Opinions
Showdown at Hillsboro City Hall: Sky Harbour Jet Hub Faces Crucial Appeal Hearing Tuesday
The Real Story - A Column Story Update - 8-18-26 - 8 AM Update: Explosive Allegations of Potential Federal Fraud...
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Next Wave: 7 Hillsboro Data Center Projects March Ahead As Humans Fight It Out
The Real Story - A Column Opinions and Statements of Research-based facts offered from the perspective of a long-time local...
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The Power Pulpit vs. The Silent Streets: Hillsboro Leadership’s Double Standard on Political Violence
The Real Story - A Column When State Senator Janeen Sollman reported a verbal disruption and alleged physical invasion of...
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Hillsboro’s Latest Data Center Now In Permitting Is Across From Liberty High And Near Rock Creek Homes
The Real Story - A Column One of the next big data centers in Hillsboro, Oregon, is likely to be...
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North Plains Residents Are Being Flooded With Messaging As One Resident Seeking The Truth Sounds Off
The Real Story - A Column Careful — Opinions and Statements of Research-based facts offered from the perspective of a...
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North Plains Special Meeting At Noon As City Struggles With More Issues
The Real Story - A Column Today, 7-31-2026, at noon, the City of North Plains is holding a Special Meeting...
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Salem, You’re Doing This Right. Don’t Stop Now. Get A Data Center Moratroum Moving Fast!
Hillsboro Herald — The Real Story - Analysis/Opinion. July 30, 2026. Monday night, Salem's city council will meet again, this...
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CoreSite Proposes Massive Multi-Story Hillsboro Data Campus Opposite County Homes And Over Wetlands – A Showdown Is Brewing
The Real Story - A Column While the Hillsboro City Council continues to slow-play changes to zoning ordinances around data...
Read moreDetailsThe PGE Rate Hike On Data Centers Is Framed As A Victory, But It is Much Ado About Not Enough
The Real Story: A Column If you only read the headlines this week, you'd think Oregon just won a war...
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The Real Cost of Growth: Hillsboro Proposes “Non-Stop” Utility Rate Hikes While Tech Giants Heavy-Load Our Systems
If you are from Hillsboro, Oregon, you can set your clock by utility rates going up, and once again it...
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