(Portland, OR)  --  One person is hospitalized after a two-alarm fire engulfed a home that was filled with ammunition in Northeast Portland.  Firefighters responded to the home on Northeast 13th last night to find flames pouring out of the building.  Officials say there was a thousand pounds of ammunition in the garage as well as more ammo in the attic that was set off in the fire, putting crews at risk.  One person was taken to the hospital for smoke inhalation.  An investigation into the fire is ongoing.

(Portland, OR)  --  At least 15 Portland Police cars were destroyed by arson early Thursday morning.  The cars are used for training and were parked in a fenced area near 149th and Northeast Airport Way.  Firefighters put out the fire and no injuries were reported.  Portland Fire is investigating the arson.  Police are asking anyone with information about the case to contact them.

(Coos Bay, OR)  --  A dog is dead and two people are injured following a house fire in Coos Bay.  Fire officials say crews responded to the home early yesterday morning after a neighbor called 911.  Firefighters arrived to find two people trapped inside the burning home and rescued them, rushing them to a hospital.  Crews also found two dogs inside the home.  One of the dogs was dead, while the other was rescued and is said to be doing OK.  

(Roseburg, OR)  --  A woman is facing charges after allegedly assaulting and strangling another woman during a domestic disturbance in Roseburg.  Police arrested 29-year-old Jacelyn Crosser Wednesday.  Police say she strangled a woman and threatened to kill her with a knife while subjecting her to unwanted physical contact.  Crosser is being charged with strangulation, harassment and domestic menacing.

(Portland, OR)  --  Police made more arrests Thursday night at the Portland State University library.  After police left in the afternoon, activists returned pulling down fencing and removing things from dumpsters.  Around 7 p.m., officers returned and moved the crowd back.  They resecured the library and arrested more people.  In all, around 30 people were arrested Thursday, seven of them students.

(Portland, OR)  --  Portland Police are searching for a five-year-old boy who may have been abducted.  Tra'Veon Lewis was reported missing Thursday and police say he was seen with two adults riding buses on Southeast Division Street.  Tra'Veon was wearing a red or orange sweatshirt with a multicolor "Champion" logo on the front and multicolored shorts.  The adults are a white man wearing a tan hooded sweatshirt over an orange sweatshirt and a blue face mask.  A white female had long blond hair in two braids, black shirt with round silver decorations.  They were pulling a red wagon and pushing a black wheelchair.  If you see them call 911.

(Portland, OR)  --  A Multnomah County judge has sentenced a man to prison for killing his girlfriend.  Nineteen-year-old Amara Marluke was a student at Portland State University.  In April 2022, officers responded to a shooting near PSU where they found Marluke dead.  Investigators identified her boyfriend, and PSU student, 22-year-old Keenan Harpole as the suspect.  He pleaded guilty to manslaughter and unlawful use of a weapon.  Harpole was sentenced to 23 years in prison.

(Portland, OR)  --  Police say people who occupied Portland State University's library caused substantial damage to the fire alarm system.  The alarm system box was pulled out of the wall, many pull stations were activated, and fire extinguishers were sprayed throughout the building.  The Portland Fire Bureau says the in-house fire suppression system remains intact.  The pull stations need to be reset and the emptied fire extinguishers will have to be replaced.  The building will be boarded up to prevent access until the repairs are made.

(Salem, OR)  --  Ten-million-dollars will be spent restoring fish habitat in Oregon.  The Private Forest Accord Grant Program has awarded its first-ever round of habitat restoration project funding.  It's going to 25 projects across Oregon that will restore critical spawning grounds, fish passage and habitat improvements for fish and wildlife.  The focus is on helping native salmon, trout and select amphibians. 

(Portland, OR)  --  Portland's Mayor is tapping three government and business officials to help lead the city's historic voter-approved government transition.  Mayor Ted Wheeler is elevating his Chief Administrative Officer Michael Jordan to serve as Interim City Administrator.  He's appointed two Interim Deputy City Administrators.  Current Deputy Chief of Staff Sara Morrissey will supervise City Operations.  Jonas Biery, former Vice President at investment banking firm D.A. Davidson & Company, will oversee Budget and Finance.  The temporary positions run through June of 2025.

(Portland, OR)  --  Several Oregon cities are being ranked among the best places in the nation to call home.   That's according to Livability's 2024 report on the 100 Best Places to Live in the U.S.  Livability looked at data on thousands of American cities and judged them based on nearly 100 data points, considering metrics like economy, housing, cost of living and amenities.  Beaverton, Hillsboro, Eugene, Medford and Salem all made the top 100 list.

(Kelso, WA)  --  A vehicle being pursued by Cowlitz County Sheriff's deputies late Tuesday night crashed killing three people inside.  Kelso Police responded to the crash and say the suspect's vehicle hit a second vehicle.  The three people in the suspect's vehicle were killed and two people in the second vehicle were injured.  Their conditions weren't released.  Washington State Patrol is conducting the investigation.

(Albany, OR)  --  Police are releasing the identities of a man who was killed and a woman who was injured when half a dozen officers opened fire on them following a car chase in Linn County.  Authorities say 30-year-old Cameron James Bielman of Anacortes, Washington was killed, while his 30-year-old passenger Yasmina Destinee Teal, also of Anacortes, was hospitalized for injuries.  Police were chasing the pair's vehicle in connection to a shooting a few hours earlier in Coburg that left one person critically injured on Sunday when the suspect vehicle crashed on I-5.  At some point after the crash, officers opened fire on the vehicle.  Six law enforcement members involved in the shooting have been placed on paid administrative leave pending an investigation.

(Portland, OR)  --  Students protesting the Israel-Hamas war continue their occupation of the Portland State University library as the group's demonstration enters its seventh day.  KATU-2 reports the group was still inside the school's Miller Library as of 11 p.m. last night.  The students allegedly broke into the library Monday night after protesting in front of the library for five days.  Portland State University closed its campus yesterday in response to the occupation.  Police say the demonstration is now illegal and they're asking the protesters to leave.  Portland Police are working with other law enforcement to develop a plan to remove the protesters.

(Myrtle Point, OR)  --  Bail is set at one-million dollars for a convicted felon arrested in connection to a shooting on Old Highway 42 in Coos County.  The sheriff's office says 28-year-old Blaine Monson is charged with attempted murder, felon in possession of a firearm, unlawful use of a weapon and menacing for the shooting in Myrtle Point last Thursday.  Police say the victim was in his vehicle when Monson fired multiple rounds at him, hitting his car several times.  No injuries were reported.

(Portland, OR)  --  A former Oregon Department of Human Services caregiver has been sentenced to 25 years in prison for sexually assaulting a woman with disabilities who was in his care.  Federal prosecutors say Zakary Glover, who worked as a direct support crisis specialist for the state, was supposed to take the victim on an outing.  He took her to a dead-end road in Aumsville where the sexual assault happened.  The victim suffers from severe autism, epilepsy, cognitive delays and very limited verbal abilities.  Prosecutors say they wanted to send a strong message with the significant sentence.

(Portland, OR)  --  A recall is in effect for organic walnuts sold in Oregon that have been tied to an outbreak of E. coli cases.  The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has issued a warning about Gibson Farms organic walnuts sold in bulk at co-ops and natural food stores in Oregon and 18 other states.  Over 12 people from Washington and California have been infected with E. coli after eating the nuts.  Seven of those people were hospitalized.

(Portland, OR)  --  Immigrant and refugee Portlanders will be able to get free help from Portland Community College's Legal Resource Center.  Portland's Office of Community & Civic Life signed an agreement with PCC that will allow immigrants and refugees to access legal help with DACA renewals, work permit applications, immigration legal screenings, and advance parole for DACA recipients.  Potential candidates can apply at the PCC Legal Resource Center. 

(Portland, OR)  --  The Portland Bureau of Transportation is establishing a hardship fund to help victims of auto theft and people with low incomes retrieve towed and impounded vehicles.  Money for the fund comes from a five-dollar surcharge on tows collected as part of the city's towing contracts.  The impound must be within the City of Portland.  An application needs to be filed within five days of the tow and before the vehicle is retrieved.  The city will pay 300 dollars in towing and storage fees for people who qualify.  The money is paid to the towing company and not as a reimbursement to the vehicle owner.

(Silverton, OR)  --  Silver Falls State Park is getting ready to host its annual Mother's Day Birding and Wildflower Festival on May 11th and 12th.  Activities include a wildflower show, a native plant sale, guided bird watching and wildflower walks, educational discovery tables, bird crafts and live raptor presentations.  All activities are free, but there is a five-dollar daily parking permit fee.  All activities happen from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. in the South Falls Day-use area, unless otherwise indicated in the full schedule on the Oregon State Parks website.

(Portland, OR)  --  Oregon is being called one of the best states in the nation for nurses.  The personal finance website WalletHub ranks the Beaver State number six in its top ten list of the best states for nurses to work in.  WalletHub compared states on 20 different metrics of job satisfaction, including average salaries, job openings per capita and the quality of nursing homes.  Washington state came in first place.  The report notes that Washington nurses enjoy high-median salaries across various work settings in Washington as well as high levels of educational attainment.  WalletHub also notes Washington has some of the best-ranked nursing schools in the nation.

(Scappoose, OR)  --  No injuries are reported after a small plane flipped and crashed in Scappoose.  Authorities say the 1952 Cessna flipped over and landed on its roof at the Scappoose airport yesterday evening.  The pilot was the only person on board and was not injured.  

(Portland, OR)  --  Police say they've arrested a man accused of killing another man in northwest Multnomah County.  Sheriff's deputies responded to a home in the 18-hundred block of Northwest 6th Avenue early yesterday morning on reports of a disturbance involving a weapon.  Responding officers found a 44-year-old man suffering from serious injuries to the neck.  Police tried to save the man's life, but he died at the scene.  Police arrested a 42-year-old man at the scene for his death.

(Salem, OR)  --  The Oregon State Hospital in Salem is in immediate jeopardy of losing its eligibility for federal Medicare and Medicaid reimbursement.  Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services surveyors put the hospital in immediate jeopardy status while investigating a patient death in the admission's department.  They noticed that the emergency response equipment was not located in one room.  Interim Hospital Superintendent Dr. Sara Walker says they've fixed the problem, and they're creating an immediate jeopardy removal plan describing how and when any remaining issues will be corrected.

(Portland, OR)  --  A Multnomah County jury has found 42-year-old Phillip Nelson guilty in a double homicide.  In June 2020, police responded to a stabbing near 14th and Northeast Davis Street.  There were two victims.  Najaf "Nate" Hobbs died at the scene.  Cassy Leaton died at a hospital.  Nelson was found guilty of murder and manslaughter.  He'll be sentenced May 24th.