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Editor’s note: Numerous pseudonyms were used in this story because sources feared reprisal from the Trump administration. A career U.S. Army National Guard officer suspects his fellow citizen-soldiers ...

Amid President Trump’s immigration crackdown, local community networks are the first line of defense. Here’s what Oregon advocates say you should do if you see agents detaining someone. As ...

The switch to working and shopping from home, accelerated by the COVID-19 pandemic, dramatically changed downtown Portland. It’s high tech, not high taxes, emptying downtown office buildings. Killing ...

Portlanders are paying millions to resolve previous incidents of police violence at protests. Current events tee up a potential repeat. The city has paid over $9.1 million in legal fees and payouts ...

On the streets of downtown Portland on June 18, masked federal agents pulled over and arrested a Colombian man who had just left immigration court. The incident, caught on video and first reported by ...

One 2023 death reveals a complicated web of policy and procedures impacting the efficacy of the city’s emergency response systems It takes about seven minutes for Portland Street Response to get ...

Oregonians use thousands of single-use beverage containers every day. Recycling them is a low-barrier job for Portlanders known as ‘canners.’ Scott Atkins started collecting and recycling cans and ...

Nancy Hiser can see the tanks from her home. Looking north, past a flag pole, through a smattering of trees at the edge of Forest Park, she can see a large tank operated by Houston-based fossil fuel ...

Gov. Kotek, environmental advocates demand clarity on Department of Energy’s plans for Hanford Site’s nuclear waste. Public comment is open until Sept. 1. Oregon is not home to the most contaminated ...

“Everybody that I know who doesn’t live in Portland is convinced that we burned it to the ground in 2020,” Aaron Roussell, an associate sociology professor at PSU and an expert on policing, said.

A legal loophole allows ex-cops with lifetime bans from law enforcement to search, cite and arrest people on and around university campuses A legal loophole allows former law enforcement officers with ...