http://news.yahoo.com/Local News Portland Tribune via Yahoo! News.5en-USCopyright (c) 2012 Yahoo! Inc. All rights reserved2475687PortlandPortlandOROregonA vigilant homeowner is being credited with ending a string of arson fires in Southeast Portland commited by teenagers skipping out of a church youth group. According to Portland Fire & Rescue, the homeowner was working in his garage when he heard kids running down the alley behind his home. ...http://www.portlandtribune.com/news/story.php?story_id=1338043438925406002012-05-26T10:57:23-04:00Portland Tribune14109227Portland Tribunehttp://www.portlandtribune.com/http://news.yahoo.com/local/Portland-Tribune-14109227-2475687.htmlThe FBI is investigating a 31-year-old jail inmate for at least one of the recent series of white powder letter mailings. It is unclear whether the FBI suspects Andrew Laud Barnett for any of the others, however. Barnett was in jail in Portland when he possibly mailed a white powder letter to ...http://www.portlandtribune.com/news/story.php?story_id=1338042409828385002012-05-26T10:27:41-04:00Portland Tribune14109227Portland Tribunehttp://www.portlandtribune.com/http://news.yahoo.com/local/Portland-Tribune-14109227-2475687.htmlThe Reynolds School District and its teachers' union have reached a tentative agreement after all-night negotiations. Students will return to school with a 10 a.m. late start on Tuesday after being out of class for a week during the strike, according to district spokeswoman Andrea Watson. Details ...http://www.portlandtribune.com/news/story.php?story_id=1338038511233522002012-05-26T09:27:23-04:00Portland Tribune14109227Portland Tribunehttp://www.portlandtribune.com/http://news.yahoo.com/local/Portland-Tribune-14109227-2475687.htmlReynolds School District officials said they intended to reopen school on Tuesday as the School Board and union representatives worked into the evening Friday to settle their long-running contract dispute. Both sides in the Reynolds School District teachers contract dispute were “making ...http://www.portlandtribune.com/news/story.php?story_id=1338000258344840002012-05-25T23:12:23-04:00Portland Tribune14109227Portland Tribunehttp://www.portlandtribune.com/http://news.yahoo.com/local/Portland-Tribune-14109227-2475687.htmlTualatin Valley Fire & Rescue and Tigard Police investigators have determined that a fatal fire Thursday evening at a Tigard apartment complex was accidental. The fire started in a bed and was most likely caused by smoker carelessness, according to fire district officials. The fire claimed ...http://www.portlandtribune.com/news/story.php?story_id=1337923357334903002012-05-25T19:42:23-04:00Portland Tribune14109227Portland Tribunehttp://www.portlandtribune.com/http://news.yahoo.com/local/Portland-Tribune-14109227-2475687.html