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June 19, 2020 at 12:04 pm

‘This is beautiful’ – Juneteenth rally, march in Portland

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Hundreds of people, including families and young children, gathered at a peaceful rally and march in the heart of Portland’s historically...

June 18, 2020 at 3:18 pm

Lawsuit: Deputy pinned black boy with knee to neck in Oregon

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — The mother of an African American boy filed a $300,000 lawsuit Thursday, saying three sheriff's deputies near Portland pinned him to...

June 4, 2020 at 10:06 pm

Districts jettison school police officers amid protests VIEW

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — An increasing number of cities are rethinking the presence of school resource officers as they respond to the concerns of thousands...

June 4, 2020 at 10:33 am

Portland, other cities rethink school police amid protests

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Oregon’s largest school district will no longer have police officers in its schools and joins a handful of urban districts from...

In this Thursday, May 28, 2020, photo, tourists Tuan Nguyen and his wife, Sarah Nguyen, walk with their children, twins Lukas and Lauren, 7, and Alyssa, 4, as they walk through downtown in Cannon Beach, Ore. The Nguyens were visiting from the Portland, Ore., suburbs but elected to stay in their RV instead of a hotel to feel safer from the coronavirus. (AP Photo/Gillian Flaccus) RPGF303 RPGF303 (Gillian Flaccus / The Associated Press)

June 3, 2020 at 8:00 am

Cannon Beach, other tourist towns balance fear, survival in make-or-break summer VIEW

With summer looming, Cannon Beach and thousands of other small, tourist-dependent towns nationwide are struggling to balance fears of contagion with their economic survival in...

Business

June 2, 2020 at 10:15 am

Portland, Oregon, remains largely peaceful, curfew lifted

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Protests in Portland, Oregon, were largely peaceful on Tuesday night as thousands of people held a massive rally downtown, but several...

Local News

June 1, 2020 at 8:01 am

Business

A campaign sign urging people to vote “Yes” on Measure 26-210, which would approve taxes on personal income and business profits to raise $2.5 billion over a decade to fight homelessness, is displayed near an upscale home, Thursday, May 14, 2020, in Portland, Ore. Voters in metropolitan Portland will vote on the measure Tuesday, May 19, and the result of the ballot question amid the coronavirus pandemic will be instructive for other West Coast cities that are struggling to address burgeoning homeless populations as other revenue streams dry up. (AP Photo/Gillian Flaccus) ORGF101 ORGF101

May 15, 2020 at 7:35 am

Portland, Oregon, homeless tax tests voter mood in pandemic VIEW

Tuesday's ballot measure was planned before the pandemic reduced the U.S. economy to tatters. Proponents, including many business leaders and major institutions, argue the taxes...