Salem-News.com News Feed for articles tagged with portland www.salem-news.com 2013 In nonviolent protest, success or failure can depend on a variety of strategies that can determine the final outcome: whether or not the protesters are able to declare victory at the end of the day. One way that “victory” can be determined, is by planning when participant departures take place and how long a protest will last. http://salem-news.com/articles/may222013/creative-resistance-tgk.php http://salem-news.com/articles/may222013/creative-resistance-tgk.php Wed, 22 May 2013 19:40:00 PDT Police say a man and women were kidnapped at knife point yesterday. At approximately 2:30 a.m., May 15 2013, North Precinct officers responded to the area of Northeast Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard and Going Street on the report of a male and female screaming on the street. http://salem-news.com/articles/may162013/knifepoint-kidnap.php http://salem-news.com/articles/may162013/knifepoint-kidnap.php Thu, 16 May 2013 21:48:00 PDT The man sought by police for the fatal shooting of 33-year old Anton Lashawn Hill last Wednesday, 30-year old Bradley Caro O'Rourke, turned himself in today. O'Rourke was booked into the Multnomah County Jail on charges of Murder, Attempted Murder and Assault in the First Degree. http://salem-news.com/articles/may102013/shooting-arrest.php http://salem-news.com/articles/may102013/shooting-arrest.php Fri, 10 May 2013 21:32:00 PDT High School. Who remembers it fondly or without some form of amused chagrin at how awkward it was for us? Who can say it was an entirely positive experience, from which we grew and developed, (like all our dorky counselors promised us we would) to become successful, well adjusted and contributing adult members of society? http://salem-news.com/articles/may102013/high-school-lies-tgk.php http://salem-news.com/articles/may102013/high-school-lies-tgk.php Fri, 10 May 2013 18:50:00 PDT When GM boss Charles E. "Engine Charlie" Wilson appeared in 1953 for his nomination hearings to head the Pentagon, a senator asked him if as secretary of defense he could make a decision adverse to the interests of General Motors. Wilson qualified his answer by declaring he could not conceive of such a situation "because for years I thought what was good for our country was good for General Motors and vice versa." http://salem-news.com/articles/april182013/oregonian-nike-mm.php http://salem-news.com/articles/april182013/oregonian-nike-mm.php Thu, 18 Apr 2013 01:19:00 PDT Sheriff's Deputies respond to a crash where an 11-year-old girl was struck by a vehicle while she was in her front yard. The girl did not survive her injuries. Deputies discovered there were two separate crash locations... http://salem-news.com/articles/april052013/fatal-girl.php http://salem-news.com/articles/april052013/fatal-girl.php Fri, 05 Apr 2013 10:56:00 PDT Our new mayor is stonewalling the public about how his police bureau's resurrected (2011) cooperation with the FBI in the Joint Terrorism Task Force has been going. Read Dan Handelman's detailed report which concludes: "...We certainly deserve better and more information." http://salem-news.com/articles/march222013/jttf-report-mm.php http://salem-news.com/articles/march222013/jttf-report-mm.php Fri, 22 Mar 2013 21:42:00 PDT Today, the American Forest Resource Council joined the several other groups, in a lawsuit to overturn the latest Northern Spotted Owl critical habitat designation. The case was filed in federal District Court in Washington, D.C., against the Secretary of Interior and the Director of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. http://salem-news.com/articles/march212013/spotted-owl-suit.php http://salem-news.com/articles/march212013/spotted-owl-suit.php Thu, 21 Mar 2013 16:42:00 PDT For a historical perspective on the Portland Police Bureau’s ideological and racist history, read the article by two PSU faculty members, Oregon Historical Quarterly. In “Black and Blue: Police –Community Relations in Portland’s Albina District, 1964-1985,” Leanne Serbulo and Karen Gibson conclude that Portland “Police have been critically important agents of an oppressive structure that resisted change in Portland...” http://salem-news.com/articles/march212013/pdx-police-mm.php http://salem-news.com/articles/march212013/pdx-police-mm.php Thu, 21 Mar 2013 10:27:00 PDT Officers say 32-year-old Mary Beth Patterson was standing in the middle of the street with her arms extended from her sides like an airplane. She is a member of the band 'Gossip'' and best known for the stage name 'Beth Ditto'. http://salem-news.com/articles/march182013/beth-ditto.php http://salem-news.com/articles/march182013/beth-ditto.php Mon, 18 Mar 2013 19:34:00 PDT On March 14, 2013 at about 1:00PM, Tualatin Police were called to the Rivercrest Meadows Apartments in Tualatin for a call of a suspicious circumstance. Officers were summoned to the scene on a report of a large dog that was found dead in the dumpster. Upon arrival, officer located a large Labrador retriever dead in a dumpster of the complex. http://salem-news.com/articles/march152013/dog-killing.php http://salem-news.com/articles/march152013/dog-killing.php Fri, 15 Mar 2013 10:47:00 PDT This afternoon, Sunday March 10, 2013, at 1:40 p.m., Portland Police officers assigned to North Precinct responded to the Jantzen Beach shopping center on the report of an assault to a TriMet driver. http://salem-news.com/articles/march102013/bus-bust.php http://salem-news.com/articles/march102013/bus-bust.php Sun, 10 Mar 2013 19:39:00 PDT Tucker Maxon Oral School kicks off its 65th year of service to the community with the Sentimental Journey Dinner-Auction on April 27th at The Oregon Golf Clubin West Linn. The Tucker-Maxon School was founded in 1947 as an auditory oral school for children who are deaf or hard of hearing. http://salem-news.com/articles/march062013/tucker-maxon.php http://salem-news.com/articles/march062013/tucker-maxon.php Wed, 06 Mar 2013 15:06:00 PST A multimedia exhibit premiering Thursday tells the stories of faith leaders and people of faith who now support the freedom to marry. The exhibit, a project of the Basic Rights Oregon Education Fund, will travel to churches throughout Oregon. http://salem-news.com/articles/march062013/faith-exhibit.php http://salem-news.com/articles/march062013/faith-exhibit.php Wed, 06 Mar 2013 11:17:00 PST The Portland Police Bureau is asking for the public's help in locating a wanted sex offender. 50-year-old Lawrence David Hendon is described as a white male, 5'9" tall, 160 pounds, gray & brown hair, and hazel-colored eyes. The photo being released is from July 2012. http://salem-news.com/articles/march042013/hendon-offender.php http://salem-news.com/articles/march042013/hendon-offender.php Mon, 04 Mar 2013 14:45:00 PST February 28, 2013--Washington Sheriff's Detectives arrested a man and charged him with the 1982 homicide of Lori Billingsley who was 17-years old. Washington County Sheriff's Detectives arrested 49-year old Kenneth Lee Hicks of Saint Helens. He was charged with the 1982 murder of Lori Billingsley. http://salem-news.com/articles/february282013/cold-case.php http://salem-news.com/articles/february282013/cold-case.php Thu, 28 Feb 2013 18:14:00 PST Those who walk the streets of despair, walk with stooped shoulders, hoodies pulled tight over their heads. They stare down at the concrete sidewalk in front of them, one hand on a belt holding up pants that are hanging just above their bony pelvis. http://salem-news.com/articles/february272013/streets-despair-dd.php http://salem-news.com/articles/february272013/streets-despair-dd.php Wed, 27 Feb 2013 23:56:00 PST Tens of thousands of comic fans converged on the Oregon Convention Center at Portland Comic Con to celebrate the best in pop culture. http://salem-news.com/articles/february262013/comic-con-qm.php http://salem-news.com/articles/february262013/comic-con-qm.php Tue, 26 Feb 2013 14:10:00 PST If your rep in Salem is a Dem and their name isn’t Lew Frederick of Portland or Carolyn Tomei of Milwaukie, she or he voted for the CRC (Columbia River Crossing) boondoogle today. They were joined by nine silent Repubs in the 45-11 vote to burden Oregonians to pay for the ill-conceived project *engineered by the corporate 1%... http://salem-news.com/articles/february262013/crc-salem-mm.php http://salem-news.com/articles/february262013/crc-salem-mm.php Tue, 26 Feb 2013 11:53:00 PST At least 231 people were killed in a nightclub fire in Southern Brazil Saturday night. http://salem-news.com/articles/january272013/nightclub-fire.php http://salem-news.com/articles/january272013/nightclub-fire.php Sun, 27 Jan 2013 21:45:00 PST Attendance numbers are dwindling at a plethora of convention centers across the nation. More local governments are banking on taxpayers to foot the bill to build anchor hotels in the hope that if you build it, they will come. http://salem-news.com/articles/january152013/taxpayer-hotel-ss.php http://salem-news.com/articles/january152013/taxpayer-hotel-ss.php Tue, 15 Jan 2013 13:44:00 PST Undocumented families and allies will rally on Monday. They're highlighting discrepancies between a growing national movement away from blanket policies to honor ICE detainers, bipartisan support for family unity, and Multnomah County Sheriff Staton’s insistence on enforcing ICE holds for minor offenders. http://salem-news.com/articles/december072012/immigration-rally.php http://salem-news.com/articles/december072012/immigration-rally.php Fri, 07 Dec 2012 02:30:00 PST The Oregonian newspaper has printed an extensive number of articles about marijuana as medicine. However it continues to add false, negative comments which have no credibility in view of the fact that thousands of patients in Oregon and millions throughout the US use marijuana safely and effectively for dozens of diseases. http://salem-news.com/articles/november302012/oregonian-mmj-pl.php http://salem-news.com/articles/november302012/oregonian-mmj-pl.php Fri, 30 Nov 2012 11:33:00 PST For me, censorship has never been an issue of any real importance. In my time as a writer, it has never effected me personally. I'd never experienced the sting of being told I couldn't write about a particular topic or that I wouldn't be published, based on a topic I had chosen to explore and develop. http://salem-news.com/articles/november202012/censorship-pdx-tg.php http://salem-news.com/articles/november202012/censorship-pdx-tg.php Tue, 20 Nov 2012 15:49:00 PST What started as a $100M “Victims of Communism Museum,”authorized by Congress in 1993 fizzled out into a ten-foot-high replica of the Goddess of Democracy from Tienanmen [sic] Square on a traffic island in Washington, D.C. The “The Whittaker Chambers National Historic Landmark” in Westminster, Maryland is so obscure that even the county visitor center doesn’t know where it is. http://salem-news.com/articles/november172012/communism-usa-mm.php http://salem-news.com/articles/november172012/communism-usa-mm.php Sat, 17 Nov 2012 12:47:00 PST In a word, The Oregonian has been 'BITCHY' about the entire aspect of marijuana since legalization efforts started in 1999. They reported all bad aspects of 'REEFER MADNESS' as if they were true which they were not. http://salem-news.com/articles/november162012/oregonian-progress-pl.php http://salem-news.com/articles/november162012/oregonian-progress-pl.php Fri, 16 Nov 2012 12:12:00 PST Demonstrators from the Portland Action Lab clashed with police Saturday during the publicized 'Solidarity Against Austerity' rally and march. http://salem-news.com/articles/november052012/police-demonstrators-tk.php http://salem-news.com/articles/november052012/police-demonstrators-tk.php Mon, 05 Nov 2012 18:18:00 PST Co-Chair of the Joint Ways and Means Committee for the State of Oregon, Peter Buckley explains his support for Measure 80 and discusses how legalization of cannabis and hemp will create new path for Oregon. Oregon was the first state to allow women to vote, and Buckley likens the push for legal cannabis to that same pioneering spirit of Oregon. http://salem-news.com/articles/november022012/measure-80.php http://salem-news.com/articles/november022012/measure-80.php Fri, 02 Nov 2012 00:21:00 PDT This morning, Wednesday October 31, 2012, at 8:31 a.m., Portland Police officers assigned to East Precinct responded to a residence in the 10100 block of Southeast Long Street on the report of a deceased female inside the home. Additionally, officers learned that a 2-year-old boy was alone in the residence. http://salem-news.com/articles/october312012/dead-mother-portland.php http://salem-news.com/articles/october312012/dead-mother-portland.php Wed, 31 Oct 2012 17:57:00 PDT The Portland Archdiocese has sent $1,000 to Minnesota specifically for the purpose of funding anti-gay discrimination. The finding is part of a new report from the Human Rights Campaign... http://salem-news.com/articles/october192012/catholic-anti-gay.php http://salem-news.com/articles/october192012/catholic-anti-gay.php Fri, 19 Oct 2012 13:39:00 PDT