Oregon suspect accused of torturing woman released day he arrived at Nevada prison

A man who is the subject of a police search in Oregon following a violent kidnapping last week was released from custody by Nevada prison officials in October 2021 on the same day he was transferred to the state's custody to serve a kidnapping sentence, authorities said Monday.

Jury awards $1 million to Oregon woman who was told 'I don't serve Black people'

A jury awarded an Oregon woman $1 million in damages after finding she was discriminated against by a gas station worker who told her, "I don’t serve Black people."

Four show dogs taken in stolen van reunited with their owners

A Woodinville family was reunited with their four dogs that were stolen along with a van on Saturday in Portland.

Nonprofit group seeks reintroduction of sea otters along West Coast

A nonprofit group that aims to protect endangered species has asked the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to reintroduce sea otters to a stretch of the West Coast from Northern California to Oregon.

Man accused of chewing off man’s ear on Oregon train said victim was a robot

A man accused of chewing off the ear of a 78-year-old man on a light-rail train platform near Portland, Oregon, told detectives he thought the victim was a robot trying to kill him, police said.

Video shows woman push 3-year-old girl off platform and onto train tracks

Surveillance video captured the horrifying moment when a woman jumped up and shoved a toddler off of a light rail platform and onto the train tracks.

Oregon Gov. Kate Brown commutes all 17 of state’s death sentences

The governor is using her clemency powers to commute the sentences that take effect Wednesday. Oregon has not held an execution since 1997.

Feds: Power substations under attack in Washington, Oregon

Power companies and authorities are on high alert after reports of physical attacks at substations in Oregon and Washington.

Oregon high court won’t let voter gun control measure begin

Oregon’s tough, voter-approved gun control law remains temporarily blocked after the Oregon Supreme Court declined to overturn an earlier decision preventing the measure from taking effect Thursday.

Two women accused of murdering man in Oregon's Tillamook State Forest caught in Nevada

Two women wanted in connection with the murder of a 52-year-old man who was found dead at a campsite in Oregon’s Tillamook State Forest last week have been captured and arrested in Nevada, authorities said Monday.

Pediatric respiratory cases, flu strain Pacific Northwest hospitals

Children’s hospitals in the Pacific Northwest are struggling to maintain enough space for their young patients, and some report being over capacity amid increasing strain due to a surge in respiratory illness and hospitalizations.