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Victims of Oregon’s historic wildfires face tough tradeoffs: To rebuild or leave?
“For a lot of us in the canyon, this is the risk we assume to live here,” says Detroit Mayor Jim Trett. Oregon is pushing people to take precautions.
Portland metro Monday weather: Heat slowly tapers off after record-setting week
The high will still be above seasonal norms, but several degrees cooler than the scorching heat that has baked the state for the last week.
Portland climate emergency plan lays out priorities to cut carbon emissions
The resolution should act as a roadmap for commissioners to refer to as each of the projects identified in the plan come to the city council with funding requests.
Images of new family of wolves caught on trail cam in central Oregon
“It’s so exciting to see these pups and their parents roaming free and healthy," a wolf advocate said.
After wet spring, all of Oregon now in fire season, officials say
“Don’t be lulled into complacency because of the weather.”
How to get a tree in Portland
The city offers a few options for residents looking for free trees.
With Portland’s canopy dwindling, city ends street tree-planting contract with Friends of Trees
Residents, as they have for more than a decade, will no longer be able to request a tree from the nonprofit and have it planted in front of their homes.
Man charged with assault after unprovoked attack on 2 men in downtown Portland
The two men had been waiting for a bus at the stop when Keffer White began to yell at the two men, made fun of them for being elderly and attacked them, a deputy district attorney wrote in an affidavit.
What the heat dome tells us about Oregon’s future climate
The events that led to the June 2021 heat dome are unlikely to occur again any time soon, but dangerous temperatures could be more common in coming decades unless drastic cuts to greenhouse gas emissions happen soon, research indicates.
Man shot and killed in Southeast Portland, police say
No arrests were made and police did not say whether they had identified any suspects.
Police investigating man’s death in NE Portland as homicide
Police did not say whether the man was suffering from any visible injuries or how he may have died, but homicide investigators have taken over the case.
Young people’s mental health suffering as climate change worsens, Oregon report says
“There is this notion that this younger generation is so motivated to fix this problem, but it's not a problem we want to fix by ourselves. It's a burden.”
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