Portland
Water main break at 11 Diamond Street in Portland, Maine
PORTLAND, Maine — Crews are on scene repairing a water main break near 11 Diamond St. in Portland, according to the Portland Water District (PWD). PWD tweeted about the water main break just after 8:45 a.m. Monday. PWD advises drivers to avoid the area. According to PWD, customers in the area may experience no to …
Portland Wednesday weather: Brief early break, then afternoon rain; mountain snow
Portland will see a brief break in the wet weather early Wednesday before a cold front arrives by about lunchtime bringing another round of rain. The National Weather Service expects showers to start up after about 10 a.m. with fairly steady rain likely throughout the afternoon. The metro area could see as much as a …
Protesters in NE Portland break windows at Whole Foods, other businesses
A group of demonstrators broke the windows of several Northeast Portland businesses on Friday night. A flyer circulated earlier in the day invited protesters to meet at Frazer Park in Northeast Portland. The park is about a mile from the Sandy Boulevard Whole Foods. It’s not clear if the same group broke the windows. Police …
Portland march evolves into riot after protesters smash windows downtown
Gov. Kate Brown activated the Oregon National Guard to help police protests in Portland early Wednesday evening after some demonstrators smashed windows of downtown businesses, officials said. The damage by a small group of protesters also spurred the joint law enforcement command authorized by Brown to declare that gathering a riot. Dozens of state troopers …
Protesters break windows, throw ‘flammable liquid’ into business at Portland State, 2 arrested
Police in Oregon reportedly arrested at least two people after several protesters broke windows at Portland State University’s public safety office and a nearby Starbucks and threw a “flammable liquid” inside. Officers were able to stop the “possible arson,” the Multnomah County Sheriff’s office said in a tweet. Police declared an unlawful assembly and the group …
Portland protests: Police declare a riot after people break windows of several businesses
About 150 people gathered and began marching from Irving Park in north Portland and headed south on NE Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd around 7:15 p.m. PT, the release said. According to police, members of the group threw objects at police and pepper sprayed members of the community. Police say they also shattered windows at …
Federal officers use tear gas to break up ICE protest in Portland
Top Stories PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Federal agents in Portland used tear gas to break up a demonstration honoring those who have died in custody of federal immigration officials. Demonstrators arrived at the Immigration and Customs Enforcement building at about 9 p.m. Saturday. Department of Homeland Security officers first responded as protesters tried to tie …
Protesters in Portland Topple Statues of Lincoln and Roosevelt
SEATTLE — Protesters in Portland, Ore., swept through the city on Sunday night, toppling statues of Abraham Lincoln and Theodore Roosevelt and damaging the entrance to the Oregon Historical Society in a demonstration against colonization and the treatment of Native Americans. Protests around the country this year have mainly targeted statues featuring slave owners and …
Proud Boys draw smaller-than-expected crowd to Portland as city hopes for calm
Organizers said they expected as many as 10,000 people to turn out. Yet the actual crowd was far smaller, and the event in a grassy park near the Columbia River started breaking up after just 90 minutes — significantly less than the hours of rallying that were initially planned. In that time, demonstrators preached their …
Portland, federal police break up downtown protest of Breonna Taylor grand jury decision
A downtown Portland demonstration demanding police stop killing Black people came to an abrupt end Wednesday night after a handful of protesters targeted a police precinct with fire and rocks. Police quickly extinguished the flames as they burned the edge of an awning. But soon after, someone threw a Molotov cocktail toward officers. Police ordered …
