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December 21, 2021 at 1:22 pm

Deputy who stole COVID-19 vaccination cards from Portland jail pleads guilty

A jail deputy who stole blank COVID-19 vaccination cards from a clinic at the downtown Portland jail where he worked pleaded guilty Tuesday to official...

FILE – In this July 11, 2018, file photo, rancher Dwight Hammond Jr., left, is embraced by his wife, Susie Hammond, after arriving by private jet at the Burns Municipal Airport in Burns, Ore. Hammond and his son Steven, convicted of intentionally setting fires on public land in Oregon, were pardoned by President Donald Trump. The federal government has proposed awarding grazing allotments to the Hammonds, whose case sparked the takeover of a federal wildlife refuge by right-wing extremists in 2016. (Beth Nakamura/The Oregonian via AP, File) ORPOR101 ORPOR101

January 19, 2021 at 9:01 pm

Interior Secretary grants 10-year grazing permit to ranchers whose case sparked Oregon land takeover

Interior Secretary David Bernhard on Tuesday granted a 10-year grazing permit to the Hammond family business for land near the Malheur Wildlife Refuge in Oregon,...

January 8, 2021 at 9:01 pm

Judge orders pretrial release of accused eco-saboteur Joseph Dibee once he tests negative for COVID-19

A federal judge on Friday ordered the pretrial release of accused eco-saboteur Joseph M. Dibee as soon as he tests negative for COVID-19. “It has...

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October 14, 2020 at 8:05 am

Officers fired more than 30 rounds at Michael Reinoehl, who was found with gun in pocket, investigation shows

Four officers fired more than 30 rounds from two handguns and two rifles at Portland fugitive Michael Reinoehl after they cornered him in his car...

September 13, 2020 at 9:15 pm

Fighting fires with a broken heart: Oregon fire chief loses her two homes along the McKenzie

When Fire Chief Christiana Plews got a call Monday about a brush fire, she knew it was a dangerous situation. What she couldn't know was...

September 13, 2020 at 1:10 pm

President Trump on fatal police shooting of Portland homicide suspect: ‘There has to be retribution’

President Donald Trump during a Fox TV interview praised the fatal police shooting of Michael Reinoehl, the self-described Portland antifascist accused of killing a right-wing...

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Police walk past evidence markers at a scene Thursday, Sept. 3, in Lacey, Wash., where a man suspected of fatally shooting a supporter of a right-wing group in Portland, Ore., last week was killed as investigators moved in to arrest him. Michael Reinoehl, 48, was killed as a federal task force attempted to apprehend him, a senior Justice Department official said. Reinoehl was the prime suspect in the killing of 39-year-old Aaron â€œJayâ€ Danielson, who was shot in the chest Saturday night, the official said. (AP Photo/Ted Warren) FX409 FX409

September 9, 2020 at 5:19 pm

Witness says officers never gave commands before firing at Portland shooting suspect

Officers who first confronted Michael Forest Reinoehl outside an apartment complex in Thurston County last week yelled no warnings or commands before firing and killing...

Federal officers prepare for a possible skirmish with protesters at the Mark O. Hatfield U.S. Courthouse early Saturday, July 25, 2020, in Portland, Ore. On the streets of Portland, a strange armed conflict unfolds night after night. It is raw, frightening and painful on both sides of an iron fence separating the protesters on the outside and federal agents guarding a courthouse inside. This weekend, journalists for The Associated Press spent the weekend both outside, with the protesters, and inside the courthouse, with the federal agents, documenting the fight that has become an unlikely centerpiece of the protest movement gripping America. (AP Photo/Noah Berger)

July 26, 2020 at 1:05 pm

Inside the Portland combat zone: ‘I don’t think there’s an end in sight’

Federal officers wearing camouflage fatigues sat in the dark, shoulder-to-shoulder, lining the marble lobby of the Mark O. Hatfield United States Courthouse. Where lawyers toting...

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July 22, 2020 at 7:05 am

Seattle man hospitalized after protesting in Portland sues Trump, Homeland Security secretary

The complaint alleges federal law enforcement at Trump’s direction have used excessive force and violated Seattle resident Jeff Paul’s freedom of speech and assembly.

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May 18, 2020 at 12:32 pm

Judge finds Oregon governor’s coronavirus restrictions on religious gatherings ‘null and void.’ Governor to seek state Supreme Court review

A Baker County judge on Monday ruled that Gov. Kate Brown’s restrictions on religious gatherings were "null and void'' because her emergency order amid the...

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