Jamie Parfitt

1 day ago | krem.com | Jamie Parfitt

PORTLAND, Ore. — Oregon Congresswoman Maxine Dexter held a press conference Tuesday after returning from a whirlwind trip to El Salvador where she and three other lawmakers hoped to advocate for the release of a Maryland man being held in detention. Dexter, who represents Oregon's 3rd Congressional District, arrived Monday in El Salvador alongside three other Democratic U.S. representatives. She returned to Portland just prior to the press conference Tuesday afternoon.

1 day ago | kgw.com | Jamie Parfitt

PORTLAND, Ore. — Oregon Congresswoman Maxine Dexter held a press conference Tuesday after returning from a whirlwind trip to El Salvador where she and three other lawmakers hoped to advocate for the release of a Maryland man being held in detention. Dexter, who represents Oregon's 3rd Congressional District, arrived Monday in El Salvador alongside three other Democratic U.S. representatives. She returned to Portland just prior to the press conference Tuesday afternoon.

5 days ago | kgw.com | Jamie Parfitt

PORTLAND, Ore. — The Multnomah County Sheriff's Office recovered a body from the Willamette River on Friday, the third such discovery on a small stretch of waterway in less than a week. The sheriff's office confirmed that the body was found in the river near the Port of Portland's Terminal 4, not far from the St. Johns Bridge. The body was turned over to the county medical examiner's office for identification and to investigate the person's cause and manner of death.

1 week ago | kgw.com | Jamie Parfitt

SALEM, Ore. — The director of Oregon's public defense agency is out, Gov. Tina Kotek announced Thursday; the culmination of the state's worsening problem of indigent criminal defendants going unrepresented due to a lack of available public defenders. Jessica Kampfe, herself a former public defender, became executive director of the Oregon Public Defense Commission in 2022 before lawmakers shook things up by moving the tiny office from the judicial branch to the executive.

1 week ago | kgw.com | Jamie Parfitt

PORTLAND, Ore. — Opponents of a Portland General Electric plan to expand its transmission line footprint in Forest Park prepared to present their appeal to Portland City Council on Thursday afternoon, decrying the environmental impact of downing trees and filling in wetlands.