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Schonely called games for the NBA team for nearly three decades, including during the team’s historic championship win in 1977. → Read More
As a string of attacks on electrical substations unfolded in Oregon and Washington in 2022, the FBI was warning utilities of white supremacists’ plots to take down the nation’s power grid. An investigation by OPB and Washington public media station KUOW reveals the scope of the threat to the Northwest grid. → Read More
The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals has affirmed a lower court’s decision to vacate Frank Gable’s murder conviction. Gable, who has been out of custody pending appeal, was charged with the 1989 killing of Michael Franke, the director of the Oregon Department of Corrections. → Read More
“The plan I am seeking is one that proposes immediate steps that will enable [the Public Defense Services Commission] to fulfill its obligation to provide lawyers for those who have a constitutional right to representation,” Oregon Supreme Court Chief Justice Martha Walters wrote. → Read More
For years, people reported the alleged shooter’s violent behavior and racist outbursts to the FBI, which contacted him in 2021. Law enforcement officials say they arguably don’t have as many tools as they need to prevent mass shootings → Read More
The racist texts, sent in 2018, could affect the outcome of current cases; a motion to dismiss a separate case involving the same detective and prosecutor was filed Thursday. → Read More
In two contested district attorney races, voters are leaning towards the incumbent in early returns; new prosecutors will take their seats in four uncontested races. → Read More
Gov. Kate Brown has commuted the sentences of 963 who were serving sentences during the COVID-19 pandemic. A preliminary report by the Oregon Criminal Justice Commission that looked at the first 266 people released early found they were not more likely to reoffend. → Read More
Malik Muhammad faces dozens of charges after traveling from Indianapolis to Portland during the summer of 2020, according to prosecutors. He's set to plead guilty to charges in state and federal court, this week. → Read More
Tony Daniel Klein, 37, faces federal charges for allegations that took place in 2016 and 2017 while he worked as a nurse for the Oregon Department of Corrections. In 2018, Legacy Health hired Klein. At the time, Oregon State Police were working on an open investigation into Klein regarding allegations of sexual assault. → Read More
At least 27 women have accused nurse Tony Klein of inappropriate actions and sexual assault while he worked at the Coffee Creek prison in Oregon. To date, he has never been charged with a crime. But that may change soon, as OPB has learned a federal investigation remains underway. → Read More
U.S. District Court Judge Marco Hernandez granted a temporary restraining order Monday and ordered the Oregon State Hospital to admit two people found guilty except for insanity. The men were ordered into the care of the psychiatric hospital more than six month ago, but have instead remained in the Multnomah County Jail. → Read More
The murder of a far-right extremist in Portland in the summer of 2020 floored Jon Bair. He had been impressed by the smart street tactics of Portland’s younger anti-fascists, which in spite of their brawling had never taken a life. Back in 1993, Bair had pulled the trigger as the city«s anti-fascist movement turned deadly. Bair’s painful memories of that morning flooded back with a fury after… → Read More
The Oregon Supreme Court on Thursday struck down the death sentence of an Oregon inmate in a major ruling that found legislators had fundamentally altered “prevailing societal standards” for executions with a 2019 law change. → Read More
U.S. Magistrate Judge Stacie Beckerman ordered an inspection of the Sheridan federal prison within the next 14 days. Those in custody have complained about poor medical care and extensive lockdowns amid the pandemic. → Read More
Nationally, reports of hate crimes rose to their highest levels in more than a decade. “They reflect likely both an increase in reporting as well as an increase incidents,” said Kiran Ramsey, the special agent in charge of the FBI’s Portland field office. → Read More
A sweeping lawsuit filed by the family for a slain leader of the 2016 occupation of the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge has been dismissed, essentially bringing to a close the last major legal chapter around the historic event. → Read More
Sen. Floyd Prozanski, D-Eugene, told OPB he doesn«t see a path forward for Senate Bill 401 that would»ve scrapped mandatory minimum sentences for certain violent crimes. → Read More
Malik Muhammed, 24, was arrested by federal law enforcement officials Friday. He faces 26 felonies in state court, stemming from protests in Portland last fall, including attempted murder. → Read More
The statements released Tuesday, some of which are not dated, are the first time officers with the Pacific Northwest Violent Offender Task Force have shared their version of what occurred. Officers were not equipped with body cameras. → Read More