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6 days ago | 
chronline.com | Maddie Khaw
Winston Morton boats the Grande Ronde River every year with friends and family, camping on the riverbank along the way. When he recently set out for the 40-mile float, he didn’t expect to be rushing to the canyon’s take-out area just a day later with a bloody dog in tow.
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6 days ago | 
oregonlive.com | Maddie Khaw
Oaks Park wants to let its light shine with a new thrill ride offering a sweeping view at the top of the Willamette River on one side and the city center’s only wildlife refuge on the other. The so-called drop tower would shoot straight up, taller than both the amusement park’s timeless Ferris wheel and its more recent pink-and-blue “Adrenaline Peak” rollercoaster. It would carry riders up about 135 feet and then drop them in a free fall before powerful magneticbrakes kick in.
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1 week ago | 
oregonlive.com | Maddie Khaw
Winston Morton boats the Grande Ronde River every year with friends and family, camping on the riverbank along the way. When he recently set out for the 40-mile float, he didn’t expect to be rushing to the canyon’s take-out area just a day later with a bloody dog in tow.
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1 week ago | 
oregonlive.com | Maddie Khaw
A former Multnomah County corrections deputy is accused of developing a relationship with a man in jail and later smuggling drugs to him. Devona Preble was arrested Tuesday and booked at the Multnomah County Detention Center after a monthslong investigation, the sheriff’s office said. Preble, 43, faces three felony charges, including supplying contraband, and four misdemeanor counts of official misconduct.
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1 week ago | 
oregonlive.com | Maddie Khaw
“Aggressive” mountain goats injured a dog after approaching a family’s campsite near the Grande Ronde River in northeastern Oregon, prompting a warning from wildlife officials to remain alert and keep distancefrom the animals. The family was camping between Meadow Creek and Alder Creek when two mountain goats approached, said Holly Tuers Lance, a district wildlife biologist with the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife who responded to the report.
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1 week ago | 
chronline.com | Maddie Khaw
What started out for Rebekah Choltus as a typical walk in Southwest Portland ended in a rush to the veterinarian’s office, a stretch of restless nights and eight stitches for her 3-year-old goldendoodle Bob. The two were making their way along the Wildwood Trail, near the Hoyt Arboretum and Washington Park’s archery range, when Bob yelped in pain. A coyote stood a few feet away. Bob’s white fur was coated with red near his tail.
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2 weeks ago | 
oregonlive.com | Maddie Khaw
The state ethics commission Friday voted 7-1 to increase the fine against former Oregon Liquor and Cannabis Commission Director Steve Marks from $500 to $1,500 after he reserved a bottle of a popular bourbon for himself. The Oregon Government Ethics Commission had previously rejected the lower penalty for Marks after it determined he had set aside and purchased a bottle of expensive 23-year Pappy Van Winkle for personal use from the liquor agency’s reserve stock, violating three ethics rules.
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2 weeks ago | 
oregonlive.com | Maddie Khaw
What started out for Rebekah Choltus as a typical walk in Southwest Portland ended in a rush to the veterinarian’s office, a stretch of restless nights and eight stitches for her 3-year-old goldendoodle Bob. The two were making their way along the Wildwood Trail, near the Hoyt Arboretum and Washington Park’s archery range, when Bob yelped in pain. A coyote stood a few feet away. Bob’s white fur was coated with red near his tail. Choltus tried to shoo the coyote away, butit began to trot toward them.
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2 weeks ago | 
oregonlive.com | Maddie Khaw
A Hillsboro man is being held without bail and faces more than 20 charges including rape and coercion in the alleged yearslong abuse of a woman he met online when she was 13, authorities said Wednesday. Seth Winkelhake, 40, solicited sexually explicit images from the girl and then threatened to share those with her friends and family members to force her to maintain contact with him and eventually meet him, court documents allege.
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1 month ago | 
chronicle.com | Maddie Khaw
The Spencer Foundation normally receives around 500 letters of intent from scholars applying for grants to support education research. This year, the Chicago-based organization received nearly 2,000. And the William T. Grant Foundation, in New York, received three times as many applications for a major research competition. Or subscribe now to read with unlimited access for as low as $10/month.
