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Portland Police Investigating Shooting on SE Division

(PORTLAND, Ore.) - Early this morning at approximately 12:58 a.m., Portland Police responded to the Good Call Sports Bar & Grill on the report of four people shot.

A 28-year-old Asian male was deceased at the scene, and three others were seriously injured.

Portland Police Investigate Shooting at Benson High School

The school was locked down for approximately 30 minutes

(PORTLAND, Ore.) - At approximately 7:38 p.m., Portland Police officers responded to the report of a shooting at Benson High School, located at 546 Northeast 12th Avenue.

As officers responded, school security immediately placed the school on lock-down...

Motorcyclist Dies From Injuries Sustained in Crash on I84

The motorcycle came to rest near the center concrete barrier and quickly caught fire.

(PORTLAND, Ore.) - A northeast Portland man critically injured Wednesday evening after his motorcycle collided with another vehicle in the eastbound lanes of Interstate 84 near 33rd Avenue died early Thursday morning at a Portland-area hospital.

Interstate 84 Critical Injury Crash

(PORTLAND, Ore.) - Oregon State Police (OSP), with the assistance of Portland Police Bureau (PPB), is continuing the investigation into a critical injury traffic crash that occurred Wednesday evening in the eastbound lanes of Interstate 84 at the 33rd Avenue exit ramp.

Congested and slowing traffic were present in the eastbound lanes during the presidential motorcade's procession on the westbound side of the freeway.

Obama and Kitzhaber Live Tonight from Portland

The live web cast of the rally with President Obama and John Kitzhaber begins at 5:30 pm PDT

(PORTLAND, Ore.) - 5,000 to 10,000 people are expected in Portland tonight for a rally with President Obama and Democrat John Kitzhaber, contender in the Oregon governor’s race.

President Obama will speak from the Oregon Convention Center at 6:00 p.m. The event is free to the public but as news sources confirm, security is tight.

The Ken O`Keefe Family Values Tour

A Mother's Love for a man Israel calls a Terrorist.

(PORTLAND, Ore.) - Ken O'Keefe's recent whirlwind NW speaking tour featured a level of depth that one doesn't often see. His mom, Pat Johnson, accompanied her son

It was her first chance to see him, since his dramatic survival of a deadly Israeli commando attack aboard the Mavi Marmara, a passenger ship in last May's Gaza Freedom Flotilla.

Business Oregon and MEMC Announce Plans to Expand Portland Solar Materials Manufacturing Plant at Solar Power International 2010

The company estimates that the Oregon plant will ramp up from about 60 megawatts (MW) in annual production capacity at the time of acquisition, to approximately 300 MW of capacity in 2011

(LOS ANGELES Calif.) - The Oregon Business Development Department ("Business Oregon") and officials from MEMC Electronic Materials Inc. (NYSE: WFR), a global leader in the manufacture and sale of wafers and related products to the semiconductor and solar industries, today announced the expansion of MEMC's Portland, Oregon solar manufacturing facility. The facility was obtained through MEMC's recent acquisition of Solaicx.

MEMC's Portland facility has developed proprietary continuous crystal growth manufacturing technology which yields low-cost, high-efficiency monocrystalline silicon wafers for the photovoltaic solar industry. This technology allows for very high-volume crystal growth compared to the silicon ingots produced in the traditional precision semiconductor manufacturing process.

Vehicle Crashes Through Restaurant in NW Portland

A patron of the restaurant was injured

(PORTLAND, Ore.) - Portland Fire & Rescue was dispatched at 4:32 pm to 2330 NW Thurman St. where a vehicle reportedly ran into and through the Wild Wasabi restaurant.

The vehicle, a Volvo, crashed through a partial brick wall and front window of the restaurant. The restaurant's manager, who was sitting at one of the tables at the time of the crash, was hit by and pinned under the car.

Portland Police Find Missing 11-year-old Child Safe

Missing boy Found.

(PORTLAND, Ore.) - Early this evening, Thursday October 14, 2010, the Portland Police Bureau, with the assistance of several law enforcement agencies in the State of Washington, has located the missing 11-year-old boy, Lok Marcellay.

Lok is with law enforcement and is safe and appears to be in good health. His family has been notified of his safe return to law enforcement.

Police Seek Missing 11-Year-Old from North Portland

Portland Police Have Found Missing 11-year-old Child Safe

(PORTLAND, Ore.) - Portland Police Bureau Missing Persons detectives have arrested one of the persons suspected of being involved in the non-stranger abduction of 11-year-old North Portland student Lok Marcellay.

34-year-old Morning Star Marcellay, also known as Morning Star Means, the child's non-custodial biological mother, has been arrested by the Olympia, Washington, Police on warrants unrelated to this case.