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Deputies refuse to attend Portland civil commitment hearings without their guns
Long-simmering tensions over whether law enforcement officers should be allowed to carry guns while inside Portland’s largest mental health hospital came to a dramatic head last month. In protest of being required to ditch their guns while entering the Unity Center for Behavioral Health, Multnomah County sheriff’s deputies announced...
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Portland Woman Charged in Fatal DUI Crash on Highway 26, Beaverton Passenger Dead
A fatal crash on Highway 26 has claimed the life of a Beaverton man, as reported last week, with Oregon State Police responding to the incident last Monday at 4:50 a.m. near milepost 44 in Clackamas County. According to the preliminary investigation, the westbound Chevrolet Malibu driven by Selena Mae Brust, 27, of Portland, careened off the road for yet-unknown reasons, hitting a rock and rolling into the northern side of the highway.
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Portland Archbishop Responds to Oregon’s Abortion Provider Appreciation Day
PORTLAND, OR — Following Governor Tina Kotek’s proclamation of Abortion Provider Appreciation Day on March 10, Archbishop Alexander Sample of Portland released a Pastoral Teaching letter expressing profound concern. Describing it as “a kind of spiritual blindness,” the Archbishop emphasized that celebrating abortion providers reflects “not just moral confusion. It’s something deeper.”
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West Coast is now foam foodware free, thanks to bans in California, Washington and Oregon
SAN DIEGO — The entire West Coast is now foam foodware free, thanks to a ban that went into effect at the beginning of the year. The only thing better than fresh, local seafood is when its also sustainably caught with a focus on keeping the environment healthy, according to AnaLeesia Tripp, general manager at Mitch’s Seafood in Point Loma.
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Hail, thunder and lightning storm knocks out power, traffic lights in downtown Salem
(This story has been updated with new information) Hundreds of homes and businesses lost power during an early afternoon storm in Salem Thursday. Portland General Electric reported about 800 customers without power in downtown Salem around 12:20 p.m. By 2 p.m., power was restored to about 700 customers. The remaining 100 without service were expected to be restored by 8 p.m. PGE officials said the outage was likely caused by the weather. Drivers reported non-working traffic lights, and downtown schools closed early due to the outage. City officials confirmed lights were out downtown and said a technician was en route with generators. For questions, comments and news tips, email reporter Whitney Woodworth at wmwoodworth@statesmanjournal.com, call 503-910-6616 or follow on X at @wmwoodworth This article originally appeared on Salem Statesman Journal: Hail, thunder and lightning storm knocks out power, traffic lights in downtown Salem