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Southeast Portland Councilors Fund Shatterproof Glass at Oft-Vandalized Accessibility Elevators

Portland city councilors representing District 3 are fed up with the frequently broken elevators at the Bob Stacey Crossing, which are supposed to allow cyclists and people with mobility issues to reach the pedestrian bridge—which crosses over train tracks—without having to climb a steep flight of stairs. The...
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‘Portland slayer’ serial killer charged in murder of woman found in lake years after...

Months before being murdered, a young woman informed law enforcement of a physical assault and strangulation, an incident prosecutors now link to her alleged killer.
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Inside the ‘experimental and avant-garde’ Portland boutique recognized by the NY Times

Owner Diana Kim told KOIN 6 that Stand Up Comedy strives to connect Portland with an international audience.
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Search underway for suspect in Multnomah County road rage incident

Authorities are searching for a driver who shot at a 24-year-old man in a road rage incident on Southeast Foster Road, with the suspect's vehicle described as an older dark blue Ford Expedition with a distinct gold-colored bumper.
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PacificSource Layoffs Hit Four Oregon Cities as Insurer Pulls Back From Marketplace Plans

PacificSource, which recently left the Affordable Care Act marketplace in Oregon, is laying off 97 employees in Portland, Salem, Bend, and Springfield, effective at the end of July. The nonprofit insurer provides coverage for 500,000 members affiliated with the Affordable Care Act via Medicare, Medicaid, and employer-s
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Hundreds line up for hours outside the Criterion Mobile Closet in Portland

PORTLAND, Ore. (KATU) — Film fans waited in long lines outside the Portland Art Museum on Friday for a chance to step inside a traveling version of one of the movie world’s most famous rooms: the Criterion Closet. The Portland Art Museum’s Center for an Untold Tomorrow (PAM...
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Fire crews extinguish cannabis grow house blaze in Estacada

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — Fire crews extinguished a blaze inside of a cannabis grow house in Estacada on Saturday. According to the Estacada Fire District, a 911 call reported the fire just before 11 a.m. at 1040 NW Noble Dr at the Estacada Industrial Park. Fire crews arrived three minutes later, finding smoke emerging f
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Portland DA Sounds Alarm On Glock Switches Turning Handguns Into Street Machine Guns

Multnomah County District Attorney Nathan Vasquez says his office is seeing a surge in tiny, illegal conversion devices that can turn an ordinary handgun into something that behaves like a machine gun in seconds. In a new demonstration video, the DA's office shows a side-by-side comparison of a standard pistol and a we
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NW Portland Ghost Grocery Gets New Life as Better Half Plots Big Sandwich Comeback

After sitting vacant for years, the former Food Front building on Northwest Thurman finally has a new life lined up. Better Half, a well-loved Portland sandwich shop, is set to move into the space, bringing breakfast, lunch and a bigger coffee program back to the block. The shop, which closed its North Fremont storefro
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Vancouver Woman Was Targeted Twice at Her Own Home Before Police Showed Up and...

Vancouver Police Shot a Knife-Wielding Burglar Who Had Already Tried to Break Into the Same Woman’s Home Before She had […] This article originally appeared on BuildLikeNew.com — visit us for more home security guides.

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