A state House committee heard brief testimony Wednesday but took no action on a bill that would make coaches personally liable for the university's legal fees and other costs if they "intentionally or recklessly" commit a major NCAA rules violation.
Some Portland Community College hopefuls got into nursing school for 24 hours, but then the school took back its offer.
A man listed as a registered predatory sex offender is living just hundreds of feet from an elementary school.
The search for Susan Powell led detectives to Scotts Mills on Tuesday in Marion County, according to a law enforcement source. On Thursday morning, searchers concluded the search after finding nothing.
Mike Powell, deputy chief with west valley city police out of utah: police have completed the ground search. did not find her. they will be returning to Utah. they are near the point they are exhausting all leads. 15 to 20 investigators in total.
The city has extended the deadline to pay Portland's art tax indefinitely after an overwhelming number of people paying the tax online crashed the city's online payment system.
The man who police said committed a "lewd act" on a TriMet bus has a history of disturbing behavior and has been in and out of jail for several years, court records and interviews with prosecutors show.
More than 300 law enforcement officers have arrested dozens of people in raids described as an effort to dismantle a drug and weapons distribution ring uncovered after a double killing last year in Klamath County.
Oregon House Speaker Tina Kotek is backing off her refusal to allow steeper cuts to public-employee retirement benefits.
Police arrested a Portland man who they said held a man and woman at knifepoint and stabbed the man early Tuesday morning.
Newly obtained 911 calls from panicked neighbors show just how terrifying last week's bulldozer rampage in Port Angeles really was.
A 17-year-old pedestrian was seriously injured Wednesday morning after being hit by a car, Vancouver police said.
A Monroe Reformatory inmate convicted of aggravated murder for strangling a prison guard was sentenced to death Wednesday by a Snohomish County jury.
A man died Tuesday night after police say his car hit a telephone pole and plummeted down an embankment in Southwest Portland.
Medford police say there are up to 20 suspects in an identity-theft ring that hit about 800 mailboxes in Jackson County
A Pasco baby is being treated for rabies after it was bitten by a rabid bat on the deck of her grandparents' home.
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Predatory sex offender not breaking law by living near school (Video)
Search of Oregon property for Susan Powell is suspended (Photo Gallery) (Video)
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Dozens arrested in takedown of Oregon drugs-and-guns ring (Photo Gallery)
Ore. House speaker opens door to more pension cuts
Police: Man held 2 at knifepoint, stabbed man during fight
911 caller: 'You better get some cops up here with some guns' (Photo Gallery) (Video)
Washington inmate sentenced to death for killing prison guard