Four Convicted in Portland Human Trafficking Case Involving Minor with Sentences Up to 19...
In a significant crackdown on human trafficking, the Portland Police Bureau's dedicated operatives have brought four individuals to justice. Following a methodical investigation by the bureau's Human Trafficking Unit (HTU) in coordination with the Multnomah County District Attorney’s Office (MCDA), two traffickers...
Tom Hanks makes good on promise to Portland typewriter shop
PORTLAND, Ore. — When Tom Hanks stopped by Type Space in Southeast Portland two years ago, owner Antony Valoppi figured the story ended with the Oscar winner walking out the door with a $175 Underwood Leader. But Hanks had also promised something else: He’d send Valoppi a signed typewriter from his personal collection.
Portland to issue land use violation notice to ICE building for allegedly breaching detention...
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Portland, Oregon, said Wednesday it will issue a land use violation notice to the city’s U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement building, accusing the facility of detaining people beyond the limits of what its land use approval allows. The building’s conditional land use approval, in place...
Explosive device found at Oregon Coast beach bathroom, state police say
PORTLAND, Ore. — An explosive device was found Tuesday in a public bathroom at Sunset Beach State Recreation Site on the Oregon Coast. Around 10:21 a.m., Oregon State Parks staff notified Oregon State Police of a suspicious backpack in the bathroom. Bomb technicians from the Oregon State Police and Salem Police...
Portland police seize nearly $2 million in illegal drugs, make arrests
A crash involving an overturned semi-truck blocked traffic on I-205 for hours on Tuesday. September is Hunger Action Month, and 200 golfers from across the country gathered at the Reserve Vineyards and Golf Club in Aloha to take part in the 13th annual Sunshine Classic Golf Tournament. Fred Meyer gifts...
Strong east winds loft 1980s volcanic ash from Mount St. Helens, no eruption occurring
VANCOUVER, Wash. (KATU) — "Mt. Saint Helens is NOT erupting," the National Weather Service in Portland posted on X Tuesday morning. “Volcanic Ash from the 1980s is being lofted back into the air from the strong east winds,” NWS Portland said. The Cascades Volcano Observatory in Vancouver, Washington,...
Bird-watchers alarmed by sudden disappearance of familiar species: ‘This year there were zero’
"We should use it as a call to action." Bird-watchers alarmed by sudden disappearance of familiar species: 'This year there were zero' first appeared on The Cool Down .
Gresham Police locate missing 15-year-old; community praised for helping in search efforts
GRESHAM, Ore. (KATU) — Gresham Police say 15-year-old Gracie Hall has been located. She was reported missing on September 8, after she was last seen leaving Gresham High School just after 7 a.m. KATU’s Victor Park interviewed Hall’s father, Andrew Lawhern, last week and at the time he told...
When the Cascadia earthquake hits, which Portland-area schools could crumble? Earthquakes and schools, Part...
Where the school had been, moments before, was a cloud of dust. The day was pleasant and partly cloudy in Mexico City when a 7.1 magnitude earthquake shook the earth, killing around 400 people. Of those, about 30 of the dead were inside the Enrique Rebsámen school, where the brittle, unreinforced concrete structure...
Portland Fentanyl Ring Leaders Extradited From Honduras to Face Federal Trial in Oregon
Two Honduran nationals appeared in federal court in Portland yesterday (Tuesday), after their extradition from their homeland to the U.S. for conspiring to distribute fentanyl in Oregon. According to court documents, at the beginning of 2022, Teodoro Rodas Dubon (32) directed and controlled the distribution of bulk...
