Shane Dixon Kavanaugh
The Oregonian
Portland, OR, United States
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Oregon Zoo gives royal welcome to new 3,000-pound rhino named King
King, an 8-year-old black rhinoceros, arrived Sept. 10 from Chicago’s Brookfield Zoo and is already making himself at home in Southwest Portland, his handlers say. → Read More
Portland Burgerville workers plan to strike amid union bargaining deadline
Workers negotiating a union contract with Burgerville are preparing to wage a large-scale strike, even as the regional fast-food chain says it will boost employee pay by $1 an hour. → Read More
Vancouver-area measles outbreak cases climb to 75
The number of people diagnosed with measles in Oregon and Washington rose to 75 Saturday as Clark County officials confirmed two new cases. → Read More
Saudi students who vanish before trial span states, decades
A university student from Saudi Arabia facing criminal charges in Ohio vanished in 1988, new evidence that the Saudi government intervened decades before it took similar action in several cases recently uncovered in Oregon. → Read More
He was accused of killing a Portland teen. Feds believe the Saudis helped him escape
He was accused of killing a Portland teen. Feds believe the Saudis helped him escape → Read More
He was accused of killing a Portland teen. Feds believe the Saudis helped him escape
A black SUV pulled up to Abdulrahman Sameer Noorah’s home in Southeast Portland two weeks before his June 2017 trial. Noorah, a Saudi national charged the year before in the fatal hit-and-run of a teenage girl crossing Hawthorne Boulevard, had a bag packed that Saturday afternoon. The private car drove the 21-year-old Portland Community College student to a sand-and-gravel yard two miles away.… → Read More
Patriot Prayer page threat against Muslim group prompts police investigation
The Oregon chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations alerted authorities after the online comment surfaced Saturday. → Read More
FBI Agent Shot by Booby-Trapped Wheelchair
Authorities discovered elaborate booby traps sprinkled throughout a 15-acre property in Oregon. → Read More
Muslim teen targeted before MAX train slaying: 'Our faces were a trigger'
"Everywhere I go, I fear for my safety," Walia Mohamed said in her first interview since the May 2017 attack that stunned Portland and people across the nation. → Read More
Cyclist who collided with truck in NW Portland becomes city's first 2018 bike fatality
Daniel W. Feldt, 50, rode his bicycle out of a parking lot and onto the 2700 block of Northwest Nicolai Street when the crash occurred Tuesday morning, police said. → Read More
Child in viral Portland police hug photo missing, 5 family members dead after California cliff crash
Five family members of Devonte Hart, the 12-year-old photographed in a tender embrace with a Portland policeman in 2014, have been identified as those killed in crash off the coast of Northern California. → Read More
Portland train attack victims, families in bitter battle over $1.2 million donated by public
Lawyers for Micah Fletcher and the families of Ricky Best and Taliesin Namkai-Meche continue to clash over how to divide nearly three-quarters of $1.6 million raised online after police say Jeremy Christian plunged a knife into all three men's throats. → Read More
In flap over homelessness and safety, Columbia Sportswear reopens flagship store after protest
Columbia chief executive Tim Boyle said the company was considering closing its downtown office because because of safety concerns stemming from Portland's homeless. → Read More
MAX train stabbing survivor seeks 'semblance of a normal life'
Micah Fletcher has resumed his studies at Portland State University. But the 21-year-old admits he still struggles to feel whole. → Read More
ICE retracts number of arrests in Portland during operation that claimed to target sanctuary cities
ICE claimed it arrested 33 people in Portland during a recent nationwide raid. It didn't. → Read More
'Dirty secret' of Oregon jury system could go before U.S. Supreme Court
For decades, Oregon juries -- and those in only one other state, Louisiana -- have been permitted to convict most felony defendants with a 10-2 vote. A petition before the Supreme Court claims the statute deprives some defendants of equal protection under the law. → Read More
Inmate becomes fifth man to 'unexpectedly' die at Two Rivers Correctional Institution this year
Kenneth Allen, 23, had just three months left behind bars when he died suddenly on Sunday, Oregon Department of Corrections officials say. → Read More
In Oregon, A Struggling County Just Shut Down Its Last Public Library
Residents in Douglas County are now without an institution considered fundamental to American life after rejecting a modest tax levy to save it → Read More
Here’s An ‘Alt-Right’ Leader’s Sad Attempt To Crowdfund Himself
While Kyle Chapman, also known as 'Based Stickman,' might be considered an 'alt-right' hero, he's also really bad at crowdfunding → Read More
Ohio’s Drug Epidemic Is Becoming More Deadly Each Day
Heroin, fentanyl, and other drugs killed 11 people in Ohio a day in 2016 — more than any other place in the country → Read More