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Opinion: After 43 years of capturing joy, tragedy and love, a writer bids farewell
Readers today are bombarded with facts and information, writes longtime Oregonian/OregonLive reporter Tom Hallman, Jr. But what we all long for is meaning and a greater connection. Those are the stories that Hallman, who is retiring after 43 years with the newspaper, sought to write.
The last thing they wanted
“During my career, I’ve seen hundreds of deaths,” Astoria police's deputy chief said. “Accidents, murders, suicides. I’ve never seen anything play out the way this did.”
First rider on Oaks Park AtmosFEAR ride after malfunction returns to earth, smiling
Oaks Amusement Park made national news on its opening day last Friday when AtmosFEAR, a pendulum ride that uses gravity and momentum to make a 360-degree loop, got stuck at the apex.
Portland’s ‘unique and complex history’ takes shape in ambitious Oregon Historical Society exhibit
The exhibit focuses on artifacts and documents highlighting three themes: land, water and community.
Car crashes into Salty’s on NE Marine Drive in Portland, driver disappears
The car slammed into an outside pillar early Friday morning, but the restaurant is open for business
Her 100th birthday approaching, Beaverton woman adds up ‘the little things’ that make life meaningful
Growing up in segregated Kansas City, Kansas, in a poor, Black family, Jackson’s life was small and constrained. But she didn't see it that way.
‘Expect Fentanyl’ campaign launches to make Oregonians more aware of drug’s dangers
For the third year, May 7 is National Fentanyl Awareness Day.
Woman on her way to work found 5-year boy police say was kidnapped in SE Portland
She looked out a car window on her commute and noticed a boy in the back of a wagon that a woman was pulling.
A veteran died in a bike crash in Portland, bringing together a family long in need of healing
The man they were coming to see in the hospital bed was a stranger.
Grand jury declines to indict police officers in 2023 deadly shooting outside Mall 205 in SE Portland
The jury determined that the officers' actions, under Oregon law, were not criminal.
7 arrests made in latest operation targeting car thieves; metro area sees 40% drop in stolen cars in past year, police say
Authorities teaming up to focus on stolen car investigations.
Clackamas fire official rushed to Timberline Lodge, determined to save a ‘symbol of who we are in Oregon’
Izak Hamilton arrived at a chaotic scene and quickly took in the activity, the firefighters from various area departments hustling, working hard.
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