Portland Police Make 87 Traffic Stops During Weekend Crackdown On Dangerous Driving
Portland police made 87 traffic stops, arrested four people and recovered a stolen vehicle during a weekend enforcement operation targeting illegal street racing, street takeovers and other dangerous driving, according to the Portland Police Bureau. The Portland Police Bureau said officers conducted the special operati
To Close Schools, Portland Public Schools Must Overcome Fierce Pushback From the Teachers Union
Most of the seats in the Grant High School auditorium were empty when the Portland School Board met Sept. 1. But the first two rows of seats were blue. That color glowed from the union T-shirts worn by members of the Portland Association of Teachers, solemn as they looked up at the seven-member board. Several clutched
Authorities try to avoid ‘carmageddon’ during 5-week closure of I-5 southbound
Bridgetown Trucking uses 35 trucks to ship everything from silicon chips to 2,000-pound bags of sugar around Portland. On Sept. 11, freight haulers like Bridgetown are going to see their routes severely disrupted by the closure of all southbound lanes of Interstate 5 for five weeks. “This is unprecedented,” said...
Portland Man Held Without Bail After Beating Smoker Over Refused Cigarette
A 36-year-old Portland man is being held without bail after prosecutors say he beat another man bloody with his own cane near Southwest Broadway and Southwest 1st Avenue, all because the victim wouldn't give him a cigarette. The attack was so violent that the cane shattered into several pieces. According...
Former Oregon AT&T Employee Gets Prison After SIM Swaps Drain Nearly $600,000 From Customers
A former employee of an AT&T store in Portland was yesterday sentenced to 16 months in federal prison for selling access to AT&T’s network to criminals who used customer PII to carry out SIM swaps. Forty-four-year-old Kenneth Carter was sentenced in a Los Angeles U.S. District Court by Judge...
2 convicted for murdering 78-year-old Lake Shore woman
A Clark County jury found two people guilty in connection to the 2024 murder of an elderly Vancouver woman on Tuesday.
Woman held without bail after alleged knife threats at Northwest Portland apartments
PORTLAND, Ore. (KATU) — A 41-year-old woman is being held without bail on multiple charges following an incident at a Northwest Portland apartment complex. According to court documents, the incident unfolded Saturday, Sept. 5, at the Kado NW Apartments on Northwest 18th Avenue as a man returned from the grocery store.
‘It’s just really difficult to process that they’re gone’: Arlington mourns couple killed in...
A community is mourning the loss of an Arlington husband and wife who were killed in a five-vehicle crash north of Hillsboro over the weekend.
Portland high school evacuated for hazmat spill, one taken to hospital
PORTLAND Ore. (KPTV) - Firefighters evacuated Benson Polytechnic High School on Tuesday morning as crews responded to a hazardous materials spill. According to Portland Fire & Rescue, the spill was isolated to the cafeteria. A spokesman for Portland Fire & Rescue said two chemicals, in unlabeled white containers, spill
Man arrested for summer killing at Rockwood Village Apartments
An arrest has been made in the murder of a 25-year-old man at the Rockwood Village Apartments this summer. On Monday, Sept. 7, Portland Police Bureau officers assigned to the regional Transit Police Division took 28-year-old Marcell Trotter into custody — he was the passenger in a car pulled over during a traffic stop.
