A federal judge sentenced a Gresham man who used his own sexually abused children to create pornography to 50 years in federal prison Monday, Nov. 9. Mark Allyn Hoffman, 36, pleaded guilty to two counts of producing child pornography. U.S. District Judge Robert E. Jones called the case one of the ... Full Story »
TriMet is shaving a few minutes off nearly two dozen bus routes to save about $3.5 million in its 2009-10 budget. The changes, which go into effect Nov. 29, will cut two to four minutes from the frequency from the bus lines during off-peak hours. The changes should help TriMet close a gap in its ... Full Story »
University of Oregon running back LeGarrette Blount will suit up for the Ducks when they play host to Arizona State on Saturday night. The Ducks have reinstated Blount, a senior who was suspended after a postgame incident in the season-opening loss at Boise State. Blount missed eight games but ... Full Story »
The city of Beaverton is the latest local government to jump on one of the region’s hottest issues: chickens. If a new ordinance is approved sometime early next year, the city could begin allowing residents to have up to four chickens — no roosters, though — in secure backyard ... Full Story »
A Clackamas County woman was arrested after a night of hot-tubbing and a fall down a bank into chilly Johnson Creek. According to the Clackamas County Sheriff's Office, Amy Marie Brandt, 32, spent part of late Saturday night in an outdoor hot tub at a house along the creek at 7235 S.E. ... Full Story »
Police arrested a Gresham woman this afternoon for falsely claiming to have been stabbed and robbed Saturday night. Shannon R. Kelley, also known as Shannon Dove, 36, is being held on $5,000 bail on allegations of initiating a false police report, improper use of 9-1-1 and second-degree disorderly ... Full Story »
A sagging piece of the Eastbank Esplanade was closed Friday until it can be repaired. Portland Parks and Recreation said the 400-foot-long section about a half-mile north of the Hawthorne Bridge is along a popular route that parallels the Willamette River. An adjacent route is available along the ... Full Story »
Several Portland-area streets are closed or clogged with high water because of the heavy rain that swept through the region most of Saturday. Almost an inch of rain fell in the region during about six hours Saturday, according to the National Weather Service. In Portland, the city’s Bureau ... Full Story »
STANFORD, Calif. — Stanford started fast and never let up, as the offense pounded Oregon all day and the Cardinal upset the Ducks 51-42 Saturday at Stanford Stadium. Toby Gerhart rushed for 213yards and three scores, and freshman quarterback Andrew Luck added two touchdown passes and kept ... Full Story »
The last of three Los Angeles men has been sentenced in the 2007 violent armed robbery of a Raleigh Hills U S Bank branch. U.S. District Court Judge James Redden sentenced Trayvon Mike Betterson, 24, of Los Angeles on Nov. 3 to nearly nine years in federal prison for his role in the armed robbery ... Full Story »
Two women formerly employed as principals by the Reynolds School District are suing it, as well as Superintendent Robert Fisher, claiming he coerced them into resigning their positions because they refused to pay back health benefit reimbursements the district claimed they received in error. Susan ... Full Story »
Compared to the slickly produced, in-your-face programming on the hundreds of cable TV channels out there, MetroEast Community Media’s do-it-yourself, public affairs-oriented offerings are, by comparison, a murmur. That doesn’t make its services any less important than 25 years ago, ... Full Story »
Dale Schleuter, an original Portland Trail Blazer, is the opening speaker on Saturday, Nov. 7, for Toastmaster District 7's Leadership '09 Conference at Memorial Coliseum. The Toastmasters group is inviting veterans to participate at a discounted entry fee of $25. The general public can attend for ... Full Story »
The staff of the Columbia River Crossing has begun briefing elected officials, transportation planners and others about possible changes to reduce the cost of the replacement Interstate 5 bridge project between Portland and Vancouver, Wash. A number of people familiar with the briefings said the ... Full Story »
The discovery of what appeared to be explosives in a traveler’s bag closed Portland International Airport’s lobby early Friday morning. The case has been forwarded to the Multnomah County district attorney’s office, the FBI and the U.S. attorney’s office for possible ... Full Story »
A wheelchair-bound Gresham woman who lured teens with booze and marijuana, then had sex with them, will spend five years on probation. Jennifer Lynn Wills, 30, of Gresham pleaded no contest on Wednesday, Nov. 4, to seven charges of third-degree sex abuse, contributing to the sexual delinquency of ... Full Story »
A Wheeler County grand jury on Thursday chose not to indict members of a Scappoose family involved in last month's shooting of a northeast Portland man while hunting near the John Day River, according to a Friday morning announcement by Wheeler County District Attorney Daniel Ousley. Witnesses at ... Full Story »
A jewelry store owner returned home from work Wednesday evening to find his family tied up and armed robbers demanding jewelry from his Beaverton store, deputies said. The robbers stole everything they could get their hands on at Ari Diamonds at Beaverton-Hillsdale Highway and Scholls Ferry Road, ... Full Story »
The national unemployment rate jumped in October to 10.2 percent from 9.8 percent in September, the federal Bureau of Labor Statistics reported Friday. It was the largest percentage increase in unemployment since April 1983. Oregon will report its October unemployment rate in mid-November. The ... Full Story »
Portland police made a grisly discovery Thursday morning when they found the bodies of a woman and a 4-year-old boy in a Southeast Portland home who were the apparent victims of a murder-suicide. Police found the bodies at about 10 a.m. at a house in the 1000 block of Southeast 123rd Avenue. ... Full Story »
A group of environmental organizations wants to toss out the proposed massive Columbia River Crossing bridge project and start over. The organizations said Thursday that Oregon and Washington officials should scrap plans for an estimated $4 billion, 12-lane Interstate 5 bridge across the Columbia ... Full Story »
While city officials and the police union wrangle over possible suspensions for two officers involved in James Chasse Jr.’s 2006 death, city Auditor LaVonne Griffin-Valade is taking the unusual step of hiring an outside consultant to review police actions in the case. Griffin-Valade said her ... Full Story »
Portland police and FBI investigators arrested a man Wednesday afternoon they think is a suspect in the “Fantasia Bandit” robberies. Police took 41-year-old Franklin Aaron Bearcub into custody at about 2 p.m. on an outstanding probation violation warrant following a freeway chase ... Full Story »
The serial robber dubbed the "Fantasia Bandit" may be in custody. Portland Police arrested 44-year-old Franklin Bearcub for allegedly robbing the Home Street Bank on Northwest 23rd and the Albina Community Bank on Northeaset 57th and Sandy. Bearcub also led officers on a high-speed chase ... Full Story »
Costs from the $110 million Lake Oswego Interceptor Sewer project will require another sewer rate hike beginning July 1, 2010. The Lake Oswego City Council heard the results of a rate analysis done by FCS Group last week. The rates will likely be discussed again at an annual study session on ... Full Story »
A morning moonset peeks through the autumn foliage near Bradfordton, Ill. AP Photo/Seth Perlman
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