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Five Portland Teens Arrested and Charged in Fatal Shooting of Minister Kevin Cooper
PORTLAND, Ore. — Five teenagers have been arrested and charged with the murder of minister, devoted family man, and grandfather, 56-year-old Kevin Cooper, who was gunned down in his Portland home in front of his family.
The shooting took…
Whistleblower Files Lawsuit Claiming Gross Mismanagement and Waste of Public Funds at Portland…
PORTLAND, Ore. — A former executive of one of the largest homeless service providers in Multnomah County has filed a $4.5 million lawsuit for unfair dismissal for attempting to disclose alleged gross mismanagement by top executives of the…
U.S. Department of Education Opens Civil Rights Probe Into Portland Public Schools’ Center for Black…
The U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights is investigating alleged violations of federal civil rights law by Portland Public Schools (PPS) that is offering certain programs exclusively to Black students.
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Four Arrested After Crowd Occupies Portland City Hall and Demands End to ICE Building Permit
PORTLAND, Ore. — Four people who refused to leave were arrested on Wednesday after a demonstration at Portland City Hall, where protesters demanded that the city revoke a land use permit for the Immigration and Customs Enforcement building…
Oregon Woman Sentenced to Prison After IRS Says She Used Employee Tax Withholdings to Buy Luxury…
The owner of a tree removal and landscaping business in Happy Valley, Oregon, 47-year-old Joyce Leard, was sentenced yesterday to 15 months in federal prison for willfully failing to pay owner employment business taxes to the IRS amounting…
Portland Slips Behind Other U.S. Cities as Report Shows Slowing Population Growth, Job Losses and…
The Portland Metro Chamber’s annual State of the Economy and State of Downtown & the Central City reports, released on Thursday, reflect a city facing significant challenges that have shown up in financial forecasts.
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Portland Police Arrest 19 Year Old Suspect After Drive By Shooting in the Ardenwald Johnson Creek…
PORTLAND, Ore. — Portland Police officers found and arrested 19-year-old Kordayle ReLa Dorley of Portland, a suspect in yesterday’s non-injury, drive-by shooting in the Ardenwald-Johnson Creek Neighborhood. He faces attempted murder and…
Welfare Check Leads to Child Neglect Charges After Portland Police Find Three-Year-Old Outside Alone
PORTLAND, Ore. — A Portland felon convicted of heroin distribution in 2014 and for failing to register as a sex offender in 1999, will be arraigned next week on two counts of child neglect and criminal mistreatment.
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Portland Man With Violent Criminal History Charged With Bias Crime After Assaulting Transgender…
A transgender woman was attacked and repeatedly punched by a man with a long criminal record of violent crime at a MAX stop at Portland State University last Sunday.
The woman told a Portland State University (PSU) campus public safety…
Multnomah County to Reduce Homeless Services Budget by $87 Million Despite Rising Need
MULTNOMAH COUNTY, Ore. — Despite increasing homelessness, Multnomah County officials anticipate $87 million less for shelters, rent assistance, and eviction prevention in the next fiscal year, as bottlenecks due to overloaded caseworkers…