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PGE no-shows for Jefferson County tax mistake meeting
Portland General Electric was a no-show for a meeting with Jefferson County Friday, which is dealing with a $1.8 million tax mistake by the utility. But districts did receive some good news. PGE no-shows for Jefferson County tax mistake meeting, but good news comes with $500K grant. PGE was a...
Washington Bracing for Bitter Cold in Latest Winter Outlook
We haven't fiished with Summer yet, and predictions are already in for Winter. Winter isn't my favorite season, which is why this Minnesota gal moved to the West coast. Personally, Fall is my favorite, followed by Spring, Summer, and THEN, Winter. As a young child, when the first snow fell, we prayed there would be enough for sledding. Of course, in Minnesota, sometimes snow arrived as early as Halloween. What a joy that was!
Garcia Clinches USF2000 Title In Style
PORTLAND, Ore. — An intense climax to the USF2000 Presented by Continental Tire season began this morning at Portland Int’l Raceway with Pabst Racing’s Max Garcia taking a hard-fought victory. It was enough to wrap up the championship in style. Later in the day, a thrilling first...
Johnson Victorious Again for VRD Racing in Portland
PORTLAND, Ore. – Nikita Johnson was out to prove a point this weekend. And he did so emphatically. The 16-year-old from Gulfport, Fla., knew he had virtually no chance of wresting away the USF Pro 2000 Presented by Continental Tire championship from his main rival, Lochie Hughes, but after holding off a race-long challenge yesterday from last year’s USF2000 champion Simon Sikes in damp, drying conditions, today Johnson ensured another visit to the top step of the podium for himself and VRD Racing in the dry by fending off the attentions of Turn 3 Motorsport’s Hughes to claim his series-leading eighth victory of the season.
Portland teacher arrested for luring a minor
A teacher with Portland Public Schools is in custody and facing one felony charge of Luring a Minor following a weeks-long investigation. On Thursday, July 18, 2024, a detective with the Yuba City (California) Police Department contacted the Portland Police Bureau’s Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) Unit regarding an undercover chat operation. During this operation, the detective, posing as a 13-year-old child, communicated with a Portland man. The conversations, initiated by the Portland man, were sexual in nature and involved discussions on how to meet. The undercover detective, with assistance from Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) agents in Sacramento, identified the suspect as Craig Douglas-Meyers, 38, of Portland.
Redditors show up as wedding witnesses in Portland
"We couldn't get our buddy ordained for the wedding and we didn't want some stranger up there with us, so we thought we would do it private on the side, as quiet as possible. I didn't have the heart to tell her that this post kind of blew up."
Baylor Shuts out Portland 1-0
WAIPAHU, Hawaii -- The Portland Pilots came up short against the Baylor Bears 1-0 Saturday at Waipio Peninsula Soccer Stadium. The loss dropped Portland's record to 2-1-1 overall and 1-1 in the OUTRIGGER Invitational. How it Happened. The lone goal of the game came in the 44th minute courtesy of...
Pilots Fall 3-1 in Exhibition Against Huskies
SEATTLE, Wash. — The Portland Pilots started strong with a first-set win 25-23 but couldn't maintain their momentum, ultimately falling to the Huskies' dynamic offense in the following sets 14-25, 14-25 and 13-25. "Very proud of our squad for how we competed against the Huskies yesterday," Portland head coach Meg Burton said. "We played a bunch of different lineups and got to see a lot of different faces compete for us against a very good UW squad. Now we know where we're at in our training and what we need to work on going into the start of next week's pre-season matches. I told our team to come out, be confident and play hard and we did just that. Looking forward to coming back into the gym on Monday and taking what we learned tonight to keep getting better."
Liam McNeilly sweeps USF Juniors weekend in Portland, Race No. 3 Results
Liam McNeilly won the USF Juniors season finale at Portland International Raceway making it a perfect three-for-three on the weekend. Sebastian Wheldon did his best to put the pressure on McNeilly on the final lap but came up short. Max Taylor, who clinched the championship earlier in the weekend, did...
Thorns fall to Gotham FC in first match back after Olympic break
The Portland Thorns faltered in their first match following the Olympic break, falling on the road to Gotham FC 2-0. The Thorns (8-6-3, 27 points) took Gotham on (10-3-4, 34 points) without gold medalists Sophia Smith and Sam Coffey suiting up. Those absences felt glaring in what ended up being a lopsided match in New Jersey.
A Portland anime con moved its Artist's Alley to a parking garage three days before it opened (and now regrets it)
WasabiCon has quickly became a key convention for anime fans in America, with the one-off convention launched in 2012 quickly becoming a chain of multiple conventions a year in Florida, Louisiana, and Oregon. But following its July 2024 WasabiCon PDX event again hosted at the Hilton Portland Downtown, word has come out about poor conditions for vendors and fans after a plan to use a parking garage as an exhibition hall went awry.
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