May 18, 2023 VOTERS’ REMORSE: Blue state survey shows majority want to re-criminalize drugs: 'We made an enormous mistake' Oregonians overwhelmingly voted to decriminalize hard drugs in 2020, but many voters told researchers Measure 110 has made addiction, homelessness and crime worse.
May 17, 2023 Portland firefighters rescue over a dozen people, 3 dogs from major apartment fire Over a dozen people and several dogs were saved from a Portland, Oregon, apartment fire. Heavy smoke from the blaze also led to the closure of a nearby highway.
May 16, 2023 Portland teen in tactical gear threatens school shooting, arrested with replica gun: police Creative Science School in Portland, Oregon, went into lockdown on Monday after a 13-year-old former student allegedly threatened a shooting at the school.
May 16, 2023 Extended boycott in Oregon disqualifies 3 senators from reelection A boycott led by GOP lawmakers of the Oregon Senate has stretched to 10 days. Two Republicans and one Independent have been disqualified from reelection.
May 15, 2023 Fentanyl fuels string of deadly weekend overdoses in Portland, Oregon Police in Portland, Oregon, said at least eight people died from suspected drug overdoses over the weekend. Six of the eight deaths were likely related to fentanyl.
May 15, 2023 Record-breaking heat wave hits Northwest, leaving millions of Americans sweltering A heat wave that brought record temperatures to Washington and Oregon over the weekend is lingering in the Pacific Northwest and moving to the Central U.S.
May 13, 2023 Pacific Northwest heat could send temperatures up to 30 degrees above average, breaking records Officials in the Pacific Northwest are advising residents to take precautions amid an early heat wave that could send temperatures soaring up 30 degrees above average.
May 12, 2023 Oregon GOP lawmakers on brink of upending careers as boycott to derail Democrat-led bills enters 9th day As the Republican-led boycott enters its ninth day in Oregon, GOP and Republican lawmakers met for the second day to find a common ground on the deeply partisan bills.
May 11, 2023 Oregon parents outraged as teachers expose students to sexually explicit language during lessons on porn An Oregon school district is facing backlash after slides from a sex-ed class surfaced revealing explicit language and emojis being used in lesson about pornography.
May 9, 2023 Man freed after spending nearly 3 decades in prison for the killing of an Oregon prisons director A U.S. judge has granted a man full freedom after he spent nearly 30 years behind bars for the 1989 killing of Oregon’s prisons director.