Police ID woman killed in NW Portland homicide
Police said the woman found dead from a gunshot wound in the Alphabet District on Saturday was 39-year-old Krystal Lynne Pendergraph of Portland. Officers found her after being called to do a welfare check on the woman shortly after 5 p.m. She was in a car parked along Northwest Kearney Street between 22nd and 23rd...
Cascadia Quake May Trigger San Andreas, Raising West Coast Megaquake Risk
A recent study warns that a major Cascadia Subduction Zone earthquake could trigger simultaneous seismic activity along the San Andreas Fault, creating widespread emergencies across the West Coast. Led by Oregon State University marine geologist Chris Goldfinger and published in Geosphere on September 29, the...
Absurdity inflates at Portland’s ICE protests
A wedding between Kenny from "South Park" and a unicorn bride. Two Tyrannosaurus rexes skipping down the sidewalk, claw-in-claw. And a green frog gyrating in front of a line of armed law enforcement agents. All of this has taken place over the last week in front of the driveway of...
Portland school board considers whether to pay themselves monthly stipend
The Portland Public Schools board could become the first in the state to give themselves a roughly $500 monthly stipend, allowed under a 2023 law that lifted a statewide ban on compensation for school board members. In Oregon, school board members are unpaid volunteers. In a larger, metro-area district like...
Nag: No troops in Portland!
On Sept. 28, the streets of Portland were filled with an array of people. Signs used by protesters had a variety of phrases, ranging from “abolish ICE” to “democracy dies in silence,” to “food carts not fascists.”. This was a direct response to the authorization...
Court docs: ICE counter-protester punches woman in the face as she tries to leave...
PORTLAND, Ore. (KATU) — A Portland man is charged with 4th degree assault after he allegedly punched a woman trying to leave a protest at the Portland ICE facility over the weekend. According to court documents, a woman told an officer she and her daughter had attended a demonstration...
Portland Landlord Kidnaps Tenant’s Support Dog Then ‘Holds Her Hostage for $500’ As Eviction...
If pets are allowed in an apartment, hearing a dog barking would most likely be a frequent occurrence. However, one landlord in Portland, Oregon, regretted his choice so much that he entered one of his tenants’ homes without warning and essentially kidnapped their golden retriever. The reason was allegedly that it...
Greater Idaho Movement Gains Traction Amid Portland Unrest
As Portland wrestles with unrest, a bold idea is catching fire—could parts of Oregon really become part of Idaho?
Research Suggests Linked Quakes Could Hit Seattle, Portland and San Francisco
PORTLAND, OR – The so-called “Big One” or Cascadia Subduction Zone earthquake expected to trigger disruptive quakes throughout the West Coast could cause more damage than previously estimated if it sets off quakes in the nearby San
Policing’s Long History as an Instrument of Control
What feels like new anxiety for the country has been the daily cost of survival in Black America for generations, writes Josiah Bates.
