A 23-year-old man reported being struck with a firearm in northeast Salem; police arrested two adults and a juvenile and say a gun was recovered.

Salem says new DHS/FEMA grant terms that bar DEI and demand immigration cooperation threaten more than $1M in storm-recovery funding and could stall urgent repairs.

A ballot initiative to create a participatory budgeting program in Portland cleared a procedural step this week. If approved, it would give residents a binding vote over roughly 2% of the city’s discretionary budget.

Three people were killed and one was injured in an early Saturday wrong-way head-on crash on SR 503 near Battle Ground, troopers said.

OHSU and collaborators mapped parasite peptides presented by HLA‑E that could let T‑cells provide cross‑species protection — a possible route to a universal malaria vaccine.

The Portland police union president told Lents neighbors that proposed budget cuts to PS3s, training and fleet will reduce patrols and slow responses in East Portland.

Payroll records show Washington County paid about $232 million in 2025; overtime and a planned pension pickup are adding new pressure to the budget.

A Portland woman who mentored people in recovery was sentenced to three years in federal prison after a 2023 raid found fentanyl, meth and dozens of firearms at her home.

Cloudy Friday clears into sunshine and highs near 806F ahead of Fourth of July; Small Craft Advisories hit coastal waters SaturdaySunday.

The Oregon Air National Guard’s 142nd Wing will fly F-15 jets across Portland-area communities this Saturday; morning passes and safety notes are posted.

Dashcam shows a young black bear running through Wilsonville late Monday as officers guided it toward the Willamette River. Wildlife officials say yearlings often roam this time of year.

Multnomah County's inspections handed out several perfect 100s and flagged a hand‑washing lapse at Bamboo Sushi that dropped it into the 80s.

A man's body was pulled from the Willamette River north of the Steel Bridge Wednesday; the Multnomah County dive team recovered the remains and the medical examiner will identify them.