2021: THE OREGONIAN (365)

JANUARY

Oregon health care worker hospitalized after severe reaction to Moderna coronavirus vaccine

Live update: Oregon Ducks vs. Iowa State Cyclones in Fiesta Bowl

Man accused of striking officer with stolen truck escapes from Portland Police headquarters

Flir, one of Oregon’s last homegrown technology companies, sells for $8 billion

55 homicides in Portland in 2020 — the most in 26 years — involved victims from 8 months old to 71

Protest set for Oregon Capitol as Trump stages DC rally, lawmakers convene to confirm Electoral College vote

Oregon’s lone Republican in Congress votes to overturn election after pro-Trump mob storms Capitol

Governor to deploy Oregon National Guard to speed up coronavirus vaccinations; educators to be next in line for a shot

14 Zip codes with the most new coronavirus cases in Oregon

What went wrong and how we fix it: Oregon’s sluggish rollout of COVID-19 vaccinations

Heavy police presence at Oregon Capitol as lawmakers convene

Mike Nearman, Oregon state representative, told to resign by House speaker after letting rioters into Capitol

1 missing amid landslides, flash flooding in Columbia River Gorge

Portland Public Schools may bring limited students back into classrooms later this month

Federal promise of reserve COVID vaccines proves false, jeopardizing Oregon teachers, seniors

Oregon lawmakers plan to prioritize pandemic and wildfire recovery, racial justice in 2021 session

Bankruptcy turns high-stakes fertility treatment into financial quagmire for patients at OHSU and many other clinics

As Portland parents watch for new school reopening guidelines, some push for relaxed rules while other say ‘not so fast’

Kyle Brewster, convicted in notorious 1988 hate crime killing, seen at pro-Trump rallies in Salem, Portland

Inauguration 2021: Joe Biden sworn in as president, makes call for unity; Donald Trump leaves D.C. (live updates)

Portlanders protest, celebrate; Capitol stays quiet: Looking back on Inauguration Day in Oregon

Watchdog: Why Oregon senior citizens have one of longest waits in country for COVID-19 vaccinations

3 big things that went wrong with Oregon’s COVID vaccine rollout – and 2 things getting better

Lloyd Center on the brink as businesses depart en masse

Bing Russell embraced Portland’s wild, weird 1970s — and enticed Elvis with Mavericks, Big League dreams

Driver suspected of killing SE Portland pedestrian, injuring 5 others remains hospitalized

Police accuse 64-year-old man of murder in deadly Southeast Portand hit-and-run rampage

Doctor recalls how community rushed to aid woman killed in hit-and-run rampage

Portlanders named in ‘kill list’ work to move forward as sender remains unknown

Portland protests shape District Attorney Mike Schmidt’s young tenure: Now what?

When a call goes out to move critically ill COVID-19 patients, this Portland team goes into action

FEBRUARY

Who is performing the halftime show at Super Bowl 55?

Portland teen was walking to corner store to get chips when he was stabbed and killed in NE Portland, family says

Overpromises mean it could be months before all of Oregon’s teachers are vaccinated for COVID-19

Providence offered insiders early access to COVID-19 vaccine

‘We have counties in deep trouble’: Oregon lawmakers seek to reverse timber tax cuts that cost communities billions

Mount Hood Land swap achieves new milestone, generates new controversy

How a deadly Portland hit-and-run rampage unfolded

How to schedule COVID-19 vaccines in Oregon as seniors 80 and older become eligible 

Online havoc, disconnected phone calls on 1st day Oregonians 80+ eligible to schedule COVID-19 vaccinations

Select Oregon pharmacies to begin scheduling coronavirus vaccine appointments this week

Snowplows? Check. Deicer and salt? Check. ODOT, PBOT ready to take on snowy icy roads around Portland

Snow in Portland: Morning brings a layer across region, but more on the way (live updates)

Winter storm to continue through Sunday morning; more snow, ice expected (updates)

Ice storm warning issued for Portland area as snow gives way to freezing rain

Ice storm warning in effect for Portland area after snowy weekend

Three freezing days since they lost power, Oregonians want back to the future of hot showers and fully-charged cell phones

Portland police officers guard Fred Meyer dumpsters, face off with residents seeking discarded food

Fraught scene over discarded food at Fred Meyer highlights hunger, challenges of distribution in storm

Some Oregon school districts let top administrators, office employees who don’t work with children sign up for vaccine appointments

Oregon 3rd to last in COVID vaccination rate for seniors, among 31 states with data

Can utilities prevent the next extreme power outages Oregon experienced in last week’s ice storm? Maybe, but at a cost

Rep. Diego Hernandez, facing expulsion vote, resigns from Oregon Legislature: report

Bumpiest rollout yet: Portland-area seniors run into big problems signing up for COVID vaccine appointments Monday

How to get by without power for 12 days in Oregon: Help from neighbors, a wood stove and meatloaf

Stimulus payments will increase tax bill for nearly 900,000 Oregonians – lawmakers consider a fix

Oregonians age 45 and older with underlying conditions can get COVID vaccine March 29 — general population by July 1

Could Measure 11’s mandatory prison sentences disappear?

COVID-19’s disparate toll on Oregon, one year later

MARCH

COVID vaccine appointments open to Oregonians 65 and older Monday: Tips and troubleshooting

Oregon voices: What has a year of COVID-19 taught you?

‘Vile racist’ taunts incite fight at Oklahoma high school basketball game

Portland police ‘unwittingly helped arrest a man based on a deeply flawed criminal investigation,’ review of Michael Fesser case finds

Alcohol tax would greatly expand addiction treatment in Oregon, but opponents say the state should use existing taxes

Oregon remains outlier with no COVID contact tracing app, no firm timetable to launch program

‘Vaccine purgatory:’ Uncertainty, angst cloud new COVID vaccine scheduling system in Portland area

A timber lobbyist called our investigation ‘completely bogus.’ We have the receipts to show it’s not

Hiker survives 100-foot fall the day before 25th birthday: ‘It kind of felt like I was having a dream’

COVID-19 variants and what they mean for Oregon

Yes, most Oregon employers can require you to get the COVID-19 vaccine. But most probably won’t.

What you can, cannot do in Multnomah County under ‘moderate risk’ starting Friday

13 arrested after police kettle over 100 protesters in Portland’s Pearl District

How NCAA Tournament will work for participating teams: Protocols, logistics for ‘controlled environment’

Teachers in Portland Public Schools tentatively agree to begin teaching in person on April 1

‘You are not helping.’ Black community leaders join mayor in denouncing anarchist-related vandalism

Portland police union president resigns over ‘serious’ mistake related to hit-run report that named Commissioner Jo Ann Hardesty in error

Oregon sports fans can return for outdoor events such as Portland Timbers, Thorns games, but with capacity limits

Portland police waged ‘crime war’ in 1947 with roving shotgun squads, bridge blockades, but violence raged on

Canzano: Oregon State makes NCAA Tournament win look easy, but we know otherwise, don’t we?

Pandemic upended life for Oregon’s workers and exposed stark disparities

Canzano: Oregon State basketball climbing mountains on the way to the Sweet 16

Portland apartment construction faces steep falloff, outpacing other cities

Outbreaks continue in some Oregon senior care homes after vaccination clinics. Why?

2 Oregon brothers arrested on federal charges stemming from alleged role in U.S. Capitol riot

Oregon frontline workers to be eligible for coronavirus vaccine April 5

In Portland, some neighborhood associations assist homeless residents, rather than rally to eject them

Other utilities cut power to reduce Labor Day fire risks. Pacific Power did not. Now it may face the consequences

Dueling demonstrators clash at Oregon Capitol; several detained, including man who pulled gun

Oregon lawmakers exploring wiping out stimulus tax penalty, but refunds could take months

Portland woman found dead after telling police she feared for her life

APRIL

How one native family on the Columbia river copes with COVID-19 loss a year later (video)

Oregon should ‘start raising a ruckus’ over apparent unequal COVID-19 vaccine allocation from feds, state official says

Analysis: Students in whiter, more affluent Portland-area districts get more classroom time than their Black, Latino peers

Bethel AME Portland celebrates ‘Easter faith in a Good Friday world’

‘Overworked, overwhelmed and burned out’: Why Portland cops say they’re leaving in droves

Longtime Portland park ranger: ‘We are not the police of the parks, period, and we’re not going to be, period.’

Nike contractors file $100 million in liens over headquarters expansion

In Oregon, more than 1 in 3 public school students now get regular classroom instruction

Is Oregon ready to open the floodgates for COVID-19 vaccinations April 19?

‘Why do we only have 100 people planning to come?’ Some rural counties still battle vaccine hesitancy

Travelers slow to return to downtown Portland hotels

Parents want to save Portland Children’s Museum and Opal School, but it may be too late

Downtown Portland parks at center of racial justice protests to undergo $150K restoration

‘Critical for HUD to act’: agency watchdog says public housing tenants need radon protections

Portlanders ask city for more flexible sewer requirements for RVs and tiny homes

‘Gut-wrenching’ disparity seen in Portland area’s disproportionately wealthy, white vaccine rollout

Portland protesters light fires, smash downtown windows; police declare riot

Clackamas River rafting, kayaking will miss popular stretch this summer

Oregon delayed COVID-19 vaccinations for seniors. Here’s how many have died since.

Former AG Eric Holder’s $2,295 an hour rate for OHSU investigation drawing outrage

Police declare unlawful assembly amid downtown Portland protest held after Derek Chauvin conviction

Do unseasonably warm temperatures, spring wildfires foretell devastating Oregon fire season?

$150 million: A guide to proposed Portland homeless spending next year

Oregon has yet to collect any money from businesses fined for flouting COVID-19 safety rules

They were paved over and forgotten for decades. Now a cemetery garden will honor Chinese workers buried in SE Portland

University of Oregon sues ex-campus cop, alleging he lied, withheld evidence in malicious prosecution of Latino bicyclist

‘It looked like a bomb went off.’ Portland man accused of ransacking businesses to steal heaps of metal

What does Oregon’s new indoor dining shutdown mean for restaurants, and how long will it last?

Troubled tree-cutting programs had quotas, no clear standards, whistleblowers tell Oregon lawmakers

How sporting events will be affected as 15 Oregon counties shift to ‘extreme risk’ COVID-19 restrictions

MAY

‘How many more people have to die?’ 82nd Avenue claimed 2 more lives in April

Old Town: As homeless camping increases, business owners and unhoused cry for more help

Longtime Linfield donor resigns from board, ‘appalled’ by firing of professor who held endowed chair in her name

Oregon Gov. Kate Brown to deny exemption requests by Portland Timbers and Thorns to host fans amid heightened COVID-19 restrictions

Oregon to lift indoor dining restrictions because hospitalized COVID-19 patients increased by 14.9%, not 15%

These counties are leading Oregon in COVID-19 vaccination rates (sortable database)

Developer seeks new investors for Ritz-Carlton hotel under construction in downtown Portland

Oregon’s post-fire logging is taking trees that may never be hazards, experts say

Oregon legislators are poised to mandate teacher union say on class size. Portland’s experience suggests it could undermine push for equity

They found a wedding ring on one of their first dates. Now married, they sought the ring’s owner

Where should Oregon’s 6th Congressional district go? Some residents, Republicans suggest the coast

Gov. Kate Brown outlines path to reopening: When 70% of Oregon gets partially vaccinated, she’ll lift most COVID-19 restrictions

Oregon starts COVID-19 vaccinations of youth age 12 to 15 Thursday: Here’s how to get a shot ASAP

Downtown Portland is unsafe and uninviting, residents say in new poll, threatening city’s recovery

Portland’s mayor and City Council please almost no one with their leadership on homelessness, protests

Where else would they go? Portland standoff with homeless campers at Laurelhurst Park dramatizes personal and political costs of inaction

Long lines return to COVID-19 vaccinations clinic at Oregon Convention Center

Massive police response at Legacy Emanuel hospital on report of ‘gang fight’ after shooting victims arrive

Oregon Health Authority Director Patrick Allen loses reelection to Sherwood school board

Mercy Corps co-founder, others affiliated with charity may have abused more children, investigators find

Portland residents anticipate going downtown less often, posing challenges for businesses

What should be done about homelessness in downtown Portland? Poll results show popular solutions

A year of pain, reckoning in Oregon — and in some cases, results

Canzano: Oakland A’s set to come to Portland on a baseball fact-finding mission

Homeless individuals file class actions suit over city of Portland losing their possessions amid encampment razing

Portland police declare riot, arrest 5, as marchers break windows on anniversary of George Floyd’s murder

6 cases of COVID-19 variant B.1.617, first detected in India, have now been found in Oregon

After a year of Portland protests, activists see no end in sight

On the 1-year anniversary of Portland protests, crowd gathers to memorialize George Floyd

Portland protests: Who turned out night after night?

In a forgotten section of a Portland cemetery, volunteers honor the fallen for Memorial Day

JUNE

Man, 37, dies at Rockaway Beach; Coast Guard suspends search for teen swept offshore in Long Beach

Portland to build 6 outdoor homeless shelters by the end of 2021

Tensions escalate in Klamath Falls as southern Oregon water crisis deepens

Portland’s largest downtown employers express commitment to city core as they plan to return to offices

Downtown Portland residents treasured its vibrancy; the pandemic changed everything

‘Nobody’s going to know’: Pandemic isolation strains Oregonians with addictions

4 people dead after Sunday night shooting in SE Portland, police say

Independent expert gives state hazard tree removal program clean bill of health

Two Portland brothers, two marijuana buyers die in gun battle during attempted drug ripoff

Oregon will allow homeless individuals to sleep on public land in all communities

Oregon Rep. Mike Nearman expelled from Legislature in historic 59-1 rebuke

Kip Kinkel: ‘I have tremendous, tremendous guilt…shame for my criminal actions…those will never go away.’

‘Teetering on the edge’: Portland homelessness workers at risk of becoming homeless due to low pay

Portland man who pleaded guilty to setting fire near police precinct gets 5 years in prison

Rural community stands ‘Estacada Strong’ in face of wildfires, pandemic and loss

Oregon’s $100 gift cards motivated people to get COVID-19 shots, state says, and several hundred remain available.

Officers, sergeants resign en masse from Portland’s Rapid Response Team crowd control unit

Double shooting, marijuana robbery results in federal conviction after co-defendants testify against gunman

Rural Lane County residents asked to shelter in place amid search for triple-homicide suspect

Portland’s police chief: ‘It’s tough to move forward when you’re really dealing with a lot of setbacks’

Blazers plan 2nd interview with Hammon, Billups for vacant head coach position: Report

Peltier manhunt led to 1975 Oregon shootout, mystery over another militant’s murder

Hector Calderon, Oregon’s first COVID-19 patient, feared the worst: ‘It was like a truck running over me’

Downsized climate bill earning support, unlike predecessor that led Oregon Republicans to walk out of past legislative sessions

Police shot and killed man outside Motel 6 in NE Portland

Officials issue air quality advisory for Portland, Vancouver and Salem as smog levels expected to jump

Oregon heat wave: Portland expected to record new all-time high temperature Sunday

Hospitals struggle to deal with jammed emergency rooms after exodus of nurses

Portland weather: Ahhh…; high temps drop more than 20 degrees

Oregon is officially open. Here’s what’s different.

JULY

At least 63 people dead in Oregon heat wave

Extreme fire conditions converge ahead of holiday weekend, worrying experts

Oregon proclaims it hit 70% vaccination goal against COVID-19

Oregon’s deadly heat: ‘There will be a next time’

Portlanders apprehensively celebrate a Fourth of July without COVID restrictions – or fireworks

The Obsession, Part 1: Anatomy of a Murder

The Obsession, Part 2: Blood Simple

Woman shot Portland pawn shop owner at home, took off with bags of stolen jewelry, coins, court records allege

Record heat wave scorches crops across Oregon, and drought could worsen loss to growers

Family mourns daughter, 20, killed in hit-and-run as Portland traffic fatalities trend toward another spike

Will pledged reviews of deadly heat wave response prevent deaths next time?

Fired Linfield professor files whistleblower suit against university, seeks $4 million in damages

Former OHSU medical resident says school breached settlement agreement

The case of the mugshot with the missing tattoos concludes on hopeful note: ‘It’s like hitting the lottery’

Gov. Kate Brown all but disappeared during Oregon’s deadly heat wave. Here’s where she spent the hottest day

City consultants call judge-ordered training of Portland Police Bureau’s Rapid Response Team ‘disappointing’

Volleyball practice turns North Portland Park into community gathering space for Pacific Islander families

New NCAA name, image, likeness rules could shift power in college sports, marketing

How home values increased across every Portland neighborhood in past decade

Coronavirus in Oregon: Cases climb 54% in past week

Tax-funded Oregon Forest Resources Institute misled public, may have broken state law, audit finds

Portland power brokers pressured DA Mike Schmidt during private club lunch

Oregon calls for counties to ‘take action now’ to slow resurgent coronavirus

Search continues for ‘person of interest’ in shooting death of Clark County sheriff’s deputy

Farmworkers say Oregon’s limited oversight, lenient fines leave them vulnerable

See how massive Bootleg fire grew into nation’s largest, day by day

Multnomah County recommends vaccinated, unvaccinated people wear masks inside to slow COVID-19

State of Oregon employees required to work in-person during pandemic will get hazard pay of up to $1,550

Vacasa will go public in deal valuing Portland company at $4.5B

Oregon COVID-19 surge continues unabated, state still mum on actions to curb spread

The 5 Oregon counties with the most pot shops per person have 1 thing in common

AUGUST

Oregon school board politics have never been so polarized, partisan and hostile to racial equity

3,500 state workers made more than Gov. Kate Brown; search names, job titles here

State officials kill 2 wolf pups days after authorizing the killing of up to 4 wolves in eastern Oregon 

Portland officials ended safety measures in Old Town’s entertainment district. Then a girl was shot to death.

COVID-19 hospital patients in Oregon surpasses 400, as 100% sequenced cases identified as delta

The Milwaukie Santa fights for his life against COVID

See how vaccination rates compare with COVID cases for all 36 Oregon counties

Lack of air conditioning, wife’s infirmities led to her heat-related death in SE Portland home, husband says

These Oregon school districts had the highest share of in-person learning last spring

NE Portland shooting kills 2, injures several others, police say: ‘It sounded like a war zone’

Here’s what Gov. Kate Brown and health officials said in real time as COVID overtook Oregon

Oregon’s indoor mask mandate takes effect Friday: Governor defends timing of decision

Remote workers and retirees flock to Deschutes County, Oregon’s boomtown – again – in the 2010s

See which ZIP codes are driving Oregon’s rampant surge in coronavirus cases

Coronavirus overtook Oregon. Who should have made ‘tough decisions’?

These are Oregon’s 10 most-popular state parks – and this is why visits plummeted

COVID-19 spread at an outdoor concert. What does that mean for Oregon’s big upcoming events?

Oregon sets new daily record with 2,941 coronavirus cases, hospitalizations up 11% overnight

One Oregon county adopted outdoor masking requirements. Will others follow?

Oregon’s governor makes incremental changes to stem coronavirus surge. Is it enough?

These are the ZIP codes causing Oregon’s record-spike in coronavirus cases

COVID outbreaks in southern Oregon among nation’s worst. What life’s like amid crisis

Shots fired near downtown protest, dueling demonstrators clash violently in NE Portland

Hands-off police strategy during violent Portland clashes confounds critics wins praise from mayor

Oregon to require masks at outdoor public settings starting Friday

Coronavirus in Oregon: 2,777 new cases, 20 deaths, 80 more hospitalized

Oregon ‘constitutional sheriffs’ seize on mask mandates to attack state government’s authority

A look inside a Portland ICU during the struggle to keep COVID-19 patients alive

College students among Oregon Army National Guard soldiers helping overwhelmed hospitals

Man drives off cliff in Columbia River Gorge and survives

Oregon reports 40 new coronavirus deaths and 5,545 additional cases

SEPTEMBER

‘Deal with it:’ Newberg school board’s conservative majority defends banning Pride, Black Lives Matter symbols

Multnomah County caseworkers intercept renters at eviction court in latest aid push

‘Everyone is in crisis’: McKenzie River Valley, centered on its school, rebuilds after a year of grief since Holiday Farm fire

Oregon Ducks vs. Fresno State Bulldogs: Preview time, TV channel, how to watch live stream online

Remembering 9/11: Oregonians who witnessed attacks recall fear, courage on day that changed everything

These are Oregon’s 20 most-popular state parks in 2020; 14 of them have 1 thing in common

Texas lieutenant governor slams ‘dumpster fire’ Portland and it’s ‘depraved’ leaders for planned boycott over state’s abortion law

TV show helps track down man now accused of killing wife in 25-year-old Oregon cold case

City’s partner opts out of redeveloping sprawling downtown Portland post office site

Frustrations over Oregon coast vacation rentals heat up as ballot measure calls for new restrictions

Live updates: No. 12 Oregon Ducks at No. 3 Ohio State Buckeyes

Wildfires rage late into season with hot, dry conditions, but lack bite of 2020 blazes: ‘We really dodged a bullet’

PSU professor resigns, accuses school of becoming ‘social justice factory’

NE Portland residents awakened to more than 100 gunshots fired from multiple cars along Parkrose street

Wildfire smoke latest climate crisis to hit southern Oregon

‘We have a little girl here, and she doesn’t have her people’: COVID kills parents of 8-year-old

What Oregon schools are telling and not telling parents about COVID-19 cases

These are Oregon’s best and worst high school football 6A programs over past decade

Yamhill Commissioner Mary Starrett miscounts breakthrough COVID-19 deaths, refuses to concede inaccurate conclusion

Portland homeless camp complaints: These neighborhoods had the most and least

Newberg elementary school staff member comes to work in blackface to protest vaccine mandate

Dutch Bros fans find themselves locked out of IPO until after shares surge

Grand Ronde tribe reclaims Willamette Falls, as work begins to tear down Oregon City mill

‘I need your prayers’: a final voyage for TriMet bus driver with COVID-19

Oregon kids now more likely to have coronavirus infections than elderly age groups

Tigard high football fans display Pride, Black Lives Matter banners to protest Newberg school board’s proposed ban

More than 400,000 Oregonians identify as having more than 1 race. See the most common combinations

Oregon’s redistricting maps official, after lawmakers pass them, Gov. Kate Brown signs off

Newberg school board adopts policy banning Pride, Black Lives Matter symbols in classrooms

Oregon group targets local politicians for COVID-19 misinformation, calls them ‘villains’

OCTOBER

Portland announces locations for new homeless villages

From Lake Oswego to North Portland: See how regional home prices have grown since 1999

Firefighters say they’re swamped by calls for routine care from senior homes, setting off political battle

Map: Look up how partisan your new legislative, congressional districts are in Oregon

Coronavirus cases fall for fifth straight week in Oregon; down 36% from summer summit

68 people have been killed so far this year in Portland amid a stunning wave of gun violence

Early arguments against Oregon’s vaccine mandate have slim chance of success, Appeals Court says

Oregon politician says ‘ask God’ about COVID-19 vaccination, ‘you can’t trust doctors’

‘Dying right in front of our eyes:’ toll mounts in one of Oregon’s busiest COVID ICUs

Under the gun: Read stories of those who died; see Portland’s most violent streets

Hate crime statistics are rising in Oregon; why that’s not the whole story

Republicans sue to block Democrats’ ‘obvious, extreme, partisan gerrymander’ of Oregon congressional districts

Kicker rebate finalized: Oregonians will get 17% of their 2020 state income taxes back

‘You told me it wasn’t working!’ Man killed older brother in accidental shooting in Portland’s first homicide of 2021

Chaotic scene at site of suspected catalytic converter theft led to death of Christina Gomez, 24, family says

Oregon’s vaccine mandate kicks in Monday for thousands of workers. What happens now?

Portland police chief notes ‘grim milestone: More than 1,000 documented shootings in 2021

They were supposed to get married in Vegas in 3 weeks. Then he tried to stop a suspected car prowler.

While woman buys milk at 7-Eleven, boyfriend is shot outside

‘We need justice’: Families of Jennifer Garcia and Charlie Borbon-Lopez wait for answers

SE Portland killing of brothers-in-law leaves ‘two families with more questions than answers’

Neighbor helped track down alleged killer of Breauna White, one of 4 suspected domestic violence victims this year

Which Oregon jobs bounced back from the pandemic recession – and which haven’t?

Oregon behavioral health providers warn of ‘collapse’ of system to treat children

Look up how many Portland shootings happened near your home on this map

Portland man killed two people in Old Town apartment building while under the influence of meth, records say

Portland school board meeting temporarily shut down by unmasked anti-vax protesters

Tyson Morlock, fatally stabbed by friend, one of several killed in 2021 while living on Portland streets

West Linn riverfront mansion unfinished for 25 years, back on auction block starting at $3.25 million

Oregon’s vaccine mandate? Some employers granted exceptions to every worker who asked

What happened to Brandi? Mom struggles to understand how daughter died on Portland nonprofit’s watch

NOVEMBER

Portland police firing of Taser stun gun ineffective half of the time, prompting instructors to reassess their use

COVID vaccine for kids could be available Friday in Oregon: What to know

Analysis finds property owners in Portland’s most diverse, gentrifying areas hardest hit by code violation fines

Oregon OKs COVID-19 vaccinations for younger kids, but most doses haven’t arrived yet

Body donated to science dissected in front of paying audience at Portland hotel

Canzano: Trail Blazers GM Neil Olshey’s tired bully act should have been over long ago

Why does Google need so much water in The Dalles, and where’s it coming from?

Why Portland has fewer cops now than any point in past 30 years

The Dalles OKs contentious water deal to cool Google’s data centers

Newberg school board fires superintendent as tensions heighten over ban on political symbols

Prosper Portland approves $13 million Centennial Mills sale

Intel, Oregon’s largest employer, sets vaccine deadline for U.S. workers

The surprising statistic about rising income in Oregon,  and why economists are flummoxed

An elite school vaccinated 70% of students as families elsewhere scrambled for COVID shots

Why your Portland property taxes climbed this much: You voted for it

Judge orders Portland to release list of personnel numbers assigned to police officers

‘It’s traumatizing’: Portland residents describe frightening moments during recent spike in carjackings

Equity agreement in doubt after developer pulls out of Broadway Corridor development

Dumpling house Dough Zone plans Portland riverfront opening in former Lucier space

Zillow got out of house flipping: what’s it going to do with all these Portland homes?

‘I feel like I lost everything’: In Southern Oregon, hard hit by COVID-19 delta wave, families reckon with loss

Portland’s Black population grew in the last decade, but that’s not the whole story

New Portland homeless village site announced on west side

Portland woman, 29, killed by ex-boyfriend who escaped from federal custody 2 months ago, documents show

Coronavirus in Oregon: Health experts predict continued decline in hospitalizations

A conservation group just bought 35,000 acres of Columbia River basin timberland. Now what?

Emails show Newberg school board chair rushing decision on interim superintendent with little public notice

Oregon will fail its climate goals if ODOT acts on big freeway projects, environmentalists say

Here’s why more Portlanders are giving birth after turning 30 than ever before

Portland teachers union proposes self-taught Fridays for high schoolers, says educators need more planning time

DECEMBER

Safe, low-cost antidepressant pill prevents COVID-19 patients from developing severe symptoms, studies show

Mother arrested in killing of girl found dead on Lincoln County riverbank; companion also faces murder charges

Grand jury indicts private security guard in fatal shooting of customer outside North Portland Lowe’s

Portland shootings: Gunfire erupts most during these hours

Paid leave for Oregon workers, hyped years ago as a progressive win, is far behind schedule due to lack of urgency, oversight, nimble technology moves

Mario Cristobal leaving Oregon Ducks for Miami

Oregon lawmakers, Gov. Kate Brown exercised little oversight over tardy efforts to launch paid leave

Omicron is coming: What will Oregon do?

Man fires shots into crowd in Portland’s Old Town Chinatown; 1 hurt

OHSU president apologizes after former AG Eric Holder’s firm finds school fails to properly investigate misconduct

Canzano: Timbers run to MLS Cup match makes you believe in Portland again

Portland awarded $12M clean energy contract to executive with long history of financial misdeeds, unpaid taxes

Why a disproportionate number of Native American, Black children remain in Oregon foster care despite leaders’ efforts at change

Jo Ann Hardesty sues city’s police union, former president and an officer for $5 million

Clackamas County pays $45,000 to settle lawsuit alleging white deputy pinned down Black 12-year-old with knee to neck

Man who tried kidnapping child in Pearl District linked to ‘second concerning incident,’ police say

Fred Meyer, QFC workers begin weeklong strike

‘Awash in guns’: How the illegal gun market is thriving in Portland

Laid off, burned out or longing for change, Oregonians shake up careers in pandemic

These are the most popular bottles of booze at your liquor store, and why sales spike each December

Intel tells unvaccinated employees they face unpaid leave in April

Oregon’s vaccinated brace for wave of breakthrough COVID-19 infections

Will Portland get a white Christmas? Here’s what forecasters are saying now about snow chances

How much snow and cold could be headed to the Portland area after Christmas? 4 local weather experts weigh in

Oregon braces for snow: See how much you could get in your area with our interactive snowfall forecast map

Snow falls across Portland as a white Boxing Day greets the Pacific Northwest

Monday’s snow, slick roads delay agency, city office openings across Portland area

Tuesday’s falling snow, slick roads delay agency, city office openings across Portland area

Brother mourns man found dead inside N. Portland tent: ‘We don’t know why someone would do this to him’

Northwest Travel Guide 2022: Hikes, road trips and getaways around the region

From hate crimes to cold medicine, many new Oregon laws take effect Jan. 1

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