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Portland Trail Blazers Sold for Over $4 Billion With Promise to Stay in City
After months of concern over the sale of the Portland Trail Blazers- mainly that they would shift their home base from the Moda Center, the iconic team has a new owner- NHL Carolina Hurricanes owner Tom Dundon, who expressed the intention…
Portland Suspect Claims Fatal Shooting of Girlfriend Was Accident as Charges Drop
PORTLAND, Ore. — After initially being charged with murder over the death of his girlfriend, Kimberly Venegas-Gonzalez, the charges against Leonel Macias-Silva of Portland have been reduced to manslaughter after he claimed the deadly…
Southeast Portland Welfare Check Turns Into Armed Standoff and Murder Investigation
PORTLAND, Ore. — What started as a routine welfare check in Southeast Portland on Sunday night spiraled into an armed standoff that ended with a homicide investigation.
Caller Reports a Dead Woman In the Home
Around 6:30 p.m. on…
Portland Couple Faces Drug and Gun Charges After Police Use Stop Sticks to Foil Escape
PORTLAND, Ore. — A Portland couple was arrested and charged after officers from the North Precinct found them in possession of large quantities of fentanyl and methamphetamine, $10,000 in cash, a semiautomatic pistol, several firearm…
Honduran Fentanyl Dealer Caught With 6,000 Pills in Downtown Portland Gets 70 Months in Prison
PORTLAND, Ore. — As part of a crackdown on fentanyl trafficking in downtown Portland, police officers arrested a Honduran national living illegally in Oregon who was this week sentenced to 70 months in a federal prison.
Ermin…
Despite Strong EV Infrastructure, Portland Lags in Electric Vehicle Adoption
PORTLAND, Ore. — Portland is named as one of the best American cities for electric car owners in a study undertaken by Texas Electricity Ratings.
Portland city offers 35 fuel stations and 101 charging stations per 100,000 residents.…
Police Swarmed by Hostile Crowd After Late-Night Shooting in Downtown Portland
PORTLAND, Ore. — All available Portland Police units descended on the Old Town Neighborhood with lights flashing and sirens blaring when a small contingent of officers came under threat from a hostile crowd.
The policemen were trying to…
Portland Officer Cleared After Killing Innocent Man, But City May Still Pay His Family Millions
PORTLAND, Ore. — Portland city councilors will vote on Thursday on whether or not to give $3.75 million to a family whose son was wrongfully shot in the back by a police officer on November 19, 2022.
The family of Immanueal Jaquez…
Portland Man Surrenders After Eight-Hour Rooftop Siege Following Domestic Violence Report
PORTLAND, Ore. — Portland Police tactical teams were involved in an eight-hour stand-off yesterday when a man, wanted for several crimes, climbed onto the roof of an apartment complex in the Hazelwood Neighborhood following a report of…
Honduran National Caught in Portland with Ten Pounds of Fentanyl and a Sweetener Used to Cut Drugs
PORTLAND, Ore. — An Illegal immigrant has been sentenced to nine years’ imprisonment after he pleaded guilty to possession and conspiracy to distribute fentanyl in Oregon.
Edis Odalis Centeno Banegas (45), a Honduran national living…