Portland Tribune

11/12/2025

🏫 According to Willamette University President Steve Thorsett, the universities have been in talks for years about collaborating around shared services and academic partnerships.

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Oregon’s two oldest universities are in talks for a merger that would create the state’s largest private institution. Pacific and Willamette universities announced Thursday, Dec. 11, that their respective boards signed a letter of intent to begin negotiating an agreement to join together in what...

11/12/2025

Oregon State football announces hiring of offensive coordinator, quarterbacks coach Thursday: https://portlandtribune.com/2025/12/11/oregon-state-football-new-coaching-staff-jamarcus-shephard/

11/12/2025

What happens when you mix a bar crawl, white beards and velvety red suits?

A whole bunch of jolly, tipsy Santa Clauses walking the streets of Portland for SantaCon.

Back again, SantaCon will bring more than 3,000 Santa Clauses to the city for a bar crawl spanning dozens of venues on Saturday, Dec. 20.

🎅Find all the details at the Portland Tribune: https://portlandtribune.com/2025/12/11/thousands-of-tipsy-santas-to-take-over-portland-for-santacon-bar-crawl/

📸: SantaCon
📝: Hannah Seibold

11/12/2025

🚔Portland Police Bureau reported that the driver of the motorcycle died this morning at the hospital he was transported to.

Police are asking anyone who witnessed the crash or has relevant information to contact investigators.

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A major collision early Thursday morning left one man with life-threatening injuries and shut down a stretch of Northeast Airport Way near the I-205 interchange in Portland.

11/12/2025

🚨 A major collision early Thursday morning left one man with life-threatening injuries and shut down a stretch of Northeast Airport Way near the I-205 interchange in Portland.

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A major collision early Thursday morning left one man with life-threatening injuries and shut down a stretch of Northeast Airport Way near the I-205 interchange in Portland.

11/12/2025

💉“The alliance grounds its decisions in facts, data, and expert consensus,” Gov. Tina Kotek wrote. “Today’s hepatitis B guidance reflects exactly that. Oregonians who want the vaccine to protect their families should not face artificial barriers to health care due to the Trump administration.”

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Oregon public health officials rebuked a federal panel’s new recommendation that only newborns with mothers who tested positive for hepatitis B or have unclear infection statuses should immediately receive a vaccine. Other West Coast states also support hepatitis B vaccinations regardless of a mot...

11/12/2025

🎁“Our deputies are excited to make this a tradition,” said Sergeant Josh Zwick, president of the deputy association. “The generosity of our community makes a real difference for children and families who are facing incredibly difficult circumstances.”

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Deputies brought more than 100 Christmas gifts to hospital-bound kids Multnomah County Sheriff’s Office deputies stepped up as Christmas elves this month to deliver toys and joy to kids in the hospital for the holidays. Monday, Dec. 8, members of the Multnomah County Deputy Sheriff’s Association...

10/12/2025

🚔The 15-year-old girl is a reported runaway who left home about three weeks before meeting the suspect, Nicholas Matthew Hall Tull, outside Central Library in Portland.

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The 15-year-old girl is a reported runaway who left home about three weeks before meeting the suspect, Nicholas Matthew Hall Tull.

10/12/2025

🚒 At 10:17 a.m. Portland Fire responded to 911 calls of an apartment fire at Villa 162 Apartments on Southeast 162nd Avenue. Callers reported hearing a loud explosion and seeing people jumping from the second floor to escape.

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Criminal investigation ongoing after “catastrophic fireworks explosion” required 80 firefighters to manage A “catastrophic fireworks explosion” caused significant damage to an apartment Sunday morning, Dec. 7, in the Centennial Neighborhood, spurring a large response from Portland and Gresha...

10/12/2025

Is there ever a wrong time to eat pie? Birthday bashes, holiday gatherings or on a random Tuesday night?

A slice of pie offers a taste of joy, nostalgia, and ideally, a buttery, flaky crust.

For Jessica Chisholm, baking pies started as a testament to her determination.

She didn’t grow up in the kitchen, nor did she spend much of her early adulthood cooking away, so when she offered to bake the family apple pie one Thanksgiving, the looks from her family were nothing short of furrowed brows and head tilts.

Spoiler alert: The pie turned out, not the prettiest, but surely delicious.

After a lengthy career in corporate America, she was laid off from her job this summer — more than a decade after crushing that Thanksgiving pie — seeking new opportunities rooted in what brings her joy.

Her pie company is more than just pies; it’s Jess Pies.

“Baking was my outlet,” Chisholm explained. “Some people go to the gym, or whatever it is, and baking is my thing.”

🥧Read more at the Portland Tribune: https://portlandtribune.com/2025/12/10/how-a-portland-mom-ditched-corporate-life-and-found-her-purpose-in-pie-making/

📸: Jessica Chisholm
📝: Hannah Seibold

10/12/2025

🚔The child sexual abuse material case began on Saturday, Dec. 6, when Corbett High administrators contacted law enforcement about the inappropriate images.

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Explicit images of an underage victim were shared on social media Multnomah County Sheriff’s Office detectives are investigating an incident involving sexually-explicit images that were created using Artificial Intelligence (AI) of at least one student at Corbett High School. The child sexual abus...

09/12/2025

🪙Oregonians have roughly two months to weigh in on a Nevada company’s plans to mine gold on public and private land in eastern Oregon using the toxic chemical cyanide.

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The public has until Feb. 6 to comment on the proposed Grassy Mountain Gold and Silver Mine near Vale in Malheur County Oregonians have roughly two months to weigh in on a Nevada company’s plans to mine gold on public and private land in eastern Oregon using the toxic chemical cyanide. It’s amon...