Oregon City Parents Sentenced For Withholding Medical Care From Newborn Son
OREGON CITY, Ore. — An Oregon City couple who withheld life-saving medical care from their newborn son, resulting in his death, has pleaded guilty to first-degree criminal mistreatment in Clackamas County Circuit Court. Blair Edwards, 37, and Taylor Edwards, 32, received 30-day jail sentences and five years of...
Portland Ranked Among Top 50 Safest Cities in the U.S., New Study Finds
PORTLAND, Ore. – A new study analyzing crime and safety data across major U.S. cities has placed Portland, Oregon, within the top 50 safest cities in the nation. The ranking, published by SmartAsset, offers a snapshot of how Portland compares with other metropolitan areas when it comes to public safety, traffic...
Police: 22-year-old killed mother, 10-year-old sister in SE Portland double murder-suicide
PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — Authorities released new details on Monday after three people were found dead in a Southeast Portland home over the weekend. Portland police say investigators believe a 22-year-old man shot and killed his 46-year-old mother and his 10-year-old sister before taking his own life in their...
‘Large-scale’ retail theft mission results in 29 arrests
PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — A “large-scale” retail crime mission on Thursday resulted in 29 arrests and the recovery of more than $3,500 in stolen merchandise, the Clackamas County Sheriff’s Office announced. Deputies focused their mission on retailers at Clackamas Town Center, Clackamas Promenade and multiple other...
Portland Woman Turns 100, Then Gets Letter Declaring She Might Be Dead
PORTLAND, Ore. — When Margaret Swoboda marked her 100th birthday this past April, she chose a quiet celebration with close family at a neighborhood restaurant, wary of hosting a larger gathering during the ongoing risks of COVID-19. But just a few months later, the federal government sent her a very different kind of...
Juvenile arrested after shots fired near Heritage High School
Clark County deputies arrested a 17-year-old juvenile early Friday morning after gunfire erupted near Heritage High School. Deputies responded around 12:21 a.m. to reports of multiple ...
Kyron Horman’s cold case featured on this week’s “The Mysterious Disappearance Of …”
June 4, 2010 was supposed to be a big day at school for Kyron Horman. The first grader was presenting a project on tree frogs at the Skyline Elementary school science fair in Portland, Oregon. Kyron arrived at school that morning with his stepmother, Terri Moulton. But when Terri and her husband, Kaine Horman, went...
Portland, Bend, and Hillsboro among top 75 cities for quality of life
The quality of life in Oregon cities such as Portland is looking up, according to a new analysis.
Ex-pilot Sentenced To Prison For Trying To Shut Down Plane Engines Over Oregon
A former Alaska Airlines pilot, Joseph David Emerson, was sentenced this week in Multnomah County Circuit Court for attempting to disable Horizon Air Flight 2059 in 2023. Emerson pled no contest to 83 counts of reckless endangerment and one felony charge of endangering an aircraft. The incident occurred on October...
The Portland area could see more thunderstorms this weekend
Scattered thunderstorms began developing in the Willamette Valley yesterday and are expected to continue today in northwest Oregon and southwest Washington. There is a 30% chance of showers and thunderstorms in the Portland area Saturday, according to the National Weather Service. Otherwise, it will be mostly cloudy...
