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April 4, 2024

Portland café owner warns city isn't equipped to help addicts after Oregon nixes drug decriminalization law

Business owner Loretta Guzman joined "Fox & Friends First" to detail how Portland has suffered under Oregon's 2020 drug decriminalization.

April 1, 2024

Remains of 'Lost Alaskans' sent to Oregon mental hospital a century ago are recovered, returned home

Between 1904 and the 1960s, about 5,500 Alaskans were sent away to a mental hospital in Portland, OR. Their fates are being uncovered by volunteers and made available to their families.

March 25, 2024

Steel doors, new riot squad: Portland prepares for fiery election season

Portland is building a stainless-steel wall around a federal courthouse to protect against violent political protests ahead of the highly anticipated 2024 presidential election.

March 18, 2024

Portland area residents commemorate victims of deadly 2021 heat wave by planting trees

Volunteers and family members of the people killed by a 2021 heat wave in the Pacific Northwest gathered in Oregon to plant trees in their memory.

March 12, 2024

Oregon Gov. Kotek calls for halt to Portland interstate tolling plan

Oregon Gov. Tina Kotek has called for the halting of a plan to introduce tolls on Interstate 5 and Interstate 205 in the Portland area, citing uncertainties.

March 11, 2024

Female bartender convicted of hate crime for shoving trans woman in bathroom dispute

A jury convicted a female Portland bartender of second-degree bias crime and harassment charges for shoving a transgender customer who used the women's restroom.

March 9, 2024

Crisis in the Northwest: The homeschooling mom documenting Portland's 'destruction'

Tara Faul never paid much attention to politics. But after 2020, the homeschooling mom picked up a camera and started documenting Portland's decline.

March 5, 2024

Drug recriminalization could signal cultural shift in progressive state, Portland trial attorney says

Oregon lawmakers have recriminalized drug possession, a move moderates like attorney Kristin Olson see as a greater cultural shift in the deeply blue state.

March 2, 2024

Liberal Oregon U-turns, passes bill to recriminalize hard drugs as overdose deaths skyrocket

Oregon lawmakers have passed a bill that would recriminalize the possession of small amounts of drugs as the state struggles to contain its fentanyl crisis.

February 23, 2024

Outrage after Portland killer smirks at family, friends of slain cab driver: 'Nothing but excuses'

The colleague of a slain Portland cab driver spoke out against the accused killer, who was seen smirking at the victim's family in a courtroom during sentencing.