And as Congress grapples with the likelihood of a government shutdown, the 60-day deployment ordered by President Trump on Sunday is expected to cost federal taxpayers at least $3.8 million.

Lt. Col. Stephen Bomar, director of public affairs for the Oregon Military Department, said Thursday is the absolute earliest the guard could arrive in Portland – but he wouldn’t bet on that.

Jenn Chávez is the host of OPB's weekly podcast, The Evergreen. Jenn has been making audio stories in Portland for 15 years as a public media and community media journalist. For six years, she was ...

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State leaders say they’ve received a letter from federal officials authorizing Oregon National Guard members to “perform federal functions” for 60 days.

On Saturday evening, a small crowd of protesters gathered outside of the Portland ICE building after Trump’s announcement that he’d authorized the deployment of federal troops to the city. Democratic ...

Chants and bucket drumming rang in the air during an afternoon demonstration that was raucous but largely free of confrontation.

Reports of a ramp-up in federal officers in Portland on Friday prompted local officials to quickly urge residents: Don’t react.

On Sept. 27, it opened the first solo U.S. exhibition of the late artist Yoshida Chizuko (1924-2017). Born in 1924, Yoshida Chizuko forged a place for herself in Japan’s male-dominated postwar art ...

RAJ Sports, which owners two Portland teams, also explored purchasing the Blazers, before another bid was accepted.

Rigoberto Hernandez Hernandez, 23, said he is glad to be back home after multiple Border Patrol agents appeared at a work camp at the Bear Gulch Fire in Washington’s Olympic Peninsula on Aug. 27.