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Titus pleads guilty to theft and escape charges
CANYON CITY – A man will spend time in jail on an escape charge, according to recent Grant County Circuit Court documents. Austen James Titus, 32, pleaded guilty to one count of Escape in the Third Degree and one count of Theft in the Third Degree. Titus was sentenced...
Northwest tribes receive millions in funding for new housing
Tribes in Idaho, Oregon and Washington are building new tribal housing with grant funds from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. “There was a total of $150 million nationwide, of which we had four awardees in the Northwest totaling about $12 million dollars,” said Tom Carney, the administrator for the HUD Northwest office of Native American programs.
Wet weather chances increase around the PNW Wednesday
PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — Wet weather returns to western Oregon and Washington Wednesday as temperatures remain below average. A few light rain showers are likely from the Oregon Coast to the Cascades Wednesday as a front approaches. The increase in cloud coverage will help keep temperatures in the mid-70s Wednesday afternoon. Forecast highs put Portland nearly five to 10-degrees below the average of 82 this time of year.
Oregon drug traffickers with ties to California, Colorado, and Mexico sentenced to prison
(The Center Square) – An Oregon-based drug trafficking cell leader with ties to a large Mexico-based drug trafficking organization received a federal prison sentence this week after an investigation by the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration. Horacio Luna-Perez, 42, of Hillsboro, Oregon, got a 97-month federal prison sentence and five years’ supervised release, according to the […]
The Number of New Private Security Guards Is Soaring—and Many Are Armed
Even though federal and local statistics show crime is declining from pandemic-era highs, it feels rare to walk more than a couple of blocks in Portland’s urban core without encountering a private security guard. And many of them are armed. Since 2020, new statistics show, the number of certified...
Rare Sight: Colossal Sunfish Washes Up on Oregon Coast
What a shocking sight it is! A giant sunfish has washed up on Oregon's coast. The 5 foot Mola mola washed ashore near Sunset Beach on Thursday. According to the Seaside Aquarium, the fish can get up to 10 feet in size and weigh as much as 5,000 pounds. This particular species doesn't have a swim bladder, rendering them slow-moving and at the whim of drifting whichever way the ocean current is flowing. They're known to eat jellyfish and squid.
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