Steve Duin

4 days ago | oregonlive.com | Steve Duin

Whenever they’re in the mood for adventure, Jamie McClure and Nate Brown leave the rabbits and lush gardens at their northwest Salem home … and crack open a storage unit they’ve corralled in a foreclosure auction. Last December, the couple purchased the sight-unseen contents of a unit in Lyons, on the Santiam Highway, for $60. They put on masks and gloves, then rolled back the door to discover an odd mix. Meth pipes and other drug paraphernalia. A bucket filled with 900 pocketknives.

2 months ago | oregonlive.com | Steve Duin

Ron Wyden’s 1,104th town hall? “I’ve never had one quite like it,” Oregon’s senior U.S. senator confessed. And before the mob dispersed and the gridlock in that Hillsboro neighborhood finally eased last Saturday, Wyden didn’t take the lead in consoling the panicked, impassioned crowd. Many of those folks arrived an hour early, anxiety and alarm in tow.

Jan 25, 2025 | oregonlive.com | Steve Duin

Donald Trump’s return to power is a daunting reminder of what can be done with it when you are unchecked and unbalanced, convinced you are anointed by God. In short order, Trump moved to end birthright citizenship for the children of undocumented immigrants, upending the guarantees of the Fourteenth Amendment. He issued a virtual blanket pardon to those who ran riot on Jan. 6, even the “day-of-love” thugs who attacked Capitol Police.

Dec 14, 2024 | oregonlive.com | Steve Duin

Vision? Don Baack has never lacked for vision. For the last 30 years, he has remained tirelessly committed to Southwest Trails, a 50-mile network of footpaths in a city that is hard pressed to invest in sidewalks. Foresight? Baack, 87, is fully armed. Eyesight, however, is a debilitating problem. His right eye is toast, and his left eye beginning to fail.

Nov 23, 2024 | oregonlive.com | Steve Duin

At 9 a.m. on the last Wednesday of October, Scott Brown – juror No. 11 – finally took his seat on the 17th floor of the Multnomah County Courthouse. A downtown Portland book dealer, Brown was one of 259 Oregonians who lined up two days earlier in the rain to pass through the metal detectors enroute to their civic duty. If you purchase a product or register for an account through a link on our site, we may receive compensation.