Man dies in apparent stabbing in Irvington neighborhood

PORTLAND, Ore. — Portland police have taken two armed robbery suspects into custody and ended a containment and search effort that kept several blocks of Southeast Portland locked down for much the morning and early afternoon. In a 2:16 p.m. news release, the Portland Police Bureau said the perimeter...

Police said the incident happened near the intersection of Cascade Avenue and Clearwater Lane. Nearby businesses and schools were locked down or evacuated.

GRESHAM, Ore. — Gresham police have released surveillance video of a man believed to be the suspect in a Jan. 19 attempted sexual assault, and are asking for the public's help to identify the person. The incident happened at about 12:15 p.m. at Pat Pfeifer Park near Northeast 172nd...

VANCOUVER, Wash. — A Clark County jury on Wednesday unanimously found suspected serial killer Warren Forrest guilty in the 1974 murder of Martha Morrison, a 17-year-old from Portland. The first-degree murder trial began last week, nearly 50 years after Morrison's remains were discovered. Forrest has been in prison since...

PORTLAND, Ore. — A Portland police officer who was fired last year for his role in the leak of a police report that falsely identified then-Commissioner Jo Ann Hardesty as a hit-and-run suspect has been reinstated, according to the Portland Police Association. In a news release Thursday, the union...

HILLSBORO, Ore. — A retired Oregon City veterinarian awaiting trial on a stalking charge has now been charged with murder after he allegedly killed the man he was barred from contacting, according to police and court documents. Willamette Week reported in September on the ongoing saga of alleged harassment...

Residents have been told to stay inside their homes. The perimeter is set up at Southeast 96th Avenue to 101st Avenue and Lincoln Street to Caruthers Street.

CLACKAMAS COUNTY, Ore. — Kyle Kirchem, 31, who went missing from Gladstone a little over two months ago, was found dead in a creek earlier this week near Rainbow Campground in Mount Hood National Forest, the Clackamas County Sheriff's Office (CCSO) reported. According to Gladstone police, Kirchem drove away...

PORTLAND, Ore. — A woman wanted in connection with the July 2022 murder of a Portland man has been arrested in Arizona, according to the Portland Police Bureau. Aaron H. Follstad-Martin, 44, was found shot to death near the intersection of Southeast 124th Avenue and Southeast Powell in the Powellhurst-Gilbert neighborhood on the evening of Friday, July 15.

SALEM, Ore. — After being pulled over on his way back from Salem for the second time in a week, freshman state Rep. Travis Nelson of Portland took to Twitter with his exasperation. "It's the first day of Black History Month, and I'm getting pulled over — again. The...

PORTLAND, Ore. — The death of Tyre Nichols after being beaten by Memphis police officers has again revived the issue of police violence and accountability in the U.S. Most of the events that led to Nichols' death were captured on police body-worn cameras, providing the public with graphic proof of what happened.

PORTLAND, Ore — Nearly 11 years ago, Leonard James "LJ" Irving was shot and killed in Northeast Portland. But Lucy Mashia, his mother, continued to stay in contact with investigators and always believed there would be justice. “I kept praying. I kept getting on TV, I just never gave...

PORTLAND, Ore. — Eric Shumway hammered slates of linoleum wood in the bedroom of a first floor apartment. The work is kind of like a puzzle, he said — just like the puzzle pieces of his life. “You know if there’s something you can’t do, you can always...

Tuesday we talked about the reasons why Portland police officers don’t wear body cams. Here’s what you had to say about it.

PORTLAND, Ore. — A new car was stolen from a woman’s driveway in southeast Portland on Tuesday and later spotted at a nearby homeless camp. This happened in the Hazelwood neighborhood, where Beverly Cipolla had just moved from California to be closer to her family. She bought a...

PORTLAND, Ore. — A Multnomah County Circuit Court judge on Wednesday sentenced former Portland attorney Lori Deveny to 14 years in prison for stealing millions of dollars from her clients. The state sentence comes on top of Deveny’s federal sentence of more than 8 years. The two sentences will...

VANCOUVER, Wash. — One man died following a fight with another man at a Clark County motel on Friday night, authorities said. The incident landed the second man in jail facing a murder charge. A caller to 911 reported an assault at the Sunnyside Motel on Northeast Highway 99...

Kyle Kirchem, 31, was last seen driving away from his home on Nov. 20, 2022. His body was discovered earlier this week.

PORTLAND, Ore. — Police are investigating a hit-and-run involving a tow truck driver in Northeast Portland early Sunday morning. Officers responded around 6:47 a.m. to a crash involving a tow truck vehicle and another tow truck driver on westbound I-84 between the Northeast 43rd Avenue exit and the overpass at Northeast Cesar E. Chavez Boulevard.

The NAACP took part in a vigil for Tyre Nichols in NE Portland Tuesday. Leaders said what happened should be a "catalyst for change."