Noelle Crombie

5 days ago | oregonlive.com | Noelle Crombie

Em Konz recalled scanning her phone in an out-of-the-way spot on the grounds of the da Vinci Arts Middle School when a boy walked up and chatted with her before cornering her, ordering her to “be quiet” and raping her. She was 12. Two years later, in 2021, Konz disclosed the allegations on Snapchat, writing that a fellow student raped her after school in seventh grade. She named the boy, who was then 14. “I was scared to scream,” Konz wrote in the post.

1 week ago | oregonlive.com | Noelle Crombie

In the 15 years since Kyron Horman vanished from a Portland elementary school, the mystery of what happened that late spring morning endures. The original detectives long ago retired. The Multnomah County Sheriff’s Office has revealed little new about the investigation. District attorneys have prosecuted no one. The collective memory of a case that once riveted the city has faded.

1 week ago | oregonlive.com | Noelle Crombie

The former executive director of the Oregon Liquor and Cannabis Commission has agreed to pay a $500 civil penalty to the state’s ethics commission for using his position to obtain a prized bottle of Pappy Van Winkle bourbon, records show. Steve Marks, a Gov.

1 week ago | oregonlive.com | Noelle Crombie

Former Secretary of State Shemia Fagan has agreed to pay $1,600 in civil fines to the Oregon Government Ethics Commission for using her position to obtain a $10,000-a-month side job and for seeking state reimbursement for roomier accommodations on work trips where she was accompanied by her kids and the family dog, records show. Fagan signed the final order spelling out the settlement last week. The commission is set to vote on the agreement at its meeting Friday.

1 week ago | oregonlive.com | Noelle Crombie

Mandalorians, Rebel pilots and a lone Stormtrooper carved a swath through the busy terminal at Portland International Airport early Sunday, their iconic cosmic gear drawing attention from even the groggiest travelers. The Star Wars enthusiasts, nearly 20 in all, gathered by the terminal’s wood stadium-style seating waiting for their guest of honor: Raiden Pham, a 5-year-old Beaverton boy diagnosed with an extraordinarily rare and severe genetic disorder known as UBA5.