Police K-9 shot and killed on its final shift before retirement This is the second police dog to die in the Portland area in the past week The Independent UK · Sep 25
How Oregon's Drug Experiment Backfired The lesson isn’t that decriminalization can’t work. It’s that Portland-style governance is broken. Reason · Oct 1, 2025
Police Pin 'Free Gaza' Ballot Box Fires on Balding Middle-Aged Man, Say He Will Likely Strike Again The Portland Police Bureau have released a description of an individual suspect they believe was involved in setting ballot boxes on fire in Oregon and Washington: a balding, middle aged man driving a dark-colored Volvo who they believe is likely to attempt to interfere with election materials again. Latin Times · Oct 31, 2024
Incendiary Device Sparks Fire In Portland Ballot Box Incendiary device causes fire in Portland ballot box; authorities investigate arson cases in Portland and Phoenix. Top News · Oct 28, 2024
Police Clear Portland State University Library After Pro-Palestinian Protest Portland State University library cleared by police after pro-Palestinian occupation. Discovery of items and peaceful resistance highlighted. Top News · May 2, 2024
Decades-old missing person case solved after relative uploads DNA to genealogy site Sandra Young was between 16 and 18 years old when she went missing in the late 1960s. Police in Oregon say an upload to the genealogy database GEDMatch helped them identify her remains. WEKU · Feb 25, 2024
Hospital security guard fatally shot while on the job by suspect later killed by Portland police The unidentified suspect fled the scene before law enforcement traced his vehicle to a city 16 miles east of Portland The Independent UK · Jul 24, 2023
A 'person of interest' is being held in Oregon deaths of 4 women after governor revokes commutation A man considered a person of interest in the deaths of four women whose bodies were found in northwestern Oregon is being held in a state prison after Gov. Tina Kotek reinstated a prison sentence that was commuted by her predecessor The Independent UK · Jul 18, 2023