Tatum Todd

6 days ago | oregonlive.com | Tatum Todd

When U.S. Rep. Maxine Dexter showed up for an 11 a.m. town hall at Mt. Hood Community College in Gresham on Saturday, she had immigration on her mind. Less than 24 hours earlier, the Democrat had showed up for an unannounced congressional oversight visit at the Northwest ICE Processing Center in Tacoma and was poised to deliver a speech blasting the center’s handling of people in custody and the Trump administration’s crackdown on immigrants across the country.

1 week ago | oregonlive.com | Tatum Todd

Police are searching for a man who allegedly stole more than $1,000 worth of Pokemon cards from an Oregon City store on Saturday. The burglary happened around 1:05 a.m. at Geeks and Games at 1656 Beavercreek Road, the Oregon City Police Department said in a statement. Surveillance footage of the card heist shows the masked and hooded man sidling behind the sales counter after he forced his way into the store. The footage then shows him stuffing cards into a bag before making his escape.

1 week ago | oregonlive.com | Tatum Todd

Fire officials have announced progress in containing a large wildfire in central Oregon, and they’ve downgraded evacuation orders for a separate brush fire in Mosier. The Butte Creek fire, which started on Saturday about nine miles north of the town of Clarno in Wasco County, is roughly 1,776 acres in size — down from 3,000 acres on Tuesday – and now stands at about 20% contained, fire officials said.

1 week ago | oregonlive.com | Tatum Todd

The man accused of plowing a car into pedestrians and cyclists in Southeast Portland in 2021, killing a 77-year-old woman, has been placed under the jurisdiction of the Oregon Psychiatric Security Review Board and will remain at the Oregon State Hospital for at least two years. The decision by Multnomah County Circuit Judge Katharine von Ter Stegge on Tuesday means Paul Rivas, 68, continues to be mentally unfit to stand trial in the Jan.

1 week ago | oregonlive.com | Tatum Todd

The first large wildfire in Oregon this year has grown to cover 3,000 acres of federal and private land in eastern Oregon, fire officials said. The Butte Creek fire, which started on Saturday about nine miles north of the town of Clarno in Wasco County, is threatening several structures in the area, fire officials said in a statement.