A look at Friday’s weather outlook and conditions into the weekend.

Paul Savas and Diana Helm lean on experience as budget woes and Mark Shull's censured past color two Clackamas County races.

A 6-foot-7, 350-pound Beaverton man allegedly drove onto a sidewalk toward a woman and punched her outside a Northeast Portland barbecue spot.

A man injured two officers near Northwest Flanders Street, then hurt himself after his arrest, police say.

Portland’s Thursday will give way to rain late Thursday into Friday, with gusty winds and cooler conditions Friday. Dry weather returns for the weekend.

Twenty teams will race to crush the most grape juice by foot at a South Tabor crushpad on October 10, with an “I Love Lucy” costume contest thrown in.

Mary Ann McKinzy faces murder charges nearly a year after James Miller was found dead in Centennial.

Djuan Black allegedly tossed a gun from his vehicle during a Spokane car chase before Vancouver police detectives located him at an apartment; SWAT assisted in his arrest.

Margaret Brown died after Austin Jones ran a red light at 50 mph; her husband of 60 years testified at sentencing.

Bayne Gardner painted the Simpsons-style memorial the day after Parton's death, ringed with lyrics from her 1972 tribute song.

Deputies closed four intersections after a fatal motorcycle-vehicle crash near Bethany, part of a grim 2026 for Portland riders.

LaToya Hill was shot in the head while emptying cans into a recycling bin. Her fiancée said she once had the shooter over to play video games.

A watershed surveyor says she's never seen anything like it. Salamanders, lamprey and tadpoles are among the dead.