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Tuesday September 15, 2020 - Times viewed: 9624 |
PORTLAND, Oregon - The Washington County Wildfire Complex Joint Information Center Daily Wildfire Update is intended to provide a summary of public agency response addressing wildfires currently affecting Washington County residents. Due to the dynamic nature of the wildfire situation, the information in this report may become quickly outdated. For more immediate updates as changes unfold, please ...
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Tuesday September 15, 2020 - Times viewed: 7738 |
 | WILSONVILLE, Oregon - On Sunday morning, a deputy contracted to Wilsonville Police was on patrol when he observed a male along the side of SW Boones Ferry Rd. near SW Nike Dr.
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Monday September 14, 2020 - Times viewed: 7784 |
HILLSBORO, Oregon - The City of Hillsboro's buildings and facilities are closed to the public for Monday, September 14. Smoke pollution from wildfires raging across the Pacific Northwest worsened in Hillboro and Portland in the last two days, giving some of the world’s worst air quality in history.
Public health officials warned residents to keep indoors with the windows shut, to set air condit ...
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Monday September 14, 2020 - Times viewed: 7732 |
| PORTLAND, Oregon - A man was arrested after apparently using a Molotov Cocktail to start a small brush fire.
At about police were called with a report of a brush fire in the 9600 block of East Burnside Street. A section of grass along the I-205 freeway was burning but firefighters put out the small fire. No one was injured and no structures were damaged.
About an hour later, police were moti ...
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Saturday September 12, 2020 - Times viewed: 7934 |
Oregon officials say they are preparing for a large number of deaths from this week’s wildfires, with at least five people killed and dozens more missing amid blazes that have burned more than 1 ... Story 125 of 11975
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Saturday September 12, 2020 - Times viewed: 7672 |
| WEST LINN, Oregon – September 11, 2020 – On Friday, September 11, 2020, Interim City Manager, John Williams, declared a state of emergency effective immediately and remaining in effect until October 5, 2020.
High winds, drought conditions, and dry air mass have caused large, unprecedented, and dangerous wildfires in Clackamas County resulting in large-scale evacuations and orders for evacuation ...
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Saturday September 12, 2020 - Times viewed: 7676 |
| SALEM, Oregon - On 09/09/20, the Marion County Sheriff’s Office announced our search and rescue crews found human remains along with animal remains in a vehicle near the 26000 block of North Fork Road in the Santiam Canyon. The following day search and rescue personnel with the Marion County Sheriff’s Office returned to the area, escorting investigators. While conducting the recover, the remains ...
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Saturday September 12, 2020 - Times viewed: 7697 |
| PORTLAND, Oregon - During the evening hours of September 11, 2020, officers responded to three separate calls of shots heard throughout Northeast Portland. Officers arrived at the locations and found evidence of gunfire but no victims. At one of the locations, an occupied residence was struck by gunfire.
Around 11:05 p.m., officers responded to an area hospital on reports of a walk-in gunshot w ...
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Thursday September 10, 2020 - Times viewed: 7720 |
| PORTLAND, Oregon — Pacific Power crews are inspecting damage and restoring service to customers across a wide region of Oregon still being devastated by historically severe wind-fueled wildfires.
As of 8 p.m. Wednesday, approximately 17,000 Oregon Pacific Power customers were without power due to the windstorm and ensuing wildfires that hit the state beginning Sept. 7. That figure is down fr ...
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Wednesday September 9, 2020 - Times viewed: 7720 |
MEDFORD, Oregon - Thousands of residents across Oregon remain under evacuation orders Wednesday as fast-moving fires burned through at least two towns and the state's governor declared a wildfire emergency.
The U.S. Forest Service's Pacific Northwest Region said there are 20 large wildfires burning across Oregon and Washington that have destroyed some 476,027 acres as "extreme fire weather" co ...
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Wednesday September 9, 2020 - Times viewed: 7708 |
| PORTLAND, Oregon - On September 9, 2020, at approximately 1:34 a.m., North Precinct officers responded to the 300 block of Northeast Holladay Street on reports of a shooting. When officers arrived on scene, they located a male who had been shot, and a male who suffered from an undisclosed injury. Officers learned an altercation occurred between the two subjects which lead to their injuries. Both s ...
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Wednesday September 9, 2020 - Times viewed: 7683 |
| Dangerous fire conditions and spreading wildfires across the state has prompted Oregon Parks and Recreation Department (OPRD) to issue a statewide fire ban and close some parks.
Park Closures
The following parks are closed to all visitors until further notice or unless otherwise noted:
Silver Falls State Park near Silverton
Detroit Lake campground and Mongold day-use area near Detroit
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Tuesday September 8, 2020 - Times viewed: 7809 |
SALEM, Oregon - The Marion County Sheriff’s Office is expanding the area of the Level 3 – “Go” evacuations to include the area west of the Mehama community to Cascade Highway SE and north to Highway 214. Deputies have reported fire as far west as Jennie Road SE. Residents should continue to monitor for updated evacuation information as the fire progresses.
Marion County Emergency Managemen ...
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Saturday September 5, 2020 - Times viewed: 7716 |
| CORVALLIS, Oregon (AP) - The personal information of some Oregon State University students and faculty members may have been compromised during a computer security breach, officials said.
A hacker accessed a computer server for the university's Ecampus online education program this summer, gaining access to records containing the names and OSU email addresses of about 1,700 students and faculty ...
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Saturday September 5, 2020 - Times viewed: 7880 |
| SALEM, Oregon - AP - The Oregon Employment Department erroneously paid about $100,000 in unemployment benefits to 155 eastern Oregon school district staff who were furloughed last spring, according to the Baker School District.
The state wants the money back.
The district learned about the problem last week, said Michelle Glover, the schools’ business manager. She said the overpayments amoun ...
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Thursday September 3, 2020 - Times viewed: 7773 |
| PORTLAND, Oregon - Detectives arrested 36 year old Bryan Michael Kelley, and served a search warrant at his residence, during an investigation into criminal activity he was alleged to be involved in near City Hall, last week.
During the evening of August 25, 2020, a group of people gathered in Shemanski Park, in downtown Portland, and walked to City Hall. Within minutes of arriving, people with ...
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Thursday September 3, 2020 - Times viewed: 7725 |
| SALEM, Oregon – The end of summer is in sight. Labor Day is around the corner, kids are starting back to school, and we’re continually mindful about social distancing, frequent hand washing and wearing face coverings. The temperatures are rising and it looks like we’re in for a hot stretch.
We all need a break from the heat, and the stress of 2020. Oregon’s gorgeous landscape and waterways off ...
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Wednesday September 2, 2020 - Times viewed: 7749 |
| Six more people in Oregon, including a 27-year-old and a 41-year-old, have died from COVID-19, according to the Oregon Health Authority.
The OHA reported Tuesday the state's death toll at 465.
The youngest person in Oregon to die from the coronavirus was a 26-year-old man in Yamhill County in July.
The 41-year-old and 27-year-old men were from Washington County and both had underlying con ...
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Wednesday September 2, 2020 - Times viewed: 7918 |
The missing Brush 198 Truck out of Sheridan Fire District's Ballston Station was recovered this evening near Amity by Yamhill County Sheriff's Office. There were several small items missing from the truck, but thankfully nothing that will inhibit the truck's ability to respond. The truck itself appears to be in good condition still.
The crews will work tonight and tomorrow morning to comb throu ...
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Wednesday September 2, 2020 - Times viewed: 7741 |
| On Tuesday, September 1, 2020 at approximately 11:00 A.M., Oregon State Police Troopers and emergency personnel responded to a single vehicle crash on Hwy 140 east of Adel.
Preliminary investigation revealed that a white Dodge Durango, operated by Robert Beers (51) of Tooele, Utah, was eastbound when it left the roadway and rolled multiple times.
Beers sustained fatal injuries and was pron ...
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Wednesday September 2, 2020 - Times viewed: 7753 |
| The Centennial School District Governing Board will hold a special meeting, Wednmesday, September 2, 2020 at 6:00 p.m. via the Zoom app.
To access the meeting by telephone dial +1 253 215 8782 or +1 346 248 7799
If prompted please provide the Meeting ID: 812 5242 5560 Passcode: 821966
Please Note: The Board will meet in executive session under ORS 192.660 (2)(e) -to conduct deliberations wi ...
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Tuesday September 1, 2020 - Times viewed: 7746 |
| PORTLAND, Oregon - A crash in the Glenfair neighborhood has resulted in a fatality.
On Tuesday, September 1, 2020 at 5:10a.m., East Precinct officers were dispatched to a report of a crash in the 400 block of Southeast 153rd Avenue. When officers arrived they discovered two people with serious injuries. Medical crews arrived and determined that one was a fatality. The other person was transport ...
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Sunday August 30, 2020 - Times viewed: 7783 |
PORTLAND, Oregon - A man was shot in the chest and killed in downtown Portland Saturday night after a violent evening of protests from both sides, between Trump supporters and protesters denouncing police brutality.
No details have yet been released details about the man shot to death at about 8:46 p.m. Saturday near Southeast Third Avenue and Southwest Alder Street nor is there any suspect inf ...
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Saturday August 29, 2020 - Times viewed: 7730 |
| PORTLAND, Oregon - Police say demonstrators set small fires to debris by cement walls at the offices of the Portland Police Association building Saturday morning, prompting officials to declare a riot.
On Friday, August 28, 2020 at about 11:45p.m., a march began from Peninsula Park in the street. Many in the gathering were wearing protective gear, including helmets, goggles or gas masks, all bl ...
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Wednesday August 26, 2020 - Times viewed: 7721 |
| SALEM, Oregon - Governor Kate Brown is considering commuting the sentences of as many as 400 prisoners in the state’s detention centers as a coronavirus precaution, according to reports.
The move would come as police in the state’s largest city, Portland, have their hands full with nightly riots and destruction for three straight months – with protests in other cities as well.
The prisoner ...
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Wednesday August 26, 2020 - Times viewed: 7738 |
| PORTLAND, Oregon - Protesters ventured inside City Hall and Portland police made several arrests on the ninetieth straight night of racial injustice protests in the Oregon city.
Police also declared a riot Monday night when protesters set fire to police union headquarters. At least 25 people were arrested.
Officers used smoke to disperse the protesters, KATU reported.
Portland police decl ...
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Wednesday August 26, 2020 - Times viewed: 7734 |
| This afternoon, members of the US Marshal’s Service Fugitive Task Force arrested 19-year-old Julian Gallardo in Vancouver, Washington after his indictment by a Washington County grand jury on the following charges:
Attempted first-degree murder with a firearm (two counts)
Unlawful use of weapon with a firearm (two counts)
First-degree assault with a firearm (one count)
Second-degree assault ...
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Monday August 24, 2020 - Times viewed: 7762 |
NEWPORT, Oregon - After months of painfully being shut down, then a soft re-opening a couple of weeks ago, Newport’s Oregon Coast Aquarium is ready to go full bore. The famed attraction opens up in its entirety on Monday.
“We are ready and eager to have our indoor exhibits open,” said Carrie Lewis, President/CEO of the Aquarium. “While some areas will remain closed, such as the play area and ca ...
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Monday August 24, 2020 - Times viewed: 7730 |
| PORTLAND, Oregon - A crowd gathered at Woodlawn Park at Northeast 13th Avenue and Northeast Dekum Street and began marching at 9:41p.m. Most of the crowd, estimated at more than 200 people, wore armor, helmets, gas masks, all-black clothing and carried shields. They marched to North Precinct Community Policing Center at 449 Northeast Emerson Street. North Precinct has been the site of numerous vio ...
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Saturday August 22, 2020 - Times viewed: 7736 |
| The Oregon Health Authority confirmed 259 new known cases of COVID-19, with two new additional deaths, on Friday.
At the time of writing, the total number of known cases in Oregon sits at 24,421, with 414 deaths.
According to Oregon Health Authority, the new cases are in the following counties: Benton (two), Clackamas (16), Columbia (one), Coos (one), Curry (one), Deschutes (two), Douglas ...
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