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A 45-year-old Reedsport, Oregon, man and his dog were rescued from the water at the bottom of a 100-foot embankment off USFS 1107, approximately the 8-mile marker in Curry County, on Tuesday, after a passerby reported hearing screams for…

Two residents of Eugene have been arrested on drug charges involving 73 pounds of methamphetamine, which they were transporting on the I-5 Interstate. Assisted by the Oregon State Police Drug Interdiction Team, the Street Crimes Unit of…

Oregon Attorney General Dan Rayfield issued a consumer alert yesterday after 41 Coos Bay residents reported that their SNAP benefits had been stolen and fraudulently spent outside Oregon since November 8. Suspects install a small device…

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, 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…

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…

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…

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 —…

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, 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…