Among the new charges are three counts of bias crime in the first-degree. Prosecutors allege Szwarz targeted three non-white neighbors in his building, one of whom spoke to KATU about his family's ...

Plaintiffs claim oil and gas companies nnew years ago that carbon emissions would lead to climate-related disasters.

A judge pressed lawyers on whether Portland jail officials did enough to protect inmates as tear gas seeped in from nearby ...

A Multnomah County Health Department employee has sued the county and her former bosses, alleging retaliation after she spoke out on unsafe workplace conditions brought on her team’s ...

The 2011 fatal shooting of Deondrae Clark, 25, spurred a series of what police at the time said were gang retaliation ...

• Another way to beat the heat: the Mercury's monthlong Summer of Slushies. Every year we get everyone into slushie mode. Then in August, we cruelly CUT OFF THE SLUSH. (Most of the bars still offer ...

The state’s Department of Justice calls a suit alleging Gov. Tina Kotek improperly withheld records relating to the state’s ...

The 40-year-old Portlander accused of torching the apartment building he lived in made his first appearance in a Multnomah County courtroom Monday.

Multnomah County is the latest local government to join a lawsuit over federal grant conditions tied to controversial ...

Though the population under probation or parole has fallen by nearly half since 2019, the audit found that the average length of jail sanctions has nearly doubled.

The audit from Multnomah County also shows disproportionate sanctions for Black and Native American people and those with ...

A Multnomah County jury on Thursday found former Portland journalist Mike Bivins guilty on all 11 charges in his bias crime ...