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Laura Graves and her husband, Samuel, each make six figures but are struggling to find a home in their budget in the Portland, Oregon, area. Laura Graves and her husband, Samuel, never thought they'd be raising their two children in an apartment, but they say the housing market has left them with little choice. Over the past three years, the couple, who are both 36 and live in a suburb of Portland, Oregon, have been looking for a home. They want to keep their monthly mortgage payment between $3,000 and $3,500 — or about 30% of their monthly take-home income...

Two people were arrested and around 276,000 fentanyl pills seized during an I-5 traffic stop in Jackson County on Monday, Oregon State Police said. Daniel Pena Gragoso, 42, and Josue Itzel Gomez, 28, both of Mexico, were taken into custody and booked into Jackson County Jail, police said. Gragoso and Gomez were no longer listed in Jackson County jail records on Wednesday. Gomez — listed under the last name Gomez Parra in court records — was approved Tuesday to travel back to his residence of Sonora, Mexico, with his “co-defendant,” according to Jackson County Circuit Court records. Gomez’s next court...

A violent Portland Antifa ringleader has been convicted by a jury in a five-day trial marred by tight security restrictions and intimidation from Antifa members in the gallery. Alissa Eleanor Azar, 32 (b. Feb. 12, 1991), was charged with felony riot, disorderly conduct in the second degree and unlawful use of mace in the second degree. The jury found Azar guilty of felony riot and second-degree disorderly conduct. The unlawful use of mace charge resulted in a hung jury. The case stems from an Antifa riot in 2021 at a park in Clackamas County, Ore., and that's where the trial...

Patrick Rooney, Founder of Old School (Natural Health / Success / Freedom) interviews Richard Emmons, Publisher and Editor of the Oregon Eagle, about the homeless crisis in Grants Pass, Oregon, which recently won a Supreme Court case, allowing them to regulate overnight camping. The interview is far-ranging, dealing with the background that led to the crisis, the reasons a homeless problem exists, the challenges of solving the issue in a blue state, what Grants Pass City Council has decided to do about it, and most importantly, how drugs have made the current situation almost untenable. https://oregoneagle.com/ Oregon Eagle (Facebook) https://oldschoolus.com...

A neighborhood in Portland has spiraled into chaos as the locals clash with those living in a homeless encampment. Residents in the city's southeast say the area has become like a 'war zone' as tensions continue to rise between locals and the homeless who have lined the streets with tarps and tents. Lacey, a woman living in the encampment, told KGW8 that someone hit her dog with a car, leaving him with a broken leg and an open gash.

During an interview with Portland CBS affiliate KOIN 6 on Friday, Sen. Ron Wyden (D-OR) responded to Israel killing some of Hamas’ leaders and its potential impact on ceasefire talks by stating that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu “is going to just have to find a way to show some restraint and bring people together.” And Netanyahu, “in particular, is going to have to have some diplomacy to bring about restraint.” Co-host Elizabeth Dinh asked, “So, now to Gaza, of course, we want to talk about there was a wrench thrown in peace talks after the killing of some top...

Euthanasia is becoming legalized across the Western world. Pat McGeehan, Delegate of West Virginia, is fighting against it. Advocates employ slogans like “death with dignity,” and appeal to compassion; but, the actual results are much different. Already, a “suicide tourism” phenomenon has begun, with people flying to states like Oregon to get legal doctor-assisted suicide. Pat tells a story of one of his constituents who, tragically, was a victim of this. Likewise, Canada’s MAID (Medical Assistance in Dying) program has resulted in the deaths of over 40,000 people since 2016; with legislation only being passed recently to curb the amount...

Today, people caught with hard drugs (including heroin, fentanyl, LSD, and methamphetamine) should receive a $100 citation—max. But they can even have that waived if they call a toll-free number for a health assessment that can connect them to treatment and other services. Over 95 percent of people ignore the citations altogether. It didn’t take the police long to figure out writing them was a waste of time. They mostly gave up, which meant addicts were free to use narcotics openly, and they do.Timothy Desper works at the Portland Rescue Mission, a Christian nonprofit that helps people struggling with hunger,...

Two Oregon brothers have pleaded guilty for their involvement in the Jan. 6 insurrection in 2021.On Wednesday, 28-year-old Matthew Leland Klein pleaded guilty to civil disorder and entering or remaining in a restricted building or grounds. His 24-year-old brother, Jonathanpeter Allen Klein, pleaded guilty to civil disorder and assault on certain officers.Court records show that Jonathanpeter contacted his employer in late December 2020 to request several days off in early January, so he and his brother could attend the “Stop the Steal” rally in Washington, D.C. According to the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, the Kleins then...

DOUGLAS COUNTY, Ore. — The Trail Fire at Diamond Lake has resulted in the implementation of Evacuation Levels, the Douglas County Sheriff's Office reports Wednesday afternoon.LEVEL 3 - GO NOW! Pacific Crest Trail is closed from the intersection of Highway 138 East at the "North Crater Trailhead" (southern closure point) to the intersection with the USFS Maiden Lake Trail #1446 (northern closure point) near Miller Lake. USFS North Crater Trail #1446 USFS Summit Rock / Crater Trail #1457 USFS Mt. Thielsen Trail #1456 USFS Spruce Ridge Trail #1458 USFS Howlock Mountain Trail #1448 USFS Thielsen Creek Trail #1449<<<(More article links...

Libs of Tik Tok is reporting that Cass McLeod-Skinner, the Director of the Oregon Board of Chiropractic Examiners, amplified a post on social media expressing disappointment that the assassination attempt of Former President Donald Trump failed.She is the wife of Jamie McLeod-Skinner the Oregon Democrat who lost to Lori Chavez-Deremer in Oregon’s 5th Congressional District 2022 race and then lost again in a second attempt in 2024.

Breaking News Newsdump Alert Assassination Attempt On President Donald Trump... "The World Disorder" Visible palpable political instability in our midst a new untested British government, confusion in France's legislature with strong power of the French Presidency the only certainty. Then there's Joe Biden and someone tried to kill Donald Trump... Newsdump Update: "'Shocking and brutal massacre': World reacts to Israel's al-Mawasi attack..." Bibi Netanyahu the Machiavelli of Our Times.... China and Russia got beat around at the NATO Summit this week but the presence of those leaders from Japan, South Korea, Australia and New Zealand clearly shows an expansion of...

Washington, Arizona, Colorado, California, and Oregon would see the biggest number of stores flipped to C&S.. Kroger and Albertsons have released a list of hundreds of stores that would be divested to C&S Wholesale Grocers if federal regulators approve its proposed $24.6 billion merger deal, and the states with the largest numbers include Washington, Arizona, and Colorado. Under the proposal, Kroger and Albertsons would divest stores in Washington (124), Arizona (101), Colorado (91), California (63), Oregon (62), Illinois (35), Texas (28), Nevada (16), and Alaska (18). Several states would see 10 or fewer stores divested, including: Idaho (10), New Mexico...

Pro-abortion lawmakers are looking to eliminate the few safeguards that are in place for preborn babies in Pennsylvania, where abortion is permitted through 24 weeks of pregnancy. Planned Parenthood Keystone is closing one of its facilities in a suburb of Philadelphia, complaining there aren’t enough abortion facilities, and blaming those safeguards. But as America’s abortion giant, it has played a big role in the decline of abortion businesses. In an interview with the Philadelphia Inquirer, Signe Espinoza, the executive director of Planned Parenthood Pennsylvania Advocates, said the abortion corporation’s Warminster facility will be closing this summer. In a statement, the...

"America is the land of opportunity." "I believe the most qualified person should get the job." "America is a melting pot." Those are examples of harmful "microaggressions," according to Columbia professor Derald Wing Sue, lauded by Oregon's state government as a "microaggressions expert." Now, under a soon-to-be-finalized ethics rule from the Oregon Medical Board, doctors who commit "microaggressions" risk losing their medical licenses. Under Oregon law, doctors who fail to report "unprofessional conduct" from themselves or a colleague within 10 business days can face severe penalties, including loss of license. The state's medical board is in the process of shoehorning...

An Oregon judge is facing heat for allowing second graders to serve as special jurors in a hit-and-run trial that occurred in April. The heat against Judge Ulanda Watkins is being applied by Clackamas County District Attorney John Wentworth. Earlier this month Wentworth wrote a letter to a higher-level judge, Judge Michael Wetzel, raising alarms about Watkins’ conduct. Wentworth wrote in the letter that “a large group of second graders entered the courtroom, presumably as part of a field trip from a local elementary school,” during the hit-and-run trial, as reported by The Oregonian. The students were reportedly on a...

A woman with a 'very dangerous' brain tumor broke down in tears as she revealed she cannot get surgery to remove it despite doctors saying she needs the procedure ASAP — because the hospital is full of COVID patients. Amanda Harris, from Portland Oregon, found out she had a brain tumor in October 2021, and was told by her neurologist that she needed to get it surgically removed as soon as possible or it could cause 'irreparable harm' to her brain. Her doctors are not sure if the tumor is cancerous or not, but because it is 'pressed up against...

An illegal alien from Mexico, deported 16 times from the United States, is accused of killing a 64-year-old man from Bailey, Colorado, in a vehicle crash. Ignacio Cruz-Mendoza, a 47-year-old illegal alien, has been arrested and charged with vehicular homicide, vehicular assault, reckless driving, and driving without a commercial driver’s license in connection to the death of 64-year-old Scott Miller. According to the Colorado State Patrol, Cruz-Mendoza was driving a semi-truck for the Indio, California-based Monique Trucking company on Highway 285 near Conifer, Colorado, when the vehicle veered off the road, causing the pipe and angle iron he was carrying...

Oregon voters will likely decide in November whether to establish a historic universal basic income program that would give every state resident roughly $750 annually from increased corporate taxes.The proposal, Initiative Petition 17, would establish a 3% tax on corporations’ sales in Oregon above $25 million and distribute that money equally among Oregonians of all ages. As of Friday, its backers had turned in more than 135,000 signatures, which is higher than the 117,173 required to land on the ballot.

As Democrats make their case to voters around the country this fall, one challenge is that some of the bluest parts of the country — cities on the West Coast — are a mess. Centrist voters can reasonably ask: Why put liberals in charge nationally when the places where they have greatest control are plagued by homelessness, crime and dysfunction? I’ll try to answer that question in a moment, but liberals like me do need to face the painful fact that something has gone badly wrong where we’re in charge, from San Diego to Seattle. ...the truth is that too...