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Tents line the sidewalk on SW Clay St. in Portland, Ore., on Dec. 9, 2020. (AP Photo/Craig Mitchelldyer, File)

Homeless woman says living in Portland is ‘a piece of cake’

By Matt Delaney - The Washington Times

Gina Gratza, a trainer for students learning how to become psilocybin facilitators, shows the items that she would have at a dosing session, including mats, a pillow, a purge bucket, a sketch pad with colored pencils and tissues during a class near Damascus, Ore., on Dec. 2, 2022. (AP Photo/Andrew Selsky)

Have a safe trip: Oregon trains magic mushroom facilitators

By Andrew Selsky - Associated Press

A worker from Washington Department of Transportation clears a drain on Northgate Way during a heavy snow at the morning commute in Seattle, on Tuesday, Dec. 20, 2022. (Karen Ducey/The Seattle Times via AP)

Pacific Northwest braces for freezing temperatures

By Claire Rush - Associated Press

Firearms are displayed at a gun shop in Salem, Ore., on Feb. 19, 2021. An Oregon judge on Tuesday, Dec. 13, 2022, extended an earlier order blocking a key part of a new, voter-approved gun law and was hearing lengthy arguments on whether to also prevent the law's ban on high-capacity magazines from taking effect. (AP Photo/Andrew Selsky, File)

Oregon judge halts voter-approved high-capacity magazine ban

By Gillian Flaccus - Associated Press

A vendor bags psilocybin mushrooms at a pop-up cannabis market in Los Angeles on Monday, May 6, 2019. Voters decide this week whether Denver will become the first U.S. city to decriminalize the use of psilocybin, the psychedelic substance in &quot;magic mushrooms.&quot; (AP Photo/Richard Vogel)

Police raid Shroom House, Portland store openly selling psychedelic mushrooms

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Firearms are displayed at a gun shop in Salem, Ore., on Feb. 19, 2021. A federal judge in Portland, Ore., ruled Tuesday, Dec. 6, 2022, that a new voter-passed ban on high-capacity gun magazines can go into effect Thursday, Dec. 8, but placed a 30-day hold on a permit-to-purchase requirement after local and state law enforcement agencies said they could not have a permitting system ready in time. (AP Photo/Andrew Selsky, File)

State judge places hold on Oregon’s gun law

By Gillian Flaccus and Lindsasy Whitehurst - Associated Press

A man enters a gun shop in Salem, Ore., on Feb. 19, 2021. Voters in Oregon passed one of the nation's strictest gun control laws, but the new permit-to-purchase mandate is facing a legal challenge with days to go before it takes effect. A federal judge in Portland will hear oral arguments Friday, Dec. 2, 2022, on whether Measure 114, which is scheduled to go into law Dec. 8, violates Americans' constitutionally protected right to bear arms. (AP Photo/Andrew Selsky, File)

Tough Oregon gun law faces legal challenge, could be delayed

By Gillian Flaccus - Associated Press

Public defender Drew Flood with the nonprofit law firm Metropolitan Public Defender looks over his files for criminal cases he is currently working on in Portland, Ore., on May 5, 2022. Courts in Oregon have dismissed nearly 300 cases this year, including felonies, due to a shortage of public defenders for low-income defendants who can't afford an attorney. (AP Photo/Gillian Flaccus, File)

Oregon public defender shortage, nearly 300 cases dismissed

By Claire Rush - Associated Press

Portland Mayor Ted Wheeler poses for a photo outside City Hall on Aug. 5, 2019, in Portland, Ore. Voters in Portland, Ore., have approved a ballot measure that would completely overhaul City Hall, amid growing public frustrations over homelessness and crime. The measure will scrap the city's unusual commission form of government and replace it with a more traditional city council. (AP Photo/Craig Mitchelldyer, File)

Voters approve drastic overhaul of City Hall in progressive Portland

By Claire Rush - Associated Press

FILE - Republican Lori Chavez DeRemer speaks at a candidates debate for Oregon's 5th Congressional District at Lakeridge High School in Lake Oswego, Ore., Monday, Oct. 17, 2022. Chavez DeRemer is seeking election to Oregon's 5th Congressional District in the Nov. 8, 2022 election. (AP Photo/Steve Dipaola, File)

Republican flips Oregon 5th Congressional District

By Gillian Flaccus - Associated Press

Democratic gubernatorial candidate for Oregon governor Tina Kotek holds a press conference in Tom McCall Waterfront Park in downtown Portland, Ore., on Thursday, Nov. 10, 2022. (Dave Killen/The Oregonian via AP)

Democrat Tina Kotek wins Oregon governor’s race

By Claire Rush and Andrew Selsky - Associated Press

Tents line the sidewalk on SW Clay St in Portland, Ore., on Dec. 9, 2020. City council members in Portland, Oregon, are set to vote on a resolution that would ban homeless street camping. Mayor Ted Wheeler has said the aim is to gradually move people from the hundreds of encampments scattered across Portland to large, sanctioned campsites designated by the city. (AP Photo/Craig Mitchelldyer, File)

Portland’s new homeless policy bans camps in favor of larger sites

By Brad Matthews - The Washington Times

The "Portland, Oregon" sign is seen atop in building in downtown Portland, Ore., on Jan. 27, 2015. Residents of Portland will vote on a ballot measure next week that would completely overhaul the way City Hall works, amid growing voter frustration over surging homelessness and crime. It would scrap the city's unusual commission form of government and implement a rare form of ranked choice voting not used in any other U.S. city. (AP Photo/Don Ryan, File)

‘People are mad’: Progressive Portland weighs complete City Hall overhaul

By Claire Rush - Associated Press

Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders visits the University of Oregon campus in Eugene, Ore., Thursday, Oct. 27, 2022. Sanders kicked off an eight-state tour Thursday, hoping to energize young voters and shore up support for vulnerable Democratic candidates ahead of the midterm elections. (Chris Pietsch/The Register-Guard via AP)

Sanders aims to boosts vulnerable Democrats in U.S. tour

By Claire Rush - Associated Press

A person cycles past tents used by people experiencing homelessness set up along a pathway in Portland, Ore., on Sept. 19, 2017. For years, liberal cities in the U.S have tolerated people living in tents in parks and public spaces, but increasingly leaders in places like Portland, Oregon, New York and Seattle are removing encampments and pushing other strict measures that would've been unheard of a few years ago. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren, File)

Portland mayor wants Oregon governor to declare statewide emergency on homelessness

By Matt Delaney - The Washington Times

‘Devastating’: Mass shootings obscure daily U.S. gun toll

By Gillian Flaccus - Associated Press

The Forum Shopping Center in Bend, Ore. remained closed Monday, Aug. 29, 2022 as police investigated a shooting at the Safeway there that left two people and the suspected gunman dead Sunday night. (Dave Killen/The Oregonian via AP)

Ex-classmates recall Safeway gunman as angry, liked to fight

By Gillian Flaccus - Associated Press

Portland, Oregon, Mayor Ted Wheeler is shown here in this July 21, 2022, file photo. On Friday, Aug. 19, 2022, Mr. Wheeler announced that a recent emergency declaration banning homeless camps near high-crash corridors will expand to designated safe walking routes used by school-aged children. (AP Photo/Claire Rush)

Portland mayor bans homeless camps on school walking routes

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George, right, and Carolyn Spaulding hold an old family photo showing their son, Brian, in Portland, Ore., Wednesday, July 20, 2022. Five years after Brian's parents found him fatally shot in the home he shared with roommates, his slaying remains a mystery that seems increasingly unlikely to be solved as Portland police confront a spike in killings and more than 100 officer vacancies. (AP Photo/Craig Mitchelldyer)

‘We’re triaging’: Cops combat violent crime as ranks dwindle

By Gillian Flaccus, Claudia Lauer and Stefanie Dazio - Associated Press

The International Fountain at Seattle Center is packed with children as they run from the water that is showering on them Wednesday, July 27, 2022 in Seattle. (Ellen M. Banner/The Seattle Times via AP)

Dangerous Pacific Northwest heat wave suspected in 6th death

By Rebecca Boone - Associated Press