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PORTLAND, Ore. — Portland has seen a major drop in shootings- including homicide and non-homicide shootings- but budget fights could put the significant progress made at risk. Portland Shootings Reduce, Budgets Threaten To…

PORTLAND, Ore. — A young woman is suing an ICE agent for spraying her ‘point blank’ in the face with pepper spray while she was standing on the pavement outside the immigration detention center in South Portland on October 2, 2025. The…

PORTLAND, Ore. — After Portland Police responded to a call shortly after 9 p.m. on Wednesday, an 18-year-old man was hospitalized with a significant injury. He had been shot and robbed during a Facebook Marketplace meetup in the 9100 block…

A man accused of the serial killing of four women whose bodies were found in wooded and rural areas of Oregon has now been charged with a fifth murder. Jesse Lee Calhoun (41) is facing a charge of second-degree murder following the death…

PORTLAND, Ore. — Despite an Appeals Court ruling that a local government ordinance cannot supersede federal legislation, the Portland City Council voted in favor of banning immigration agents from wearing face masks and failing to wear…

PORTLAND, Ore. — Portland notched up its seventh homicide of 2026 with the death of a shooting victim in the Centennial Neighborhood during the early hours of Sunday morning. Homicide Detectives Have Made No Arrests At This Stage…

PORTLAND, Ore. — A Portland Police officer can keep his badge after addressing a hearing of the Department of Public Safety Standards and Training (DPSST) about an incident in 2020 during which he struck a protester in the face with a…

In a recent national study, Portland finished at last place but one for infrastructure maintenance. Portland’s Deferred Infrastructure Maintenance Earns Second-to-last Place in National Study The Infrastructure & Capital…

PORTLAND, Ore. — A critically injured woman is fighting for her life in a local Portland hospital after she was brutally attacked with what appears to police to be a blunt instrument. Suspect Arrested Within Hours of the Attack…

PORTLAND, Ore. — The Portland Police Bureau (PPB) released bodycam footage of an officer investigating a burglary in the Overlook neighborhood being assaulted with a softball-sized rock, as the suspect hurled threats before finally being…