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An Alaskan resident was found guilty on three counts of wire fraud involving more than $172,000 from emergency COVID-19 programs when he appeared before a Portland U.S. District Court judge earlier this week. Tidings Context. Wire fraud means using interstate electronic communications like online forms, emails, or...

PORTLAND, Ore. — "I need someone here now or else I'm going to have to shoot this kid." In a tense 911 call, an agent with Immigration and Customs Enforcement in Northeast Portland warned dispatchers that he would shoot a young man he claimed was following him, yelling and punching his car.

Five teenagers face felony charges for the murder of a Portland, Oregon, minister who police say was shot in front of his family and died […] ‘A Tragedy in Every Way’: Five Teenagers Broke Into an Oregon Minister’s Home and Shot Him as He Shielded His 4-Year-Old Grandson, Police Say

Portland Public Schools is negotiating with several of its labor unions as it looks to patch an unexpected $10 million midyear budget gap, presenting most with the choice to furlough or lay off large numbers of employees. The district has offered unions the options of two furlough days or hundreds...

Ever since the U.S. government stopped producing pennies last year, convenience store owner Hammad Warraich has struggled to make change. He was even threatened with a lawsuit from a customer who bought a 99-cent item at his Milwaukie store, River Road Mart, when he couldn’t make the proper change.

BOISE, Idaho — Unseasonably mild temperatures and below-average snowpack across the Northwest are accelerating the timing of nature in some areas, triggering what is known as a “false spring.”. Phenology, the study of recurring seasonal events like plants blooming and animal movement, depends on temperature, hours of...

Dear Eric: For the past several years, our family has celebrated the new year with another family at a very specific location on the Jersey Shore. It’s been a lovely yearly tradition. This year, for whatever reason, we did not book the hotel. There was no mention of the...

There is a special kind of hush when a plate of meatloaf lands at a classic American diner. Forks pause, gravy glistens, and someone swears this one tastes like home, only better. You are about to meet the slices that locals defend with fierce loyalty, the gravies that inspire debates,...

We have counted thousands of your votes, and the results are in for the Portland area’s best pizza places in The Oregonian/OregonLive’s Readers Choice Awards. Three of this year’s winners also made the list in 2024 — the last time we featured pizza for these awards. And judging from the comments, it’s a great time to...

PORTLAND Ore. (KPTV) - A 25-year-old man wanted for the murder of a 14-year-old boy in November 2025 was arrested on Friday after a reported assault and search in southeast Portland, police said. “I usually feel very safe here,” said Amber Ackerson, who has lived in the neighborhood for 35...