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Leaders in many cities have recently concluded that it was a bad idea to decriminalize hard drugs. Unless you get your news from NPR, you already knew that allowing people to buy fentanyl, methamphetamine, cocaine or heroin without consequences would end in pain and chaos for both drug users and their communities. Woke cities and states throughout the country are …

An Oregon high school transgender runner caused outrage on social media on Wednesday after competing in several events at the Portland Interscholastic League Championship semifinals against girls. Aayden Gallagher, of McDaniel High School, finished in first place in the 400-meter preliminary event with a 56.14 time – 0.23 seconds better than the second-place finisher. Gallagher finished second in the 200-meter …

A whopping 70% of Portland area voters disapprove of their city’s progressive leadership in city council members and Mayor Ted Wheeler, according to a new poll. “I’ve seen Portland change dramatically in the last six or seven years and I hate to say it’s not been for the better,” one participant told The Oregonian. “I’m very dissatisfied with our government, …

Homeless people who camp on public property in Portland, Oregon, and reject offers of shelter could be fined up to $100 or sentenced to up to seven days in jail under new rules approved unanimously by the City Council on Wednesday. When shelter is not available, the same penalties apply for blocking sidewalks, using gas heaters or starting fires, or …

Seven police officers were injured and at least 30 people were arrested at Portland State University on Thursday after anti-Israel agitators occupied the library on campus, according to Portland police. The department said the arrests stem from the agitators illegally entering Millar Library for a second time despite efforts by authorities to keep it secure after initially clearing it at …

An amateur photographer captured a subject in Oregon last week that has bird lovers chirping — as it’s said to be the first U.S. sighting of this particular species. Some experts are calling it the “bird of the century.” “It’s just a very rare thing to have a country-first record in Oregon,” Brodie Cass Talbott, senior educator and trips specialist …

Two private preschools in Portland, Oregon, shut down after employees tried to unionize, according to a report. Guidepost Montessori abruptly closed the two daycare locations in early April shortly after both locations attempted to unionize with ILWU Local 5. “Teachers and parents at two locations of Guidepost Montessori found out their day care facility was closing with less than 24 …

Portland State University has announced its campus will be closed Wednesday as images are emerging of the graffiti and destruction that anti-Israel protesters have caused insideits main library. Photos show messages including “We’ll stop occupying this building when Israel stops occupying Palestine” and “no more business as usual” spray-painted on the walls of the Millar Library on the downtown Portland, …

Cheng “Charlie” Saephan wore a broad smile and a bright blue sash emblazoned with the words “Iu-Mien USA” as he hoisted an oversized check for $1.3 billion above his head. The 46-year-old immigrant’s luck in winning an enormous Powerball jackpot in Oregon earlier this month — a lump sum payment of $422 million after taxes, which he and his wife …

The president of Portland State University in Oregon says she is calling on the city’s police to remove anti-Israel “trespassers” who have caused “property damage” to the campus’ main library. PSU President Ann Cudd said the anti-Israel demonstrations on campus escalated Monday when a “group of individuals broke into Millar Library, the main PSU library, and entered the building” while …