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Portland Woman Dies After Electric Scooter Crash at North Weidler and Vancouver

Alicia M. Long, 41, of Portland, died on October 23, 2025, after a collision involving her electric scooter and an SUV. The incident happened at 1:45 a.m. on October 22. Long was riding westbound against traffic on North Weidler Street. She entered the intersection at North Vancouver Avenue and was struck by a...
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Food aid organizations were already facing huge demand. Here’s how they’re tackling the new...

Organizations that help ensure food ends up on the tables of thousands of struggling Oregonians each day say they already faced extraordinary demand this year due to rising rents and food prices. Now the looming lapse in federal food assistance dollars for 757,000 state residents has magnified the dire situation —...
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Coffee Shop Offers Free ‘SNAP Breakfast’—One Response Breaks Hearts

Portland’s Heretic Coffee Co. has gone viral for offering free “SNAP breakfasts” as food aid cuts set to hit.
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70 years after the first sabotage of a US airliner, the 44 killed are...

LONGMONT, Colo. (AP) — The windows shook as dynamite aboard an airplane exploded over Conrad Hopp’s family farm in northern Colorado 70 years ago. Hopp, then 18 years old, saw a ball of fire streaking across the night sky and rushed with his brother toward where the burning wreckage came down, dodging objects that...
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Foodie Friday: North Portland spot offering Italian comfort classics

Days after Kohr Harlan explored the new North Portland restaurant putting Italian American family tradition on their menu, the co-owners of 'Sunday Sauce' visited AM Extra on Foodie Friday.
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Why This Portland, Oregon Late-Night Diner Is The City’s Best-Kept Midnight Secret

I stumbled into The Original Hotcake House on SE Powell Boulevard in Portland, Oregon at 2 a.m. after a concert, hungry and half-asleep, and what I found changed how I think about diners forever. Hidden along this busy Portland street sits a glowing beacon of breakfast food and warmth that...
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Police Monitor South Waterfront Protest; One Local Resident Arrested

On Friday evening, October 31, 2025, the Portland Police Bureau (PPB) monitored protest activity in the South Waterfront area. The PPB activated its Incident Command Team, led by a Crowd Management Incident Commander. The bureau deployed the Rapid Response Team and Dialogue Liaison Officers. These officers,...
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Police urge road safety after 3 back-to-back fatal crashes in NE Portland

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — Investigations are underway after three back-to-back fatal crashes happened in Northeast Portland on Wednesday night. The Portland Police Bureau is now urging the public to be cautious when traversing the darkened streets, especially heading into the busy Halloween weekend. With more foliage...
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Man sentenced in first of two Portland homicides — a brutal beatdown outside Mary’s...

Antonio Howard was sentenced to eight years and nine months in prison Wednesday — wrapping up one of two cases in which he’s been charged with murder. Multnomah County Circuit Judge Katharine von Ter Stegge accepted a no contest plea from Howard, 35, meaning he did not admit guilt but was nevertheless convicted of...
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Happy Valley woman accused of punching federal officer during traffic stop after harassing him...

A Happy Valley woman is accused of flipping off a federal officer in traffic, cutting off his marked government car repeatedly while they drove and then punching him in the face after he pulled her over in a traffic stop. Melanie Breanne Rivas, 25, confronted the Federal Protective Service officer...

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