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Amy Madigan, actress with ties to Portland, wins Oscar for best supporting actress for...

LOS ANGELES — Amy Madigan, a trustee at Reed College in Portland, won the Academy Award for best supporting actress Sunday night for her portrayal of Aunt Gladys in the horror film "Weapons." Madigan won the prize at the 98th Annual Academy Awards. She had been nominated for the...
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Portland protesters shut down Hawthorne Blvd, call for end to US involvement in Iran

Protesters shut down SE Hawthorne Boulevard for nearly an hour Sunday as part of an ongoing campaign against the war in Iran and US involvement in the region.
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Portland native goes ‘deeper’ in reprised role as ex-cop in Prime Video’s ‘Cross’

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — Delivering one-liners like “Bye, Felicia!” and “Release the kraken,” a Portland native captured audiences once again in a popular series from Amazon’s Prime Video. Johnny Ray Gill has returned as Bobby Trey, a former police officer-turned-devious henchman, in the streaming...
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‘Lively, open, come explore’: Underneath Portland’s bridges, string lights are breathing new life into...

Nearly half a decade since business owners raised the issue, a neglected piece of three Portland bridges just got a makeover. It may not be the parts drivers are most likely to notice — the facades and freeways are as they’ve always been — but it’s a cosmetic shift bound to catch the eyes of pedestrians, particularly...
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Team Behind Dolly Olive to Open Fern Bar Angelina’s in Slabtown

A new bar from Sesame Hospitality is coming to Slabtown, according to the Portland Business Journal. The upcoming bar, Angelina’s, harkens back to the fern bars of the 1960s and 70s. Fern bars gained popularity in the 60s, upscale spaces geared toward young, single crowds, women in particular. Three...
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Suspect arrested after string of assaults on women in SE Portland’s Tabor neighborhood

PORTLAND, Ore. — Police arrested a suspect accused of assaulting several women in a Southeast Portland neighborhood on Sunday, including one incident where he allegedly went into a home and forced someone into a room before assaulting her. Judson Defir, 43, was booked into the Multnomah County Jail on...
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Corbett man, 24, dies in head-on crash on U.S. 26

A Clackamas County man died Saturday evening when the driver of an eastbound Nissan Frontier truck crossed into the westbound lane on U.S. 26 near milepost 31, striking a Honda Accord head-on. Oregon State Police responded to the crash at 5:44 p.m. The Nissan, driven by Heath Eugene Beardmore, 35,...
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Clark County councilors approve multi-million dollar settlement with widow of Vancouver police officer killed...

During a Wednesday, March 11, Clark County Council meeting, councilors approved a multi-million dollar settlement with the wife of a Vancouver police officer who was fatally shot by a Clark County
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Portland ICE protests ‘dead,’ livestreamer says as he wraps up criminal case with payment,...

As Portland’s immigration protests have waned, criminal cases stemming from altercations outside the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility are wrapping up. And in at least one case, the resolution invovled hundreds of dollars, a plea deal — and plans to move on to spicier pastures. Example 1:...
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‘Hunting my PREY’: Portland man indicted for threatening politician

A Portland man was indicted after allegedly threatening an elected official and a minor, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Oregon announced Monday.

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