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Tags quickly return after I-84 graffiti cleanup; so do removal crews – and police, who arrest tagger
Just a few days after I-84 was closed for graffiti cleanup, Portland police found people spray painting near one of the freeway's onramps.
Man found dead in Vancouver after being hit by car identified
Patrick James Sellem, 38, died from blunt-force injuries after a car crashed into him, the medical examiner reported.
Lone Rock fire in north-central Oregon grows 13K acres in one day; governor invokes conflagration act
A fast-moving fire that started 10 miles southeast of Condon has grown to 64,860 acres and is 1% contained, Central Oregon Fire Information reported Tuesday morning.
Portland man indicted in deadly stabbing at Clackamas apartment building
Eliazar Martinez-Rodriguez was taken into custody soon after the homicide, on a separate warrant involving a federal parole violation, the sheriff’s office reported.
Large wildfires burn across Oregon; state sees big jump in number of fires from last year
Eight large wildfires are now burning across Oregon, with the largest topping 100,000 acres, according to the Northwest Interagency Coordination Center.
Two men dead within one hour in Portland after separate shooting, stabbing incidents
Police have not released the identity of either man who died or that of the suspect in the stabbing.
Portland’s I-84 reopens after ‘reset’ to clean graffiti-ridden freeway
I-84 reopened Sunday just after 11:30 a.m. after six entities collaborated to halt traffic in the area and access unsightly tags.
Police arrested wrong person in downtown Portland armed robbery, surveillance video shows
After almost 20 days in jail, Jayda Z. Wise emerged from Multnomah County Detention Center Thursday morning “very traumatized,” said Grace Nickelson, a close friend of Wise.
Man hospitalized following suspected hit-and-run in N. Portland
The driver suspected of crashing into the man left the scene, and officers have not located him, police reported.
Larch Creek fire grows to more than 9K acres; blaze ‘human-caused,’ investigators determine
The Larch Creek fire remains completely uncontained and officials are still investigating the specifics of the blaze’s cause.
Phone scam targeting Happy Valley sweets store reels in more than $1K from scared employees
By the time the employees, one in her late teens and the other in her early 20s, realized it was all an elaborate scam, the money was gone.
Parking lot ‘disturbance’ leads to fatal RV crash; man arrested
A man suspected of crashing his RV into another man, killing him, was arrested Tuesday night, Vancouver police reported.
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