Portland News

Portland public middle and high school students will no longer be able to use cell phones or smartwatches during school hours. The blanket ban applies to passing periods and lunch breaks and was approved 5 – 2 on Tuesday by school board…

The Oregon Department of Justice (DOJ) has criticized the Portland Police Bureau for the protracted delay of investigations into the improper use of force by officers during the city’s racial unrest protests in 2020. Police…

Keyshawn Pervish (23) of Portland has been sentenced to 10 years in jail for the killing of a 17-year-old youth, and prosecutors suspect that it was his younger brother who pulled the trigger. Pervish pleaded guilty to first-degree…

A woman from Portland who allegedly killed an 82-year-old speech therapist in a two-car collision while under the influence was arrested on Thursday by the Multnomah County Sheriff’s Office. According to court records, Rosa Victalina…

Portland police have arrested Jamari D. Chapala (28) in connection with a car chase and shooting incident on Saturday morning. Chapala, who lives in Portland, is now facing 14 charges and is booked into the Multnomah County Detention…

The Portland Police Bureau arrested James S. Fischell, 40, yesterday, following a months-long investigation into graffiti with GIMER (Graffiti Is Me Escaping Reality) tags across the city. Fischell allegedly supplies graffiti vandals with…

The Portland Police indicated that a man died in a hotel parking lot in the Sumner Neighborhood after a shooting on New Year's Eve. An adult man was found in a hotel parking lot in the 8200 block of Northeast Sandy Boulevard on Tuesday,…

The condition of a woman pulled out of a flaming car by Portland police on Monday night could not be established at the time of going to press. The one-car accident happened at 9 p.m. at Southeast Mt Scott Boulevard and Southeast 112th…

Court records reveal that a warrant for the arrest of Kim Hien Nguyen (58) has been issued for a head-on collision in Portland on Thanksgiving Day in which two women died. Police say alcohol played a key role in the accident. On Tuesday,…

PORTLAND, Ore. — Portland Police Officers from the East Precinct conducted a major criminal interdiction operation in East Portland in collaboration with the Bureau’s Neighborhood Response Teams (NRT) and the Narcotics & Organized Crime…