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Portland Student Expected to Survive After Inhaling Chemical Gases at Benson High School
PORTLAND, Ore. — A 15-year-old Portland student at Benson Polytechnic High School inhaled gases produced by a mixture of chemicals, but did not drink the mixture, as originally reported by investigators.
He was admitted to a hospital in…
Former Oregon AT&T Employee Gets Prison After SIM Swaps Drain Nearly $600,000 From Customers
A former employee of an AT&T store in Portland was yesterday sentenced to 16 months in federal prison for selling access to AT&T’s network to criminals who used customer PII to carry out SIM swaps.
Forty-four-year-old Kenneth…
Oregon Man Pleads No Contest After Girlfriend Found Dead in Backseat of Her Car
PORTLAND, Ore. — Thirty-five-year-old Jon Pharris Ray French of Portland will be sentenced on September 14 for the death of his girlfriend by blunt force trauma.
Her Body Was Found Under a Blanket on the Backseat of Her Car…
70-Year-Old Hiker Dies After 400-Foot Fall Near Horsetail Falls in Multnomah County
MULTNOMAH COUNTY, Ore. — A 70-year-old female hiker who fell an estimated 400 feet from a trail near Horsetail Falls, located at 56600 E Historic Columbia River Hwy, on Friday was found dead by emergency responders.
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Trump Administration Cites Portland’s Rose City Antifa in New Terrorism Designation
PORTLAND, Ore. — The Trump administration is using a new terrorism designation against an Italy-based digital network to turn its broader crackdown on antifa into concrete federal action, with Portland-based Rose City Antifa specifically…
Portland Police Investigate Buckman District Shooting That Left Man Dead
PORTLAND, Ore. — A man died after a shooting incident in the Buckman district during the early hours of Saturday morning. Portland Police Bureau Homicide detectives are investigating.
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This was Buckman's second homicide…
Portland-Area Boeing Workers Face Possible Strike After Union Rejects Contract Offer
PORTLAND, Ore. — About 200 Boeing engineers and technicians near Portland could join SPEEA’s first strike at Boeing since 2000 after members rejected a four-year contract offer.
Boeing Faces Possible Strike
The labor union…
Oregon Woman Who Chased Children With SUV Outside Gresham Dollar Tree Gets Probation
An Oregon woman who chased four children in her SUV after they allegedly threw rocks at her vehicle has been sentenced to three years of formal probation, drug-and-alcohol treatment, and mental health treatment.
Alyssa Jean Williams…
Multnomah County Taxpayers May Be Owed $615 Average Preschool for All Tax Refund
MULTNOMAH COUNTY, Ore. — Some Multnomah taxpayers may be owed an average of $615 per person in Preschool for All tax refunds because their income never reached the Preschool for All tax threshold.
Preschool for All Tax Refunds…
Family Says Southwest Employee Humiliated Them at PDX in $1.2 Million Discrimination Lawsuit
PORTLAND, Ore. — A black family, the DeWeese family, traveling through Portland International Airport (PDX) in August 2025, is suing Southwest Airlines for $1.2 million, alleging that an employee, Melissa Stallcup, humiliated them and…