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Portland City Council Rejects Plan to Shift $4.3 Million From Homeless Camp Cleanup to Rent and…
PORTLAND, Ore. — The Portland City Council on Wednesday dismissed a proposal to redirect $4.3 million from the Impact Reduction Program (IRP) to support rent, food, and refugee assistance.
Funds for the $14.7 million annual IRP budget…
Portland Grand Jury Declines to Charge Officers After Man Dies in Prone Restraint During Mental…
PORTLAND, Ore. — A Multnomah County Grand Jury declined to charge three Portland police officers for the death of 52-year-old Damon Lamarr Johnson after being held in a prone position for four minutes.
Responding to reports from security…
Oregon Immigration Arrests Surge as ICE Detains 16 People in Salem, Including Farmworkers
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) arrested sixteen immigrants, including farmworkers, in Salem on Tuesday. Advocates said this is the highest one-day total of immigration arrests in the city for many years.
Advocates for…
Man With Shotgun Shot by Eugene Police, State Investigators Reviewing the Incident
EUGENE, Ore. — The Lane County Interagency Deadly Force Investigation Team (IDFIT) is investigating an incident in which Eugene police officers were involved in a shooting in the 1400 block of Railroad Boulevard yesterday.
Callers to 911…
“I Need an Alibi”: Oregon Woman Recorded Plotting Her Husband’s Murder Gets 5 Years in Prison
After a two-day Jackson County Circuit Court bench trial on November 4 and 5, 58-year-old Cheryl Ann King was found guilty of soliciting a hitman to murder her husband. She was sentenced to five years in prison.
During the bench trial —…
Wildfire Smoke Is Sending More Oregonians to the ER, Especially in Latino Communities
Breathing-related illnesses, such as asthma and Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD), increase when air quality deteriorates, according to Oregon Health Authority (OHA) data.
According to the OHA’s recently updated Air Quality …
Portland Man Fatally Shot on North Whitaker Road Identified as 49-Year-Old Robert Mathis
PORTLAND, Ore. — The man shot and killed in an incident on the 9900 block of North Whitaker Road, Portland, on Sunday, November 2, has been identified as 49-year-old Robert Lee Mathis Jr.
North Precinct officers received a call about the…
Family Files $15 Million Lawsuit Against Portland Security Guard Cleared in Fatal Shooting Outside…
PORTLAND, Ore. — The family of Manuel C. Garza IV, who was fatally shot in a parking lot in Southwest Portland on May 8 filed a wrongful death lawsuit against security guard Eric Salisbury who, despite discharging his weapon during the…
Oregon Lawsuit Challenges ICE Detention Practices, Hearing Set for December
U.S. District Judge Ann Aiken set December 12 as the hearing date in the lawsuit filed by Oregon immigration rights attorneys around the detention rights of people held at the Southwest Portland Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE)…
Oregon Man Gets 30 Years for Plotting Mass Shooting at Smith Rock Event
The man who planned a mass shooting at the annual rock climbing festival at Smith Rock State Park was sentenced to 30 years behind bars by a Deschutes County judge on Monday.
Samson Garner (41) planned to open fire on spectators and…