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An inspiration, Baby Yoda is. A thoughtful 5-year-old boy in northwestern Oregon gifted a foot-tall Baby Yoda doll to front-line firefighters there as an inspirational thank you for their hard work battling blazes on the West Coast. Carver, who lives in Scappoose, Oregon, was shopping with his grandmother, Sasha Tinning, last weekend when they came …

Oregon homeowners have issued warnings for those who seek to loot and damage property amid wildfire evacuations, posting signs that state they will shoot and kill those who do so. “You loot, we shoot,” read one handpainted sign outside of a home, which was captured by KPTV journalist Devin Eskew as he covered the destruction. …

Republicans in the Oregon legislature are accusing Democrats of sanctioning “lawlessness” after the arrest of a top aide to the Democratic Oregon House speaker this month during protests that devolved into riots in downtown Portland. Kristina Narayan, who serves as legislative director for Oregon House Speaker Representative Tina Kotek, was arrested late at night on Saturday, September …

An Oregon man was arrested early Monday morning for the second time in 12 hours after he set “multiple” fires along a Portland freeway. Shortly after 4p.m. on Sunday, Portland Police were called to assist firefighters in extinguishing a small brush fire along Interstate 205, which caused no injuries or structural damages. A witness flagged …

Portland mayor Ted Wheeler says he will be moving out of his condo to avoid the protests and rioting that have cropped up outside the building in recent days. Wheeler announced the move in an email to other residents of the 16- floor high-rise on Tuesday, OregonLive.com reported, one day after a crowd of over …

Portland Police declared a riot Monday evening after about 200 demonstrators marched to Mayor Ted Wheeler’s residence to demand that he resign. Police reported that an “arson fire” was started in the area. Rioters also broke windows and attempted to set a store on the ground floor of the Democratic mayor’s condominium building on fire. …

Oregon governor Kate Brown and other elected officials praised local activists after they prevented a pair of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) buses carrying two detainees from leaving a hotel parking lot in Bend, Ore. on Wednesday. “I am appalled by the callous actions of the Trump Administration yesterday in Bend to target immigrant communities …

Oregon state police are backing out of an agreement to protect the Portland federal courthouse from rioters, after the Multnomah County district attorney announced he will not prosecute most rioters who are arrested. Portland has seen riots almost every night since the May death of George Floyd, an African American man killed during his arrest …

The Portland district attorney will only be pressing charges against rioters arrested for assault, theft and property damage, opting to drop lesser charges, including rioting and disorderly conduct, that have come out of months of violent protests in the city, the office announced Tuesday. “As prosecutors, we acknowledge the depth of emotion that motivates these …

Portland police chief Chuck Lovell slammed “incomprehensible” violence on Thursday after rioters moved to target city police precincts. Riots in Portland have been ongoing since the May death of George Floyd, an African American man killed during his arrest by Minneapolis police officers. Rioters targeted the city’s federal courthouse for two months, assaulting federal officers …