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PORTLAND, Ore. — 52-year-old Damon Lamarr Johnson, who died in Portland police custody last month, can be seen lying face down in handcuffs after losing consciousness on police bodycam footage released on Friday. Bodycam Footage Of Man Who Died In Portland Police Custody Released. Responding to reports that Johnson...

Last week, I dipped into The Oregonian/OregonLive’s formidable archives to refresh my knowledge of the deadliest natural disaster in recorded Oregon history: the Heppner flood of 1903. The devastating flash floods in the Texas Hill Country seem to have many parallels to the disaster that befell the parched Oregon...

The Cascade Bicycle Club's annual Seattle to Portland (STP) ride began early this morning from the University of Washington. Over 6,000 cyclists registered for the up to 207-mile journey, which supports the Cascade Bicycle Club's advocacy for bike lanes and bicycle safety education in Washington state.

A 40-year-old man has been arrested in connection with an east Portland fire that injured several people, authorities said Friday. Shaun Michael Szwarz has been arrested on accusations of arson, reckless endangering and criminal mischief, Portland Fire & Rescue said. The fire, which drew an extensive response from...

The Portland Police Bureau has recently released the names of the officers involved in the in-custody death of Damon Lamarr Johnson in the Kenton Neighborhood, alongside body-worn camera footage from the incident. According to an update on the Portland Police Bureau's official website, the officers have been...

Officials are asking the public for information after two different cyclists were hit by cars and hospitalized in separate incidents in Washington County Sunday morning.

In the sprawling retail landscape of Tigard, Oregon, there exists a magical place where your hard-earned dollars transform into shopping cart treasures. The Dollar Tree on SW Pacific Highway isn’t just another stop on your errands list – it’s a budget-friendly wonderland where thirty bucks can fill a cart to...

There’s a blue food truck in Portland that’s redefining barbecue in the Pacific Northwest, and it’s not trying to be subtle about it. Matt’s BBQ sits unassumingly in a lot on NE MLK Boulevard, looking like it teleported straight from Texas with its massive smoker and woodpile that would make Paul Bunyan nod in...

A two-alarm brush fire in Forest Grove burned five acres and threatened two barns on Sunday evening. A man was found dead inside a home in southeast Portland and another man was detained on Sunday afternoon, according to the Portland Police Bureau. People living northeast of Madras get ‘Be Set’...

Washington County leaders are still coming to grips with the announcement Friday that its biggest corporate employer, Intel, will lay off nearly 2,400 workers as the faltering chipmaker responds to diminishing sales. The loss of so many jobs at once is sure to have ripple effects on everything from the...