Cliven Bundy, patriarch of the family responsible for the 40-plus-day standoff at the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge, made his first appearance in U.S. District Court in Portland at 1:30 pm today. He faces several charges related to a 2014 standoff at his ranch in Nevada. The charges listed on the complaint filed Thursday morning in […]
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Update: The Malheur Refuge Standoff IS FINALLY OVER
Update, 11:20 am: IT IS OVER! The last standoff holdout, David Fry, walked out unharmed and was just arrested. Frye told negotiators he’d come out if the cops outside waiting for him yelled “hallelujah.” They (mercifully) did and Frye actually complied, walking out of the building. The other three occupiers—Jeff Banta, Sean Anderson, and Sandy […]
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Good Morning, News!: A Ripple in Space-Time, Zika in Oregon, and Another Bundy Arrest
How about some news this Thursday morning, Blogtown. Let’s begin with that standoff thing that keeps dragging on over in Harney County. There was finally some action out there yesterday, as FBI agents moved in on the wildlife refuge. But, alas, it’s still not over. The four remaining occupiers say they’ll surrender Thursday morning. But, […]
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The Evicted Tenants from Joyce Hotel Might Not be Put on the Streets
There may be hope for the 90-plus residents at the Joyce Hotel—one of the last havens where Portland’s most vulnerable renters can count on a low-cost place to sleep—who were given their walking papers and have until March 30 to vacate. Multnomah County Communications Director David Austin says local agencies are working to find a […]
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Portland Public Schools is Redrawing District Boundaries Again… Which Could Mean More Trouble for Disadvantaged Students
PORTLAND’S POPULATION is booming, and therefore so is enrollment at Portland Public Schools (PPS). Portland Metro predicts as many as 725,000 new residents could call Portland home in the next two decades. And with all those new people come a lot of new kids—5,000 over the next 10 years, according to the most recent estimates. […]
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Good Morning, News!: Super Bowl, Super Flood, and Air Pollution Answers
It’s Saturday, Blogtown. Time for some news. Portland was under a bunch of water 20 years ago today. Here are some photos of it. That makes this weekend’s weather not seem so bad, huh? Here are answers to some questions about the SE Portland air pollution first reported on by the Mercury. Tomorrow’s Super Bowl. […]
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Charlie Hales Has a New Plan to Curb Demolitions
He Wants to Make It More Laborious for Builders to Raze Old Homes
He wants to make it more laborious for builders to raze old homes.
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For Your Nightmares: Cryptomaster behemoth
A monster is lurking deep in the forests of Southwestern Oregon. No, it’s not a rogue chupacabra visiting form Latin America. No, it’s not Bigfoot. It’s a daddy longlegs. The Cryptomaster behemoth, with a body 4 millimeters wide, dwarfs other members of its suborder—called Laniatores. James Starrett, an entomologist at the University of California, Riverside […]
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Bundys and Other Defendants in Malheur Standoff Won’t Be Granted Bail
Ammon Bundy and nine other defendants remain behind bars following Friday’s marathon detention hearing, their second appearance since Wednesday’s arrests. Shawna Cox, 59, of Kanab, Utah, is the only occupier the government recommended releasing. US Magistrate Judge Stacie F. Beckerman determined the other defendants posed too high a risk to be allowed out of jail […]
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Good Morning, News!: Paul Allen Wrecks a Reef, Kate Brown Changes Her Minimum Wage Proposal, and Hillary Takes New York
Welcome to Saturday, Blogtown! Let’s have some news: Governor Kate Brown on Friday announced a change in her plan to increase the state’s minimum wage. In her new plan, minimum wage workers will get less of an increase to their pay, but they will get it sooner. Hmmm. Most of the Malheur standoff participants are […]
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Good Morning, News!: Bikes, Standoff News, and an Exploding Kangaroo
Here we are at Thursday again, Blogtown. Let’s have some news! A appeals judge upheld a ruling in favor of a Portland bicyclist who rode on to wet pavement at a local car wash, slipped, and broke his hip. He was awarded $439,000 and he gets to keep it. Speaking of bikes: Portland’s finally getting […]
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Street Harassment Happens All the Time—and It’s Even Worse Than We Thought
Exploring the Effects, and What We Can Do About It
Exploring the effects, and what we can do about it.