026

Pictured: Inset is Gabby Walton, director of the M-I Chamber of Commerce, at county commission meeting; standing room only crowd required some attendees to wait in the hallway

More than 300 people showed up at public events this week on the fate of a question over levy funding for the Polk County Fairgrounds. But only one consensus seemed to emerge: Throw out the old playbook and write a completely new one.   ...Continued

Pictured: Jennifer McMullen addresses city council Tuesday about food truck rule (Photo: City YouTube)

 This past Tuesday, the Independence City Council passed a new $100-per-year business fee, reversed an earlier decision to place a seven- ...Continued

Pictured: The sports park in north Independence and the for sale sign on the property

Nearly a decade ago, a crowd of more than 150 gathered on the Independence Sports Park field to celebrate its addition to the city as "a great   ...Continued

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