A hearings officer upheld a land‑use ruling against the landlord of Portland’s ICE processing center, allowing the city to resume enforcement after months of appeals.

A bomb threat prompted a Thursday evacuation at Enchanted Forest in Turner; K‑9 teams searched the park, found nothing and the attraction closed for the day.

A Tigard man who told police he wanted officers to shoot him surrendered after ECIT negotiators resolved a University Park standoff; police found a realistic-looking BB rifle.

A fight on a westbound MAX train left one man stabbed and another pepper‑sprayed; Beaverton police arrested a suspect at Sunset Transit Center. Detectives are seeking witnesses.

Police in Salem say searches tied to a stalking arrest turned up 54 guns, ghost‑gun parts and a stash of illegal drugs.

IBEW Local 48 and Ironworkers Local 29 rescinded endorsements for Councilor Mitch Green, citing his stance on the Moda Center renovation and the Bull Run water project.

Portland reached a settlement with PGE that allows the utility to remove about five acres and roughly 376 trees in Forest Park; conservationists call it a backroom deal.

A Portland man with a long criminal history is charged in a Sept. 22, 2025, assault on a downtown MAX train that left a rider with a head laceration.

A federal judge dismissed Joshua Turnidge’s suit over constant cell lighting at Two Rivers, saying the corrections agency’s security-focused lighting policies did not violate his rights.

Washington County will convert the shuttered DoubleTree off U.S. 26 into recovery‑focused transitional housing for about 75–85 people, and a draft Good Neighbor Agreement is out for comment.

Portland police say multiple shootings, a crash tied to gunfire and several arrests stretched officers across the city during the Fourth of July weekend. Investigators have activated specialty teams and are asking for tips.

An illegal‑fireworks explosion in northeast Salem on July 4 sent five people to the hospital and damaged nearby homes. Investigators suspect illegal mortars and the probe remains active.

A late-night crash on the Willamette near Sauvie Island left a woman dead and four adults injured; investigators say it’s too early to know what caused the crash.