Oregon cities are adding or increasing utility fees to pay for police officers, roads and streetlights
Facing budget shortfalls, a growing number of Oregon cities are turning to utility fees to raise money. City leaders set the rates and decide where the money goes.
Oregon cop who creeped out teen working at Dutch Bros. pleads guilty to official misconduct
The Scappoose officer ran the 17-year-old girl's name through a state law enforcement database from his car outside the ...
Tacoma is latest WA city to call for decriminalizing ‘magic mushrooms’
The Tacoma City Council passed a resolution supporting statewide decriminalization of plant- and fungi-based psychedelics.
Her nude photos spread like wildfire across tiny town. She was horrified when she discovered who was behind it
Haley Olson was arrested in Jan. 2019 for the possession of marijuana in Idaho/ She allowed the state police to view her phone's content, not knowing it would later get around her local sheriff's.
Republicans propose to 'modernize' Oregon's sanctuary laws by creating broad exceptions
Under HB 3551, state and local law enforcement could work with federal immigration authorities on violent felonies, felony ...
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Tensions Bubble in Old Town Over Who Gets to Decide What Progress Looks Like
In recent years, as Old Town and Chinatown have borne the brunt of Portland’s overlapping crises of homelessness, drug abuse and mental illness, groups have sometimes butted heads over who gets to ...
Ruling revitalizes Oregon police power to seize money and property through civil forfeiture
“The Yamhill County Sheriff’s Office have always endeavored to implement civil forfeiture consistently with Oregon and federal law, and we are pleased that the Oregon Supreme Court confirmed the ...