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Portland lumber heavyweight Hampton Lumber has parted ways with its chief executive and turned back to a familiar name to run the company, at least for now. The family-owned firm confirmed that longtime executive Steve Zika is serving as interim leader after the change, which was announced Thursday. The company...

PORTLAND Ore. (KPTV) - A federal lawsuit is moving forward after the Department of Homeland Security declined to settle a claim involving a Portland protester who was tackled twice by federal agents last summer. Video from an August 13 incident shows the man, Daryn Herzberg, being knocked to the ground...

A man who believed he was waging a holy war against the all-seeing eyes of Portland’s automatic traffic enforcement system has been sentenced to two years in prison. Chase P. Grijalva pleaded guilty Wednesday to first-degree criminal mischief and unlawful use of a weapon for the two-week-long shooting spree that...

PORTLAND, Ore. (CN) — It’s a cold, foggy February morning, and Bev LaBelle is on the hunt for hummingbirds. Walking along a trail in Southeast Portland’s Oaks Bottom Wildlife Refuge, she pauses as a flicker of movement catches her eye. It’s an Anna’s hummingbird, the most common...

A man has been arrested and a gun recovered after a shooting at a Northeast Portland motel on Thursday sent another man to a hospital with life-threatening njuries, police said. Pryce Lampkin, 40, of Portland, was booked into the Multnomah County Detention Center on charges of second-degree attempted murder,...

The “Starry Night Murderer” was sentenced to 90 days in jail for shoving his 80-year-old wife to the floor of their home in Sandy, according to court records and a statement from the Clackamas County District Attorney’s Office. Larry Hurwitz, 71, pleaded guilty to harassment, a misdemeanor,...

A 34-year-old man was sentenced Thursday to a year and a half in federal prison for throwing a flare onto flammable debris piled against the front gate of the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement building in Portland. Trenten Edward Barker of Portland pleaded guilty earlier to one count of arson...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — Twelve people were arrested at a Portland encampment on Tuesday after months of neighborhood concerns. The arrest took place on SE 103rd near SE Foster. The 12 arrested were facing outstanding warrants, with fentanyl also found on location. “The team’s priority was balancing community safety...

An Oregon man has been arrested after several neighbors and local residents accused him of repeatedly threatening people with different weapons over the past few weeks. The man, identified as Dustin Rotbart, is now facing multiple serious charges. Authorities say his behavior created fear in the community and forced...

PORTLAND, Ore. — Portland officers arrested a suspect who they said was armed and had multiple drugs on him while addressing camping tents blocking a sidewalk. On Wednesday, officers were focusing on the tents near Northeast 119th Avenue and Northeast Halsey Street when they saw a man with a holstered firearm,...