March 17, 2023 'Extremely unacceptable': Probe finds Oregon police leaders used racial slurs, sexual harassment An Oregon police chief and captain resigned after a preliminary investigation indicated “extremely unacceptable behavior� involving racial and homophobic slurs and sexual harassment.
March 16, 2023 What happened to the woman who called being homeless in Portland a ‘piece of cake’? Wendy's tongue-in-cheek description of homelessness in Portland as a "piece of cake" went viral. Then her siblings saw the video and went looking for their sister.
March 16, 2023 Portland resident warns criminals will turn to home break-ins as businesses flee city Portland, Oregon, residents Angela Todd and Damian Bunting sound the alarm on the crime crisis and impact of district attorney shortages in their state.
March 15, 2023 Parents outraged after Oregon teacher asks students to write ‘sexual fantasy’ short story Churchill High School in Oregon pulled an assignment asking students to write a short story detailing a sexual fantasy following outrage from parents.
March 15, 2023 2-year-old girl overdoses on suspected fentanyl in Oregon A 2-year-old girl believed to have overdosed on fentanyl had no pulse when police rushed to her aid, administering two doses of the overdose-reversing Narcan.
March 15, 2023 Oregon’s public defender crisis is putting alleged criminals back on the streets Many defendants in Oregon are waiting for legal representation which has prompted one county to dismiss hundreds of cases. But others say that's not fair to victims.
March 14, 2023 Oregon library receives overdue book returned decades after it was checked out The Deschutes Public Library District in Bend, Oregon received a book that was checked out nearly 45 years ago that was accompanied with a note and a check for $20.
March 14, 2023 Wife of man killed by Oregon police receives apology and $1.6 million settlement A wife received an apology and a $1.6 million lawsuit settlement after her 55-year-old husband was fatally shot by the Oregon State Police in 2015.
March 13, 2023 Portland homelessness crisis spirals out of control: 'This is their vision of utopia' "The Five" co-hosts discuss the homeless crisis in Portland and a drug counselor warning that the city is incentivizing homelessness by allowing activists to set up empty tents on the street.
March 12, 2023 Activists plant empty tents to encourage homelessness in Portland, drug counselor says As Oregon struggles with one of the highest rates of homelessness in the nation, a longtime drug counselor says Portland is using a Band-Aid approach on the crisis.