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Sunday October 4, 2020 - Times viewed: 7562 |
Four current and former state legislators have endorsed Mayor Ted Wheeler for reelection. Former Sen. Margaret Carter, the first African-American woman elected to the legislature, and former Sen. Avel Gordly, the first African-American elected to the state senate, announced for the first time their pick for mayor.
Sen. Lew Frederick and State Rep. Janelle Bynum announced their general election ...
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Saturday October 3, 2020 - Times viewed: 7564 |
PORTLAND, Oregon — A Portland Police officer drove a motorcycle into a protester who was blocking his path and pushed the person for some distance after what had been a largely peaceful demonstration against police violence Friday outside an East Portland law enforcement building.
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Saturday October 3, 2020 - Times viewed: 7554 |
“This is a failed short session. I cannot believe that,” Courtney said. He sighed and then began to raise his voice. “This is a failed short session because 11 elected officials, who are state senators, would not come do their job.”
Although most lawmakers were in attendance, it didn’t matter. The Republican walkout meant the Senate had not reached quorum to vote and as a result more than one h ...
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Friday October 2, 2020 - Times viewed: 7807 |
 | On Friday, October 2, 2020 at approximately 5:53 A.M., Oregon State Police Troopers and emergency personnel responded to a two vehicle crash on Hwy 199.
Preliminary investigation revealed that a GMC Sierra, operated by Donald Uhler of Gold Beach, was southbound on Hwy 199 when for unknown reasons it veered into the northbound lane and collided with a Dodge Ram, operated by Gary Zahniser (65) of ...
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Friday October 2, 2020 - Times viewed: 7618 |
| On Friday, October 2nd, 2020 around 1:30pm Longview Street Crimes Detectives attempted to apprehend a 33 year old white male on a warrant for his arrest. The subject fled from officers. Officers attempted to capture the subject using less-lethal means, however that was unsuccessful. The male subject continued to flee and at some point during the foot pursuit at least one officer fired his weapo ...
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Friday October 2, 2020 - Times viewed: 7613 |
| An Oregon Department of Corrections (DOC) adult in custody, Edward R. Soto, died October 2, 2020. Soto was incarcerated at Two Rivers Correctional Institution (TRCI) in Umatilla and passed away while on hospice care. As with all in-custody deaths, the Oregon State Police have been notified.
Soto entered DOC custody on December 10, 2019, from Marion County with an earliest release date of August ...
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Thursday October 1, 2020 - Times viewed: 7638 |
COOS BAY, Oregon - A missing 6-year-old boy from Utah believed kidnapped Saturday during a supervised visit with his mother, Emily Jolley, has been located in Coos Bay.
“We are happy to announce that Terran Butler has been safely located in Coos Bay, Oregon,” said a tweet from Unified Police Department at 4:20 p.m. “Emily Jolley has been taken into custody. Thank you for all the help!”
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Thursday October 1, 2020 - Times viewed: 7640 |
| Oregon's wildfires over the last few weeks were some of the worst the state has ever seen. Oregon's forestry department says about a million acres burned. Gov. Kate Brown has visited some of the blackened areas this week, and she's considering how climate change will force states to confront the reality of longer and hotter fire seasons.
Gov. Brown, welcome back to ALL THINGS CONSIDERED.
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Thursday October 1, 2020 - Times viewed: 7599 |
| PORTLAND, Oregon - On October 1, 2020, at approximately 7:46 p.m., North Precinct officers responded to the 4700 block of Northeast 111th Avenue on reports of a shooting. Officers arrived on scene and located two individuals with gunshot wounds. Their medical status is not available at this time.
Officers have secured the crime scene and members of the Portland Police Bureau Detective Division ...
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Thursday October 1, 2020 - Times viewed: 7611 |
| PORTLAND, Oregon - On September 30, 2020, at approximately 5:31 p.m., East Precinct officers responded to the 8900 block of Southeast Market Street on reports of a robbery. Officers arrived on scene and learned a victim who had been sitting inside her vehicle was robbed at gunpoint.
The victim stated a suspect described as a six-foot-tall white male in his thirties dressed in all dark clothing ...
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Thursday October 1, 2020 - Times viewed: 7623 |
| PORTLAND, Oregon - On September 30, 2020 at 10:07 p.m., Central Precinct officers responded to a report of a walk-in gunshot wound victim at a local hospital. His injuries were determined to be non-life-threatening.
The victim would not provide specific details of the incident and officers have not been able to locate a crime scene. No arrests have been made.
If anyone has information about ...
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Monday October 5, 2020 - Times viewed: 7517 |
| No one expected a Lincoln-Douglas debate, but did it have to be a World Wrestling Entertainment bout? Which may be unfair to the wrestlers, who are more presidential than either Donald Trump or Joe Biden sounded in their first debate Tuesday night.
The event was a spectacle of insults, interruptions, endless cross-talk, exaggerations and flat-out lies even by the lying standards of current U.S. ...
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Monday September 28, 2020 - Times viewed: 7661 |
PORTLAND, Oregon - Many people were arrested Saturday night when police cleared protesters off the streets near the Justice Center in Downtown Portland. Police declared an unlawful assembly just before midnight and moved protesters out of the park and surrounding streets.
Criticism of the law enforcement response to protesters prompted Gov. Kate Brown to ask authorities to review “any alleged i ...
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Monday September 28, 2020 - Times viewed: 7682 |
PORTLAND, Oregon - After peaceful protests in Portland, demonstrations turned violent as darkness once again fell Saturday. Police then declared a downtown gathering unlawful and made several arrests.
Around 8:30 p.m. Saturday, several hundred demonstrators converged on Lownsdale and Chapman squares, across the street from the Multnomah County Justice Center building that houses the Portland Po ...
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Saturday September 26, 2020 - Times viewed: 7695 |
| PORTLAND, Oregon - The two "John Doe's" who were arrested during last night's mass gathering have been identified as:
Police report these charges:
Disney, Harry Priester, 43-year-old, Interfering with a Peace Officer, Disorderly Conduct II, Booked into the Multnomah County Detention Center
Crisp, Andrew M., 32-year-old, Resisting Arrest, Disorderly Conduct II, Interfering with a Peace O ...
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Saturday September 26, 2020 - Times viewed: 7705 |
| On Friday, September 25, 2020 at approximately 12:21 A.M., Oregon State Police Troopers and emergency personnel responded to a single vehicle crash on Hwy 26 near milepost 75.
Preliminary investigation revealed that a Subaru Impreza, operated by Michael Wynne (28) of Fallbrook, CA. was westbound when it left the roadway and struck several trees.
Wynne sustained fatal injuries and was pronoun ...
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Saturday September 26, 2020 - Times viewed: 7665 |
| HILLSBORO, Oregon - Just before 9:30 pm this evening, residents in a condominium in the 1400-block of SE Walnut Street reported smoke and flames coming from their kitchen. They briskly exited the home and tried to alert nearby in neighbors to also evacuate their residences. Battalion Chief C01 arrived to find smoke coming from the unit and upgraded the incident to a first alarm. Engine 1 arrived a ...
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Thursday September 24, 2020 - Times viewed: 7708 |
PORTLAND, Oregon - For Donald Trump, cities are crime-ridden, infested with rioters and looters, and overseen by liberal mayors who are either absent or complicit—or often both. But among the cities about which the president has railed though this summer of unprecedented protests, Portland has stood out as his personal punching bag. He has called it a “mess” (and “has been for many years,” apparen ...
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Thursday September 24, 2020 - Times viewed: 7702 |
| PORTLAND, Oregon - Washington County Sheriff’s Office detectives today arrested a registered sex offender who drove more than 450 miles planning to meet a child for sex.
For almost two years, Allen Grady Williams communicated with a child he believed to be a 15-year-old girl. Instead, Mr. Williams was talking with undercover detectives from the Violent Crimes Unit. Mr. Williams, who is 48 years ...
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Thursday September 24, 2020 - Times viewed: 7707 |
| SALEM, Oregon -Throughout the day today, September 23rd, 2020, the Marion County Sheriff’s Office continued to provide enhanced patrols in the areas impacted by the Beachie Creek and Lionshead Fires in Marion County. As we move into the evening, a significant weather event is expected to arrive which will include heavy winds and rain. With the changing weather conditions, we anticipate there to ...
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Thursday September 24, 2020 - Times viewed: 7665 |
| PORTLAND, Oregon - Tonight police were sent to an area hospital on reports of a walk-in stab wound victim. Officers arrived on scene and learned the victim suffered from a single stab wound. The victim told officers the incident occurred at Dawson Park located at North Stanton Street and North Williams Avenue. The victim told responding officers that the suspect was known to him.
The suspect is ...
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Tuesday September 22, 2020 - Times viewed: 8039 |
In the days following the fires that led to evacuation of the Santiam Canyon, as a community, we began to take inventory of the many challenges that lay ahead. While fire operations, road crews, tree clearing operations, and utility work was underway, Marine Patrol Deputy Garrett Olson had visual confirmation that both Detroit Lake Marina and Kane’s Marina were destroyed. He knew that a plan to g ...
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Tuesday September 22, 2020 - Times viewed: 7697 |
| SALEM, Oregon - Today we saw a few areas be reduced from level 3 to level 2, see below. As levels are reduced, we want to remind community members they are permitted to return to level 2 evacuation areas, though they should remain prepared to evacuate should conditions change.
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Tuesday September 22, 2020 - Times viewed: 7696 |
| PORTLAND, Oregon - Sewage overflowed from a manhole on a residential property on SW Bertha Boulevard near SW 27th Avenue, where it impacted a tributary of Fanno Creek.
The release stopped around 9 a.m. on September 21 and crews placed warning signs in the area. The cause of the release appeared to be roots. Service has been restored.
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Monday September 21, 2020 - Times viewed: 7686 |
| The Level 3 (Go Now) Evacuation Notice for Highway 126 from Camp Creek Road to McKenzie Ranger Station, including connecting roads, is now a Level 2 (Be Set).
The Level 2 (Be Set) Evacuation Notification for Highway 126 east of the McKenzie River Ranger Station to the junction of Highway 126 and Highway 20 (Santiam Junction) has been downgraded to Level 1 (Be Ready).
Although evacuation leve ...
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Monday September 21, 2020 - Times viewed: 7679 |
| COVID-19 has claimed one more life in Oregon, raising the state’s death toll to 526, the Oregon Health Authority reported at 12:01 a.m. today. Oregon Health Authority reported 208 new confirmed and presumptive cases of COVID-19 as of 12:01 a.m. today bringing the state total to 30,801.
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Monday September 21, 2020 - Times viewed: 7749 |
| HILLSBORO, Oregon - Hillsboro Police were called to the 300 block of Southeast Ninth Avenue after a body was found outside a medical clinic. They discovered 38-year-old Jacob Gardner of Omaha, Nebraska dead.
The cause of death is under investigation, but officers are not seeking any suspects and there is no danger to the community.
Gardner was indicted by a Douglas County, Nebraska grand jur ...
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Friday September 18, 2020 - Times viewed: 7739 |
PORTLAND, Oregon - Forecasts of light rain in the Pacific Northwest raised hopes that firefighters could control some of the wildfires raging in Oregon Thursday.
But rain also carries the risk of flash flooding in areas that have burned, according to the National Weather Service. Areas near the Archie Creek and Thielsen fires are flash flood watches until 11 p.m. PT Thursday.
“Locally heavy ...
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Friday September 18, 2020 - Times viewed: 7721 |
| PORTLAND, Oregon - On Thursday night at approximately 9:15 p.m., North Precinct Officers responded to a residence in the 12500 block of Northeast Marine Drive on reports of a shooting. Officers arrived on scene and learned a victim had been shot. The victim was transported to an area hospital by ambulance. This victim's medical status is unknown at this time.
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Friday September 18, 2020 - Times viewed: 7707 |
| GRESHAM, Oregon - Last night at 6:50pm Gresham Police officers responded to a report of a suspicious vehicle in the parking lot of an apartment complex in the 800 block of SE 187th. The person calling 911 gave a license plate on the vehicle and responding officers quickly learned the vehicle was reported stolen.
While more resources responded to assist them, officers followed the car to the are ...
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