Backlash As Video Shows Oregon ICE Detaining Indigenous Young Woman on Public Sidewalk: ‘They...
A protest outside an immigration detention center in Oregon turned tense this week after a video showed federal agents detaining a woman on a public pavement. The footage has spread widely online, with many people debating what happened before the arrest. The video was filmed outside the ICE facility in...
Northeast Portland apartment fire leaves 1 to be treated for smoke inhalation
PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — A kitchen fire that happened in a high-rise apartment on Portland’s inner eastside was quickly extinguished on Saturday. Despite the sprinkler system putting out the flames in short order for the apartment near Northeast 2nd Avenue and East Burnside Street, one person was given medical treatment
Trains blocking intersections likely to get worse in Southeast
Have you ever been stuck at the railroad crossings at S.E. 11th or 12th just north of Powell Boulevard? THE BEE ran a story previously on citizens’ efforts to warn drivers to avoid those intersections when trains are stopped there, but we’ve haven’t yet explored exactly why it happens. So now, we’ve found out why.
Smoke from fire at Longview scrap yard triggers shelter-in-place orders for community
Authorities issued a shelter-in-place order for anyone impacted by smoke from a fire burning at a scrap metal yard on Saturday afternoon.
Large wildfires erupting east of the Cascades
Wildfires exceed 1 million acres burned in Oregon/Washington. Warming up a bit Thursday/Friday, but mainly staying mild. Wildfires continue to burn out of control east of the Cascades with the low humidity and gusty winds. Eight new large fires have been reported since Friday. Northeast Oregon (specifically La Grande)
The bizarre and unsolved disappearance of 7-year-old Kyron Horman in Portland, Oregon, in 2010
Kyron Richard Horman has been missing from Portland, Oregon (Multnomah County), since June 4, 2010, according to the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC). His photo above (right) is an age-progressed likeness of how he might have appeared at 19 years, though he would now be 23.
Haiden Deegan wins Washougal 450 qualification, Jett Lawrence fastest in Q2
Haiden Deegan (2:08.222) posted the fastest time in the first qualification session for the Washougal (Wash.) National in Round 25 of the SuperMotocross Championship. His time held up for the fastest overall. Deegan was second-fastest in Q2, 1.4 seconds slower than Jett Lawrence. Jett was fastest in the second session.
Cole Davies sweeps Washougal 250s, closes the points gap to Levi Kitchen
Cole Davies had to work a little harder in Moto 2 of the Washougal (Wash.) National, but not too much harder. He went over the holeshot line in fourth, passed Carson Mumford and Chance Hymas in the middle of the first lap, and passed Ryder DiFrancesco before the second lap went up on the board.
Portland Fire Crews Mount Fast Inside Assault On Garage Blaze
Portland firefighters launched a fast, aggressive push on a garage fire Friday evening after the city’s fire bureau sent out a brief alert that first-arriving crews had flames showing and were going on the attack. Engine 19 and Squad 12 were reported on scene, moving quickly to get water on the blaze. As of that initia
Fire Scare Snarls Downtown At SW Broadway And Columbia
A quiet Saturday morning in downtown Portland got a jolt when Portland Fire & Rescue crews were dispatched to reports of a fire near the intersection of SW Broadway and SW Columbia. Multiple units were sent into the city’s core as firefighters made their way toward the scene. What...
