The Oregonian • 31st July 2022

Cooling centers serve as refuges for unhoused residents and those without A/C

I spoke with people staying at the Portland Building, one of Multnomah County's overnight cooling shelters, during a grueling week-long heat wave.

The Oregonian • 19th July 2022

Road-rage shooting claims Tigard father driving from the Oregon coast

I wrote about a Tigard man who died after being shot and killed on Oregon 18 northeast of Otis in a suspected road-rage incident. Dennis Anderson was the father of three children and grew up in Massachusetts.

oregonlive • 10th July 2022

Sen. Ron Wyden stands with tech execs and vacuum cleaners to push for chip industry funds

Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., stood amongst vacuum cleaners, both new and old, in Portland to call for a “full steam” approach to pass federal legislation that will subsidize U.S. semiconductor production.

oregonlive • 30th June 2022

‘Shame on them’: Family members of 9/11 victims denounce LIV Golf tournament at Pumpkin Ridge

Local elected officials and 11 family members who lost loved ones on 9/11 spoke at a press conference to denounce the Saudi Arabia-backed LIV Golf Invitational Series on the first day of its stop in North Plains.

oregonlive • 23rd June 2022

Debate over Gov. Kate Brown’s clemency authority heard in Oregon Court of Appeals

The Oregon Court of Appeals heard arguments in a lawsuit which asserts that Gov. Kate Brown unlawfully delegated her clemency powers to the Oregon Board of Parole and failed to include district attorneys and crime victims in her decision-making.

The Oregonian • 7th August 2022

Families mourn 2 Portland teens shot at Vancouver house party

Two former Portland Public School students were shot and killed in a Vancouver house party that killed two and wounded two others. Their family members spoke about who they were and the lives they touched.

oregonlive • 26th June 2022

‘Stand up fight back’: Hundreds march in SE Portland to fight for abortion rights protections

On one of Portland’s hottest days of the year with 90-degree temperatures, almost 400 people marched on Southeast Portland roads protesting the Supreme Court decision to overturn Roe v. Wade and calling for action.

The Oregonian • 16th July 2022

Portland man who drowned trying to save struggling swimmer remembered as ‘kind, patient, loving’

I wrote about a public memorial in Portland for Kevin Antoine McDowell, a 35-year-old man who died after jumping into the Columbia River to help a woman struggling to swim. Friends, family members and coworkers remembered him as a brother, a best friend, and a hero.

The Oregonian • 7th July 2022

Witnesses heard at least 10 gunshots and saw a wounded man flee from fatal East Portland shooting

Residents at an apartment complex near the scene of a fatal shooting in East Portland described hearing at least 10 shots and seeing men race along Greenfaire Apartments’ closely packed buildings.

oregonlive • 13th July 2022

State takes over investigation into fatal police shooting of Derrick Clark during traffic stop in Clackamas County

I found out from family members of a Tigard man who was shot and killed by police in Milwaukie that the Oregon Department of Justice has taken over the investigation into the fatal shooting. It's the first time the Clackamas County District Attorney's Office has asked the state to lead a police shooting investigation.

oregonlive • 18th June 2022

‘It’s about time:’ Hundreds celebrate Juneteenth parade, festival

Sounds of bagpipes, revving three-wheelers, soul and funk music and stomping cheerleaders rang out in Northeast Portland’s King neighborhood as more than 500 people led a parade down Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard, celebrating the city’s 50th annual Juneteenth Oregon festival.

The Oregonian • 28th July 2022

Portland man charged with striking and killing pedestrian in SE Portland denied bail, judge rules

I covered the bail hearing of the man charged with second-degree murder in connection with a Southeast Portland crash that resulted in the death of a 42-year-old man.

oregonlive • 18th July 2022

206-mile trek from Seattle brings hundreds of bicyclists to Northeast Portland

I covered the end of the Seattle-to-Portland bike ride, a two-day, 206-mile journey from cyclists who made their way to Holladay Park from Husky Stadium in Seattle.

oregonlive • 9th July 2022

Fentanyl death increase prompts Oregon alert, call for better access to naloxone

As fentanyl has become a leading cause of drug deaths in Oregon in the last 2 ½ years, state health officials are requesting a greater supply of medicine to reverse overdoses.

The Oregonian • 29th July 2022

Oregon agency’s plan for public defender shortage: lure private lawyers with better pay

Officials with the Oregon Office of Public Defense Services have a proposal to entice lawyers to temporarily join their ranks: pay them more than those already under contract.