The Oregonian/OregonLive sat down with National Education Association President Becky Pringle, who is in town for the union's annual meeting, among the largest conventions Portland has ever hosted.

That loud noise overhead? Portland-based F-15 Eagle fighter jets take to the air about 10 a.m. Friday.

About 40% of all crashes occur at intersections and about 60% of the crashes at intersections involve a left turn.

U.S. Sen. Richard L. Neuberger of Oregon in 1959 promised that the Washington Park loop of the Oregon Zoo train would be “the most elaborate and far flung recreation railroad ever built in our land.”

The zoo contends that the project would be much more complicated — and expensive — than simply dusting off the old tracks.

Oregon’s lone Republican congressperson, Cliff Bentz, who voted for the bill, did not offer a comment after its passage.

Isaka Shamsud-Din was a dedicated Civil Rights activist and created many of the city’s best loved murals.

Secretary of State Tobias Read said his office is working to address those risks.

After installing cameras and distributing flyers five years ago, Portland residents’ evidence led to a 9-count secret indictment against a man who allegedly entered a child’s bedroom. He was arrested in New Mexico.

How the girl fell was confirmed by shipboard security video, the sheriff's office release said. The father jumped in after and managed to find his daughter.

Library officials pledged to heighten security and improve conditions around the flagship branch.

Portland generally caps relocation assistance for new, non-union employees at $10,000. Prosper's offer is far higher.

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