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Only two recent retired officers among 81 contacted by Police Chief Chuck Lovell have expressed interest in helping fill Portland police vacancies under the city-approved retire-rehire program. The chief urged them to consider returning in a letter last month, acknowledging that those who had retired since August 2020 left “at a time of great despair for the Bureau and the City of Portland.” The Police Bureau is now rebuilding with support from elected officials and residents, Lovell wrote, and urged the retirees to help this “once vibrant city come back to life.” ... Stephanie D. Hudson, who worked as an...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — The city’s fire fighters could soon be wearing bulletproof vests. The local firefighter’s union said its members now encounter more and more threats when they respond to emergencies. Officials said firefighters have even been attacked and hurt at the scene. The plan to get bulletproof vests has been in the works for years, according to the union, and they’re needed now more than ever. “We have to be prepared for any and all threats,” said Vice President Isaac McLennan of Portland Fire Fighters Association Local 43. “We want to be there for the public — we...

Black Lives Matter-Antifa and other left-wing extremists have repelled police and created a new "autonomous zone” in north Portland to protect a house being illegally occupied by squatters. The protest erupted after police raided a house on Mississippi Avenue around 5 a.m. on Tuesday. For months, radical left-wing activists had been occupying the property known as the “Red House” to protect squatters who were legally served multiple eviction notices. The Portland Police Bureau assisted the Multnomah County Sheriff's Office this morning in initially clearing out the property. Police encountered resistance, including from a person with a firearm who was taken...

FULL TITLE: Family sues Alaska Airlines after wheelchair-bound grandmother fell down airport escalator and died following surgery to amputate her leg due to wounds from her accident A family is suing Alaska Airlines and a contractor after a disabled 75-year-old grandmother suffered a fall down a Portland International Airport escalator in June and later died. Video captured the moment that Bernice Kekona, seat-belted to her power wheelchair, tumbled and crashed down an escalator, landing near the bottom with the heavy chair on top of her. After her flight from Hawaii landed in Portland in June 2017, the family says they...

There was always something fishy about the outbreak of "spontaneous" protests at airports around the country in the immediate wake of President Trump's executive order pausing visas and refugees from terror-prone countries. Not that you'd suspect anything from the way they were covered. Nearly every story published over that weekend stated without equivocation that the protests were an unplanned and visceral reaction to Trump's executive order. Examples: "Spontaneous Protests Hit Airports Across America Following Trump's Executive Order" "Protest Grows 'Out of Nowhere' at Kennedy Airport" "The senseless cruelty of the executive order has led to spontaneous protests at many of...

A Donald Trump-supporting preacher was knocked out at the Portland, Oregon, airport on Sunday, with video capturing the dramatic attack during protests....

Anti-Trump Protesters attack pro trump protesters from behind at PTX airport 10 on 4 1/29/2017

If you ever want to strip down naked at Portland International Airport, congratulations — there’s now a legal precedent that puts you in the clear. John Brennan, 50, was found not guilty this week over indecent exposure charges filed earlier this year. On April 17, Brennan was attempting to fly out of Portland International in the state of Oregon when a routine security screening raised a red flag. After a TSA agent allegedly identified traces of nitrate on Brennan’s body, the would-be passenger stripped off his clothes in what he says was an act of protest.

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - Federal authorities say a disruptive passenger has been released without charges after military jets escorted a jetliner back to Portland. The FBI says there is no known link to terrorists. Military officials say the jets were sent up Wednesday as a precaution. The action comes amid heightened concern about airline security and the charge that a Nigerian man tried to blow up a jetliner bound for Detroit on Christmas Day. The FBI says it questioned a 56-year-old man from Salem, Ore., and turned the matter over to federal prosecutors. A spokeswoman for the Transportation Security Administration...

PORTLAND, Oregon (Reuters) – An unruly passenger aboard a Hawaii-bound airliner on Wednesday prompted the pilot to return the plane to Portland, Oregon, escorted by two military fighter jets, in the latest of several U.S. aviation security scares this week. The Hawaiian Airlines jet en route to Maui's Kahului Airport turned back because of "a suspicious passenger who made threatening remarks and refused to store his carry-on bag," said Suzanne Trevino, a spokeswoman for the U.S. Transportation Security Administration. The plane, escorted by two F-15 fighters scrambled out of Portland International Airport, landed there without further incident, and the man,...

SEATAC, Wash. - Only a quarter of all scheduled flights are getting out of Seattle Tacoma International Airport this morning and many would-be travelers are being turned away. Shortly after 8 a.m., United Airlines announced at the airport that travelers who live in the area and who are trying to rebook should go home and rebook on the phone or online as no flights are being rebooked until after Christmas. The best advice is to call before heading to the airport. Alaska and Horizon are operating some flights today, but about 75 percent of all airlines' flights out of the...

PORTLAND - Special security teams were dispatched for a crackdown on travelers at Portland International Airport. Newschannel 8 learned Tuesday Homeland Security has deployed federal agents and local police known as “VIPR” teams to PDX. The “Visual Intermodal Protection and Response” teams have been deployed nearly 84 times in the past year. The agency dispatches the teams around the country, especially during peak travel days and special events -- but officials said there was no specific threat. They'll be on patrol at the airport for two days starting Wednesday morning. The Transportation Security Administration met behind closed doors Tuesday and...

I was listening to the Lars Larson show today and he was taking calls regarding a controversial artwork that is hanging at the Portland Oregon International Airport. The question is if such art should be hanging in a public place such as an airport...

Landing gear stuck...jet is near PDX, circling to burn fuel.

Oregon's leaders fire off a complaint to U.S. transportation officials and rally congressional allies against the reductions Members of Oregon's congressional delegation joined Gov. Ted Kulongoski in launching attacks Friday against the federal government's plan to slash the number of passenger and baggage screeners at Portland International Airport. The moves came one day after the Transportation Security Administration reshuffled the number of screeners it employs at airports nationwide, eliminating 168 of the 509 positions that had been allocated to PDX. The downsizing will take place through attrition rather than immediate layoffs. Portland's airport was the hardest hit among the nation's...

Suspicious device found in terminal. A,B,C serve Alaska, NW and Southwest. Developing.