Oregon

PORTLAND, Ore. (KTVZ) -- COVID-19 has claimed three more lives in Oregon, raising the state’s death toll to 260, along with 436 new cases, 33 in Central Oregon, the Oregon Health Authority reported Sunday. OHA reported 436 new confirmed and presumptive cases of COVID-19 as of 12:01 a.m. Sunday, bringing the state total to 14,579…

CLOSE Federal agents in green camouflage uniforms have been taking into custody people in the streets of Portland, not close to federal property that they were sent to protect. Portland Mayor Ted Wheeler called it "an attack on our democracy." (July 17) AP DomesticPortland, Oregon, police declared a gathering Saturday night a riot after hundreds of demonstrators who…

Oregon Gov. Kate Brown is seen in an Oregonian/OregonLive file photo.Mark Graves/FileThe Oregon Health Authority reported 353 new confirmed and presumptive coronavirus cases and three deaths on Saturday.Saturday’s count marks the third consecutive day that state officials have reported 300 or more cases.The streak began on Thursday when the health authority reported a record-breaking case…

SALEM — Heather Griggs presses a phone to her ear in a makeshift office in the small brick courthouse that once served as a jail in rural Pendleton, a place best known for its annual rodeo.Her assured tone masks her exhaustion when she tells the person on the other end that they may have been…

PORTLAND, Ore. — The Oregon attorney general filed a lawsuit late Friday night alleging that the federal government had violated Oregonians’ civil rights by seizing and detaining them without probable cause during protests against police brutality in the past week.The legal action comes after days of intensifying clashes between the Trump administration and Portland officials,…