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Portland Police Interdiction Nets Arrests With Seizures Of Drugs, Guns And Stolen Vehicles
PORTLAND, Ore. — Portland Police Officers from the East Precinct conducted a major criminal interdiction operation in East Portland in collaboration with the Bureau’s Neighborhood Response Teams (NRT) and the Narcotics & Organized Crime…
Oregon Man Sentenced to 16 Years in Jail for Stabbing His Cousin to Death
A 28-year-old man who was on post-prison supervision was found guilty of first-degree manslaughter and sentenced to 16 years in prison for stabbing his cousin to death.
Jarrod Yahtin-Cloud pleaded guilty in the Multnomah County Circuit…
New Tariff Increases for Portland General Electric Customers from January 1, 2025
PORTLAND, Ore. — Portland General Electric (PGE) will increase its consumer rates by between 5.5% to 7.7% on January 1, 2025, it announced yesterday.
Increases Will Improve Supply Availability
The increased tariffs, approved by…
456 Multnomah County Deaths Recorded Among Homeless People In 2023
Multnomah County’s annual Domicile Unknown report, released on Friday, indicated that 456 homeless people died in the county in 2023, 141 more than the number of homeless people who died in 2022, representing a 45% increase.
2023…
Portland Police Arrest Suspected $900,000 Ferrari Thief
A Portland Police Public Safety Support Specialist (PS3) responded to a call reporting the theft of a Ferrari supercar from the Northwest District Neighborhood yesterday at 2:09 p.m.
After receiving details of the supercar's location…
Oregon: 5 People Arrested, Drugs And Money Seized In Focused Police Mission
The Portland Police Bureau’s (PPB) Central Precinct’s Neighborhood Response Team, which includes the Bike Squad, has engaged in a drug interdiction mission that led to arrests and the seizure of drugs and money on Wednesday night.
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Portland Police is Calling for Volunteers to Serve on its Racial Equity Advisory Council
PORTLAND, Ore. — The Portland Police Bureau’s Racial Equity Plan (REP) to ensure that all members of the community, irrespective of identity background, receive quality services, is calling for volunteers to the Police Equity Advisory…
One Million Oregon Residents Will Benefit from Federal Loan to Improve Drinking Water Quality
Nearly one million Oregon residents living in Multnomah, Clackamas, and Washington counties, will benefit from a $319 million water infrastructure loan to meet federal and state safe drinking water standards.
The Water Infrastructure…
Oregon Woman Charged with Mail Fraud After Allegedly Filing 20 Claims in Courts Statewide
An Oregon woman who filed 20 fraudulent small claims worth at least $190,000 in circuit courts throughout the state was arraigned in federal court on Monday.
Sharon Neal of Damascus is charged with five counts of mail fraud.
Court…
Oregon Family Started to Sob When Accused Found Not Guilty of Murder
The family of Ryan Martin, shot dead by Geoffrey Hammond in downtown Portland on October 11, 2023, broke down sobbing when a jury failed to convict him of murder in the Multnomah County Circuit Court yesterday (Monday).
Jury…