Oregon sheriff arrests Forest Service employee for controlled burn that spread
By Daniel Trotta (Reuters) -A county sheriff in Oregon has arrested a U.S. Forest Service employee on suspicion of reckless burning after a controlled burn …
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Southern Oregon Man Twice Convicted for Involvement in Shootings Sentenced to Federal Prison for Illegal Firearm Possession
MEDFORD, Ore.—A Medford man with previous felony convictions for his involvement in two Medford area shootings was sentenced to federal prison today after he was …
Oregon School Board Fires Unvaccinated Teachers Amid Teacher Shortage
Oregon School Board Fires Unvaccinated Teachers Amid Teacher Shortage Reagan Reese on October 5, 2022 An Oregon school board terminated the employment of three …
Oregon Man Charged with Sexually Exploiting Minor on Discord, Additional Victims Sought
PORTLAND, Ore.—An Oregon man has been charged with federal child exploitation crimes after he persuaded a child to engage in a sexually explicit video chat …
North Carolina Man Sentenced to Federal Prison for Sexually Exploiting Oregon Child Online
EUGENE, Ore.—A Greensboro, North Carolina man was sentenced to more than 16 years in federal prison today for sexually exploiting an Oregon child using Musical.ly, …
Oregon Man Pleads Guilty to Federal Charges After Twice Breaking Windows and Destroying Property at a Planned Parenthood Clinic
EUGENE, Ore.—An Oregon man pleaded guilty today after twice breaking windows and destroying property at a Planned Parenthood clinic in Grants Pass, Oregon because the …
California Man Used Nevada Post Offices to Mail 250 Pounds of Oregon Marijuana to Western Pennsylvania
PITTSBURGH, PA – A resident of Seiad Valley, California, pleaded guilty in federal court to violation of federal narcotics laws related to a nine-month Title …
Former Oregon Dentist Pleads Guilty to Stealing Nearly $11.5 Million in Covid-Relief Program Funds
PORTLAND, Ore.—A former Oregon dentist pleaded guilty today in federal court for fraudulently converting to his personal use nearly $11.5 million in loans intended to …
California Man Sentenced to Federal Prison for Trafficking Methamphetamine into Southern Oregon
MEDFORD, Ore.—On September 7, 2022, a San Diego, California man was sentenced to federal prison for trafficking large quantities of methamphetamine from Southern California to …
Billings man sentenced to more than 15 years in prison for trafficking meth in Montana, Idaho and Oregon
BILLINGS — A Billings man who admitted to trafficking methamphetamine in Montana, Idaho and Oregon and was arrested after leading law enforcement on high-speed chase …
Oregon gunman was confronted by employee who may have saved lives -police
By Brendan O’Brien and Dan Whitcomb (Reuters) – A 20-year-old gunman who opened fire at a Safeway grocery store in Bend, Oregon, may have been …
Federal Law Enforcement Officials Warn of “Rainbow Fentanyl” Appearing in Oregon
PORTLAND, Ore.—With at least two notable seizures in the last several days in the Portland Metropolitan Area, officials from the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the …
Oregon white supremacist pleads guilty to hate crime and false statement charges
Seattle – An Oregon man pleaded guilty yesterday to hate crime and false statement charges in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of …
Eastern Oregon Man Sentenced to Federal Prison for Drug and Firearm Offenses
MEDFORD, Ore.—A Baker City, Oregon man with several prior felony convictions was sentenced to federal prison today after he was arrested with multiple firearms and …
Oregon Man Sentenced For Interstate Communication Of Threats
WILLIAMSPORT – The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that Harvey Dulgar, age 28, of Salem, Oregon was sentenced to …
Oregon Man Sentenced on Conspiracy Charges
United States Attorney Alison J. Ramsdell announced that a Wilsonville, Oregon, man convicted of Conspiracy to Distribute a Controlled Substance was sentenced on August 15, …
Oregon Man Sentenced to Federal Prison for Kidnapping Ex-Girlfriend
PORTLAND, Ore.—A Oregon man was sentenced to federal prison today for kidnapping his ex-girlfriend and transporting her from her home in Ilwalco, Washington to Rainier, …
Oregon Library Asks For Chest Binder Donations For Gender-Affirming Closet
Oregon Library Asks For Chest Binder Donations For Gender-Affirming Closet Reagan Reese on August 2, 2022 An Oregon library is asking for chest binders and …
Oregon Mother and Daughter Face Federal Charges for Role in International Drug Trafficking Conspiracy
PORTLAND, Ore.—A Oregon mother and daughter, both members of a large international drug distribution organization based in India, are facing federal charges for conspiring with …
After disaster a year ago, Oregon endures oppressive heat once again
By Matt McKnight PORTLAND, Ore. – The northwestern United States is enduring an extreme heat wave for the second straight summer, with this year perhaps …
Drug Dealing Pilot from Southern Oregon who Attempted to Hire a Hitman to Kill Associate Sentenced to Federal Prison
MEDFORD, Ore.—A Josephine County, Oregon man who distributed marijuana throughout the U.S. using his private airplane and who hired a hitman to kill a drug …
Former Oregon Dentist Pleads Guilty in Federal Drug Case
Defendant also faces federal charges for fraudulently obtaining millions in COVID-relief funds PORTLAND, Ore.—A former Clackamas, Oregon dentist pleaded guilty today to illegally distributing controlled …
Oregon Could Get Its First Republican Governor In Decades
Oregon Could Get Its First Republican Governor In Decades Max Keating on June 28, 2022 Democrats have firmly held Oregon’s gubernatorial office since 1987, but …
Moderate Democratic congressman Schrader loses to left-wing challenger in Oregon primary
By Moira Warburton (Reuters) – Moderate U.S. congressman Kurt Schrader of Oregon, who at times angered fellow Democrats by opposing pieces of President Joe Biden’s …
Oregon Marijuana Exporter Sentenced to Federal Prison
PORTLAND, Ore.—On May 23, 2022, a former resident of Milwaukie, Oregon was sentenced to federal prison for illegally exporting marijuana grown in Oregon to Georgia …
State of Oregon Man Sentenced to 60 Months for Interfering with Railroad Conductor
MADISON, WIS. – Timothy M. O’Shea, United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin, announced that Timothy Thomas, 32, Portland, Oregon, was sentenced today …
Woman Found Dead on Eastbank Esplanade
PORTLAND, OR – Portland police today reported that they found a woman dead on Sunday on the Eastbank Esplanade. According to police, “At 11:43 p.m., …
Fugitive Wanted in the District of Oregon Returned to the U.S. After Two Decades on the Run
PORTLAND, Ore.—An international fugitive and former resident of San Diego who is wanted in the District of Oregon for perpetrating a real estate scam was …
California Man Sentenced to Federal Prison for Role in Eastern Oregon Methamphetamine Trafficking Conspiracy
PORTLAND, Ore.—A Vacaville, California man was sentenced to federal prison today for his role in a conspiracy to traffic large quantities of methamphetamine from California …
Southern Oregon Man Sentenced to Federal Prison for Assaulting Bureau of Land Management Employee with a Deadly Weapon
MEDFORD, Ore.—A southern Oregon man was sentenced to federal prison today for assaulting a Bureau of Land Management (BLM) employee with a deadly weapon while …
Oregon Man Sentenced to 16 Years on Drug and Assault Charges
ANCHORAGE – An Oregon man was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Ralph R. Beistline to 16 years in prison for drug conspiracy and assault …
Business Groups File Legal Challenge Against Oregon Over Climate Plan Forcing 90% Emissions Cut
Business Groups File Legal Challenge Against Oregon Over Climate Plan Forcing 90% Emissions Cut Thomas Catenacci on March 22, 2022 A coalition of a dozen …
Former Oregon Corrections Official Indicted for Sexually Assaulting a Dozen Female Inmates While Serving as a Nurse
PORTLAND, Ore.—A federal indictment was unsealed today charging a former Oregon Department of Corrections employee with sexually assaulting a dozen female inmates while serving as …
Eugene Man Sentenced to Federal Prison for Role in Overdose Death of University of Oregon Student
EUGENE, Ore.—A Eugene man was sentenced to federal prison today for supplying a University of Oregon student with fentanyl-laced counterfeit Oxycodone pills that caused the …
New Hampshire ‘Fugitive of the Week’ Arrested by U.S. Marshals in Oregon
Concord, NH – Yesterday, members of the U.S. Marshals Fugitive Task Force in Portland, Oregon was able to locate and arrest, “Fugitive of the Week,” …
New Jersey’s 73-year-old criminal ban on pumping your own gas could soon end
TRENTON, NJ – New Jersey motorists may soon be able to pump their own gas. That is if a bipartisan-sponsored bill introduced in the state …
Oregon Man Faces Federal Charges After Twice Breaking Windows, Destroying Property at a Planned Parenthood Clinic
EUGENE, Ore.—An Oregon man faces federal charges after twice breaking windows and destroying property at a Planned Parenthood clinic in Grants Pass, Oregon because the …
Suspect arrested in Brutal murder of “Tony” Wise in Portland
The man brutally assaulted on February 13, 2022, in the area of Northwest 3rd Avenue and Northwest Glisan Street has died of his injuries. He …
Three men face multiple charges after shots were fired at an officer from an eluding vehicle.
PORTLAND, OR – On Thursday, February 17, 2022 at 10:37p.m., officers with the Portland Police Focused Intervention Team were patrolling near Northeast Sandy Boulevard and …
Woman killed, five others shot overnight in Portland
PORTLAN, OR – On February 19, 2022, at 8:01 p.m., officers from the North Precinct responded to a shooting call near the intersection of Northeast …
Portland cop involved in fatal shooting of suspect overnight
PORTLAND, OR – On February 19, 2022, at 6:42pm, Central Precinct Officers were dispatched to the 900 Block of Southwest Broadway Drive on a disturbance …
Oregon Department of Human Services Employee Indicted for Sexual Misconduct and Kidnapping a Woman with Developmental Disabilities
PORTLAND, Ore.— A federal grand jury in Portland returned an indictment today charging an Oregon Department of Human Services employee with kidnapping a woman with …
Oregon, California seek to protect election workers from threats
By Linda So WASHINGTON – Lawmakers in Oregon and California are calling for tougher legislation to protect election workers in response to a continuing wave …
One dead in Portland midnight shooting
PORTLAND, OR – On February 14, 2022, at 12:00 a.m., police officers from the East Precinct in Portland responded to a shooting call near the …
Man beaten, unconscious in Portland’s Old Town
PORTLAND – On February 13, 2022, at 4:17 a.m., officers from the Central Precinct responded to an assault call in the area Northwest 3rd Avenue …
Two Washington Men and an Oregon Man Charged with Conspiracy to Obtain Controlled Substances by Fraud
United States Attorney Dennis R. Holmes announced that a Kent, Washington man, a Seattle, Washington man, and a Portland, Oregon man, have been indicted by …
Oregon Man Sentenced to Federal Prison for Sex Trafficking
PORTLAND, Ore.—A Multnomah County, Oregon man was sentenced to federal prison today for transporting an adult victim from California to Oregon and selling access to …
Man shot and killed in North Tabor section of Portland
PORTLAND, OR – On January 30, 2022, at 8:30pm., officers were dispatched to the area of Northeast Couch Street and Northeast 52nd Avenue after someone …
Old Town shooting leaves one dead
PORTLAND, OR – Overnight on Friday morning, at 2:16 a.m., Central Precinct officers responded to a report of someone shot at Northwest 2nd Avenue and …
Homeless man shooting cars on Portland freeway recently threatened to shoot up public library
PORTLAND, OR – Shortly after noon on Tuesday, January 25, 2022, Central Precinct and North Precinct officers began responding to calls regarding damage to vehicles …