Of all the events we examined, the COVID-19 pandemic disrupted the justice system the most, more so than any legislation.” By ...

Anyone thinking about moving to a new state may want to think twice before considering the Pacific Northwest, according to a ...

A program that would have provided 90 days of health care coverage to incarcerated people before their release has been ...

Researchers at Portland State University have just released the findings of a three-year study looking at how Oregon's drug ...

The sentence will extend prison time for Mickal Reutov, 34, who is already serving time for a previous burglary conviction.

According to the Oregon Department of Justice and Oregon Criminal Justice Commission, bias reports declined in 2024 for the first time since the hotline launched in 2020 — especially from Black ...

President Trump's deployment of the National Guard in Washington D.C. to quell an alleged rise in violent crime is sparking ...

The Oregon Department of Justice is issuing an urgent warning to Oregonians as reports of a sophisticated “gold bar scam” ...

But the state Department of Justice cautioned the 7% drop in 2024 could be attributed to underreporting, rather than a decrease in bias incidents. FILE - A woman enters the Oregon Department of ...

In 2024, the Oregon Department of Justice’s Bias Response Hotline received 2,726 valid bias-motivated reports — a 7% decrease from 2,932 in 2023. It marks the first annual decline since the ...