It happened in the middle of the day. Not late at night. Not in some deserted alley. But in a busy Costco parking lot in Salem, with people around and normal life happening just a few feet away. On February 6, just after noon, a woman finished her shopping, loaded her...
A 71-year-old elder from the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation has been missing for months, and the story of his disappearance has shifted from an urgent early search to a case that officials describe as “open but functionally inactive.” But for...
In August of 1986, as the lights dimmed and the rides were dismantled at the Coos County Fair, a mystery quietly took its place in rural Oregon. A fourteen year old boy who had been seen laughing and moving through the crowds days earlier was suddenly gone. His name...
UPDATE: After a three-day search, 15-year-old Ava Wall of rural Medford has been located safe, according to the Jackson County Sheriff’s Office. Detectives followed a lead to the Eugene area, where Ava was found and is now with authorities. She was reported missing...
Oregon has agreed to pay $925,000 to a man who spent more than a decade behind bars for a crime he did not commit, a case that is now being cited as one of the state’s most significant wrongful conviction settlements. Philip Scott Cannon was formally granted a...
The Salem City Council voted Wednesday night to remove Kyle Hedquist, a convicted murderer, from both the Community Police Review Board and the Civil Service Commission after days of mounting public outrage, threats directed at councilors, and a growing realization...
In the early hours of Friday morning, a quiet Newport neighborhood became the latest reminder of how quickly random violence can erupt in Oregon, even on an ordinary front porch. Just before 1 a.m., police were called to a home on Northwest Grove Street after a...
The week-long search for a hunter who vanished in Oregon’s Mount Hood National Forest has been officially suspended, according to the Clackamas County Sheriff’s Office. Fifty-one-year-old Devon Dobek of Hubbard was reported missing on October 31 after he failed to...
ESTACADA, Ore. — The Clackamas County Sheriff’s Office has provided a new update in the search for 51-year-old Devon Dobek of Hubbard, who has been missing since Friday after failing to return home from a hunting trip in the Mount Hood National Forest. On Sunday,...
A large-scale search is underway in the Mount Hood National Forest after a 51-year-old man from Hubbard failed to return home from a hunting trip Friday night. According to the Clackamas County Sheriff’s Office, the man — identified as Devon Dobek — had been hunting...
The father of a toddler who went missing and was later found dead in the Siletz River back in March has now been charged in connection with his child’s death. In March, a diver discovered 2-year-old Dane Paulsen after an 11-day search, according to KATU News. Court...
In a stunning turn of events for Portland basketball fans, Trail Blazers head coach Chauncey Billups has been arrested as part of a sweeping federal investigation into illegal sports gambling. According to federal officials, Billups was taken into custody early...