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A juvenile accused of threatening people with what appeared to be a handgun didn’t get very far after running from deputies in Washington state. The Clark County Sheriff’s Office says the suspect’s attempted escape lasted ... Read more

PORTLAND, Ore. (KATU) — A Portland man accused of running from police with a knife through the Northwest District Neighborhood, breaking into a building and assaulting a police dog has been arrested, Portland Police said. Joshua R. Kuras, 33, of Portland, was booked into the Multnomah County Detention Center...

PORTLAND, Ore. — The City of Portland has demanded that Union Pacific halt all movement of cars posing toxic or poison inhalation hazards past the site of the Centennial Mills fire, saying the railroad moved 13 cars carrying residual chlorine through the collapse zone on Tuesday, Aug. 11. The city says that move is con

VANCOUVER, WA – The winds of change continue to blow at Vancouver Public Schools as the Chief Operating Officer delivered an underwater budget presentation, then abruptly resigned. This week’s school board meeting featured upset parents, the CFO representing the state laying out guidelines for the district. Chief Brett

This is one of many articles in the Mercury’s 2026 Climate Issue. Find a print copy here, subscribe to get a copy mailed to you here, and if you’re feeling generous and want to keep these types of articles coming, support us here.—eds. An industrial sacrifice zone...

A longtime Portland police officer filed a $2 million lawsuit this week against a woman after the officer fell down the front steps of her home while performing a welfare check on her. Officer Bradley Jett’s lawsuit says “emergency personnel” had already transported Rosemary Southwood, 76, away from her home...

The former Nordstrom department store at Clackamas Town Center has sat vacant since 2020, when the retailer closed 16 locations during the coronavirus pandemic. Now, three businesses and one government agency are preparing to move into the space. Movement Climbing, Yoga & Fitness, recently announced plans to open a 31,

PORTLAND, Ore. (KATU) — Portland City Council unanimously passed a new ordinance to ban right turns on red lights at dangerous intersections on Wednesday. The move targets Portland’s high-crash network, which makes up just 8% of streets but sees 62% of traffic deaths. The city will start with...

A man described by a prosecutor as a “long-time member of the Hoover criminal gang” has been sentenced to time served – the four years he spent in custody – for conspiracy to commit racketeering. A separate federal case charging Erick Devon Butler, now 35, with...

Just call them the goats of TriMet. Or maybe that should be the GOATs of TriMet, as in greatest of all time. Yes, the morning commute got weird at a TriMet bus stop Tuesday morning. No kid-ding. Two loose pygmy goats wandered their way to the eastbound bus stop at...