Portland, OR

In 2017, Multnomah County said it would build tiny homes in residents' backyards in order to house homeless families. What happened to the program?

Portland's failed experiment in backyard dwellings for homeless families | The Story | June 8, 2023

PORTLAND, Ore. — Many of the City of Portland's phone lines went down for about an hour Friday morning, although the Portland Bureau of Emergency Communications said 911 continued to work during the outage. The bureau tweeted just after noon that the outage had been resolved and the city's...

City of Portland phone lines restored after outage

In December, police searched a store on West Burnside that was reportedly making illegal retail sales of psilocybin mushrooms. They want to keep the cash they found.

Portland police look to seize funds from Shroom House raid

PORTLAND, Ore. — A professional skateboarder blamed for dozens of graffiti cases across Portland has avoided jail time by cutting a plea deal with Multnomah County prosecutors. Emile Laurent, 22, pleaded guilty to one felony count and three misdemeanor counts of criminal mischief, according to court records. In exchange,...

No jail time for pro skateboarder in Portland graffiti case due to plea deal

PORTLAND, Ore. — At the Portland Police Bureau's training facility Thursday, staffers used a drone to capture aerial photos and measurements of a fake traffic crash. "The Portland Police Bureau has been trying to start a program like this for five years," Sgt. Jim DeFrain said. Sgt. DeFrain will...

Portland Police Bureau unveils new drone program

PORTLAND, Ore. — Reactions are mixed for a new daytime camping ban that passed 3-1 by the Portland City Council on Wednesday. The new ordinance, which was proposed by Mayor Ted Wheeler, bans camping on city property between 8 a.m. and 8 p.m. — requiring that tents and other belongings be dismantled and removed by those daytime hours.

People living on the streets, business owners have mixed reactions to Portland daytime camping ban

Tigard, OR

TIGARD, Ore. — Officials with the city of Tigard canceled a Pride Month event scheduled for the Tigard Public Library on Sunday and shut the building down for the day due to threats of violence. The library was scheduled to host a "Drag Queen Storytime" event on Sunday, June...

Tigard Library cancels 'Drag Queen Storytime' event due to threats

Multnomah County, OR

PORTLAND, Ore. — It was quite an offer. In 2017, Multnomah County came out with a plan to build tiny homes in people’s backyards for free if they agreed to let a homeless family live there for the next five years. The project, called A Place for You,...

Multnomah County tried putting homeless families in residents' backyards. 5 years later, what happened?

Oregon State

PORTLAND, Oregon — Charity Perry was in early March. More than a month later, the 24-year-old turned up dead in Ainsworth State Park. "I know she wasn't stabbed," Diana Allen said. "She wasn't hit in the head. She wasn't shot." Allen is Perry's mother. Since her daughter's death, Allen...

Mother of 1 of 5 women found dead across Portland region hopes for answers

PORTLAND, Ore. — The Portland City Council approved an overhaul of the city's parking code Wednesday afternoon, ushering in a host of changes aimed at eliminating development road blocks and spurring greener construction, including eliminating the last of the city's minimum parking space requirements for new projects. The update...

City Council approves Portland parking overhaul

People living out on the streets say they don’t know what to do or how to comply. But at least one business owner thinks the ban doesn’t go far enough.

Passage of Portland’s daytime homeless camp ban met with skepticism

PORTLAND, Ore. — Hours into a Wednesday afternoon Portland City Council session, commissioners voted to pass an ordinance banning homeless camps during daytime hours while banning them altogether in certain areas of the city. The proposed ordinance came up for public testimony last week, drawing a large and often...

Portland City Council passes daytime ban on homeless camps

PORTLAND, Ore. — Less than two weeks ago, Portland's latest Safe Rest Village, Peninsula Crossing, opened to dozens of residents in the University Park neighborhood. Since then, some living nearby have reported various issues and concerns, from drug deals, to loud noise, to cars zipping up and down a dead-end street.

Peninsula Crossing Safe Rest Village off to 'rocky start,' but neighbors report progress

Colorado State

Las Vegas, NV

LAS VEGAS — A Nevada judge on Thursday scheduled a murder trial for next year for a woman who has spent more than seven years in state psychiatric care after she was accused of intentionally plowing a car into pedestrians, killing one, on the Las Vegas Strip. Paris Paradise...

Murder trial set for Oregon woman accused of driving into Vegas Strip pedestrians

PORTLAND, Ore. — The Lincoln High School theater program is owed more than $11,000 in ticket sales from its fall and winter shows. Seattle-based ticketing platform, Brown Paper Tickets, collected proceeds from the "PopCycles" and "Times Two" productions in late 2022 but has yet to return the money to the drama department, according to documents provided by people associated with Lincoln High School.

Lincoln High School theater program owed $11K in ticket sales from Brown Paper Tickets

People have a lot of questions about the new ordinance, like how it's going to be enforced. Here's what we know so far.

What's next after Portland adopted a daytime ban on homeless camps

PORTLAND, Ore. — In 1989, a young man named Martin Cerezo told his mother he wanted to join the United States Navy. He wanted to travel, to see the world, and to have some structure and discipline in his life. Cheryle Cerezo-Gardiner said, she couldn't agree more. But, she...

Portland mother restores military honors for gay son dishonorably discharged in 1990

Vancouver, WA

Clark County, WA

Salmon Creek, WA

VANCOUVER, Wash. — A fire tore through a large industrial building in the Salmon Creek area north of Vancouver late Tuesday night and early Wednesday morning and destroyed at least seven businesses, according to a news release from Clark County Fire District 6. There were no reported injuries. Dispatch...

Fire in Clark County destroys 7 businesses

PORTLAND, Ore. — A U.S. magistrate judge on Friday ordered three men detained on drug trafficking charges accusing them of supplying illicit fentanyl linked to a fatal overdose in Oregon, prosecutors said. A federal complaint charges Manuel Velasquez-Estrejo, 38, Jorge Rivera-Nunez, 27, and Dennis Palma-Hurbina, 23, with conspiring to...

3 men charged with drug trafficking after fentanyl linked to fatal Oregon overdose

PORTLAND, Ore. — Signs of protest were widely visible outside Portland City Hall last week as the council began debating a controversial proposal from Mayor Ted Wheeler to ban daytime camping in the city. The ordinance is scheduled to come back for a council vote Wednesday afternoon, but not every commissioner is on board.

Portland daytime camping ban set for city council vote Wednesday

PORTLAND, Ore. — Attorneys presented closing arguments Wednesday in a seven week trial over responsibility for the 2020 Labor Day wildfires. A group of 17 plaintiffs is suing Pacific Power for $1.6 billion in damages, alleging the company caused destructive fires by not turning off the power in areas that were at extreme fire risk.

'It's about their choices not to act': Attorneys give closing arguments over Labor Day 2020 wildfires

Washington State

VANCOUVER, Wash. — Deputies arrested a Vancouver teenager early Tuesday morning after he reached over 130 mph while trying to escape a traffic stop, according to the Clark County Sheriff's Office. A deputy attempted to stop the driver around 2 a.m. on Tuesday after seeing him driving recklessly east...

Vancouver teen hits 130 mph evading traffic stop, sheriff's office says

Woodburn, OR

WOODBURN, Ore. — A shooting at Mega Foods on Sunday afternoon left one person dead and another behind bars, according to the Woodburn Police Department. Officers were called to the store on Mt Hood Avenue around 4:00 p.m. The victim died at the scene. Their identity is not being...

One person dead in shooting at Woodburn food mart

Tualatin, OR

TUALATIN, Ore. — A Tualatin mother who was convicted in 2010 for throwing her children off the Sellwood Bridge in 2009 has died while serving out her life sentence. Amanda Stott-Smith, 45, died Sunday morning at the Coffee Creek Correctional Facility, according to the Oregon Department of Corrections. The...

Tualatin woman dies while serving out life sentence at Coffee Creek Correctional Facility

Washington County, OR

Beaverton, OR

BEAVERTON, Ore. — The driver in a hit-and-run incident that severely injured a 72-year-old woman last year has been sentenced to more than 7 years in prison, the Washington County District Attorney's Office announced Wednesday. Tyler William Fetterhoff, 35, pleaded guilty to second-degree assault and failure to perform the...

Hit-and-run driver sentenced to 7 years in prison

PORTLAND, Ore. — Eloise Williams spends her mornings getting Rosa Parks Elementary in North Portland ready each day for students and staff. She raises the U.S. and Oregon flags out front, turns on all the lights and walks the grounds picking up trash. "Typically, I get in here, get...

'I went into mama mode': Portland custodian saves elementary school student from choking

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Portland police explain why they couldn't respond to Lloyd Center street takeover Saturday night

PORTLAND, Ore. — The streets outside Portland's Lloyd Center became host to an alarming sight Saturday night: streets blocked with cars doing donuts, burnouts and other...

Portland police explain why they couldn't respond to Lloyd Center street takeover Saturday night

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