Courts

Court documents released today regarding the March 10 fire at the Elephants Delicatessen on Northwest 22nd Avenue show that the woman charged with starting the blaze was using a torch lighter to look for food scraps in a trash bin.

In addition to a host of other legal challenges, Dr. Robert Pamplin Jr. now faces a demand from the Oregon Department of State Lands to pay $13.9 million for his neglect of one of Oregon’s iconic rivers.

“Today, the Supreme Court made it clear that no president gets to levy taxes on Americans disguised as tariffs,” Rayfield said in a statement.

The Oregon Community Foundation successfully argued public records laws don’t apply to private nonprofits.

The DHS’s failure led to a catastrophic brain injury to a 2-year old.

Sandy police arrested Larry Hurwitz, 71, on Jan. 16 and booked him into the Clackamas County Jail on a misdemeanor harassment charge.

Ever wonder what it takes to become a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer under the Trump administration? Freelance journalist Laura Jedeed has the answer: Not much.

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security has agreed to pay $125,000 to a maintenance worker who went to unclog a toilet at a Residence Inn in North Portland, where he was greeted by a Border Patrol agent pointing a semi-automatic handgun at his chest.

Chief Day said that the driver of the vehicle his passenger were in federal custody at local hospitals and are expected to survive. “They appear to be on the road to recovery,” he said, “and I’m grateful for that.”

The incident occurred the day that her restaurant Chelo closed its doors.

The emptying of the grave site ends long-running litigation involving the nation’s largest funeral company and a prominent Oregon family.

It’s no shock that this was one of the most widely discussed articles of the year.