Truck falls 50 feet off I-84 overpass
Updated: 14 mins agoThe driver suffered life-threatening injuries when the truck landed upside-down in a parking lot.
Audit: Portland’s growing debt hits services
Updated: 20 mins agoThe city has a $2.9 billion debt to pay for future police and fire pension and disability services.
LA man pleads to shooting 2 officers in Albany
Updated: 1 min agoDemecio Junior Cardenas shot Benton County sheriff’s Sgt. David Peterson three times and Salem police Cpl. Andrew Connolly once. Both are still recovering.
State investigating Portland cemetery management
Updated: 32 mins agoInvestigators are looking into the resale of hundreds of unoccupied grave sites and the excavation of human remains later found in a Multnomah County field.
Vandals hit 20 headstones in pioneer cemetery
Updated: 9 hours agoVandals strike again at southeast Portland’s Lone Fir Cemetery — the final resting place for some of the pioneers in Portland history.
Police: Ore. couple accomplices in 3-state killing spree
Updated: 9 hours agoA Lane County couple is now facing charges for their suspected involvement in a Pacific Northwest crime spree.
What does ‘drowning’ look like? Know the signs
Updated: 8 hours agoDrowning can happen as quickly as 20 seconds. So, before you head to the local swimming hole or the coast this summer, you should know what drowning looks like.
1 caught, 2nd wanted in 3-ton watermelon theft
Updated: 11 hours agoOne of two men being sought for allegedly stealing tons of watermelons from two Winco stores earlier in June has been caught Tuesday.
Tearful former city official gets 4 months in prison
Updated: 12 hours agoIn stealing the funds from Milwaukie, she said she had initially thought she would pay the city back. At least nine ‘irregular’ transactions between May 25, 2011, and April 25, 2012, led to her Feb. 13 arrest.
Mayors call for food-stamp soda ban
Updated: 12 hours agoIs it time? Mayors from cities including Portland, Seattle, San Francisco and Los Angeles are reviving a push against letting food stamps be used for soda and other sugary drinks.