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Kotek’s Plan Would Raise Gas Tax and DMV Fees to Keep Oregon’s Transportation Network Running
Oregonian motorists will feel the pinch if state Governor Tina Kotek’s proposals to raise funds to finance the transportation network are passed at a special legislative session at the end of August.
Gas Will Cost 6 Cents More…
Oregon Recovers Over $2.5 Million From Real Estate Developer Who Faked COVID Loan Applications
Over $1.3 million of funds intended for COVID-19 Relief programs fraudulently obtained by real estate developer and part-time resident of Vancouver, Washington, 63-year-old Michael James DeFrees, has been recovered by the Oregon Attorney…
Oregon Sends Trained Search Dogs to Aid Texas in Ongoing Disaster Recovery Efforts
Two highly trained Human Remains Detection (HRD) K-9 teams from Oregon are assisting with ongoing disaster recovery operations in Texas.
This is the second Emergency Management Assistance Compact (EMAC) that Oregon has deployed to assist…
Portland Man Sentenced for Orchestrating Threats That Forced Hospital Evacuations
PORTLAND, Ore. — A federal court in Brooklyn, NY, sentenced a Portland, Oregon man, 31-year-old Domagoj Patkovic, to five years in prison for a swatting and bomb threats scheme targeting Jewish hospitals in New York City in Long Island. One…
Illegal Immigrant Using Stolen Oregon Identity for Three Decades Finally Caught in Montana
A 48-year-old man from Billings who has been living illegally in the United States under an assumed identity for 30 years was yesterday sentenced to seven months in prison and three years of supervised release.
False Declaration…
Oregon Breaks Record With $430K Geothermal Land Sale in Malheur County
The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) has leased more than 5,000 acres of land for geothermal exploration in Malheur County. The revenue will contribute to subsidizing the cost of energy in Oregon.
The record-breaking $430,518 revenue from…
Governor Steps In to Halt ODOT Layoffs as Oregon Faces Infrastructure Crisis
More than 400 Oregon Department of Transportation workers, laid off after legislators failed to reach consensus on a funding package for ODOT, have been thrown a six-week lifeline by Governor Tina Kotek.
Lawmakers Must Reach…
Ashland Man Indicted for Attempted Murder After Firing at Police on I-5
ASHLAND, Ore. — A suspected shooter, 29-year-old Devanta Mader of Ashland, was indicted on First Degree Attempted Murder, among other charges, following Saturday's early morning shooting incident along Ashland's Interstate 5, which included…
Drone Tracks Down Gunman Who Fired at Police and Hid in the Woods Near Eagle Point
JACKSON COUNTY, Ore. — A drone deployed by Eagle Point Police Department located an armed male suspect who abandoned his car on Interstate 5, fleeing on foot down an embankment and into the undergrowth.
A Drone Was Used to Avoid…
Armed Suspect Taken Into Custody After Climbing Into Portland Store Shelves to Evade Arrest
PORTLAND, Ore. — Portland Police Bureau (PPB) officers assigned to East Precinct arrested 41-year-old Michael Harper Monday after Harper- armed with a knife and hatchet- confronted a security officer at a retail store located in the 9800…