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One of the most notorious killers in Portland, Oregon’s history is back behind bars this week, Us Weekly confirmed. Lawrence "Larry" Hurwitz was arrested by police in the town of Sandy on January 16, according to documents shared with Us Weekly. To longtime Oregonians, Hurwitz is perhaps better known as the Starry...

SALEM, Ore. (KPTV) - A wanted armed robbery suspect was arrested following a pursuit along Interstate 5 on Monday, according to the Salem Police Department. The armed robbery happened at about 1:20 a.m. on Jan. 26, at an apartment in the 4100 block of Market Street NE. Police said two suspects armed with handguns...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — The CEO of the Vancouver-based biotech company CytoDyn has been sentenced to federal prison after he defrauded investors to inflate stock prices. Lake Oswego resident Nader Pourhassan, who is now 62 years old, was sentenced to 2.5 years in prison on Friday after a federal jury found him guilty...

In Portland, Oregon, a 7-year-old dog survived prolonged cardiac arrest after ingesting at least 40 tablets of human medications for bipolar disorder and depression. A veterinary emergency and specialty hospital in Portland, Oregon, recently reported an outcome few critical care veterinarians might expect to see. A...

A mother and daughter from Tigard are facing 12 counts of conspiracy to commit healthcare fraud after a grand jury returned a *superseding indictment last Wednesday. They Coerced Victims From Haiti to Work for Little or No Pay. According to the Oregon U.S. Attorney’s Office, Marie Gertrude Jean Valmont (67)...

Vanport was located in what is now Portland's Delta Park area, until it was destroyed by a deadly flood in 1948.

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Portland law enforcement officials have arrested 32-year-old Mary G. Rust in connection with the hit-and-run death of Anthony Boyd, a 63-year-old Portland resident. Boyd was killed on December 12, 2025, and detectives from the Portland Police Bureau identified Rust during a traffic stop on January 21, according to a...

Despite the constant churn of new development on SE Division, the labyrinthine amalgam of interlocking structures that once housed the original Pok Pok has remained vacant for more than half a decade. The Northern Thai comfort food chain began as a food cart and ended as an empire, with outposts in LA, Las Vegas, and...