4+ hour, 8+ min ago (442+ words) A 19-year-old is facing a spate of charges after he allegedly did donuts and burnouts in a Ford Mustang on a Portland street Sunday " then fled police at speeds of up to 100 miles per hour before hitting another car head-on, injuring two people. Jeffery Hamilton Baker is charged with third-degree assault, failing to perform the duties of a driver to injured people, fleeing police, reckless endangerment, reckless driving and DUII, court records show. One of the people injured in the crash is in a local hospital with non-life-threatening injuries and the other did not need to go to a hospital, according to police and court records. When the officer turned on his emergency lights and tried to pull Baker over, Baker took off "at a high rate of speed" and tried to escape westbound on Southeast Alder Street, court records…...

2+ day, 21+ hour ago (363+ words) With a punishing ground attack on Saturday afternoon, the Adrian football team showed that it is truly one of the state's premiere football programs. The Antelopes picked up a dominant 44-8 victory over Crosspoint Christian at Redmond High School, closing a second consecutive undefeated season and lifting the class 1A (8-player) state championship trophy for the second year in a row. The last time Adrian lost a game was Nov. 11, 2023, a 58-32 loss to Myrtle Point in the state quarterfinals. This is Adrian's fifth state championship, and fourth since 2019. Dating back to the team's first appearance in the state finals in 2014, the Antelopes have never lost a football title game. The Antelopes broke the scoreless tie late in the first quarter. With one minute and 55 seconds remaining, Mannie Mulrony took a handoff 30 yards for a touchdown to give Adrian an 8-0 lead. Crosspoint Christian…...

6+ day, 7+ hour ago (681+ words) Oregon's U.S. Rep. Andrea Salinas went to Tacoma, Washington, on Tuesday expecting to meet with three of her constituents who are detained at an Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention center. Instead, the second-term Democrat " whose 6th Congressional District includes cities in the northern Willamette Valley grappling with increased ICE presence and arrests " and a lawyer from the Portland-based nonprofit Innovation Law Lab, who represents the three detained, were left to wait. Although she did get a tour of the facility, their meetings with detainees were canceled, Salinas said, because there was a lack of rooms to hold them as hundreds of people detained in the facility compete for time and space to meet with their lawyers. "While you have theoretical access, you don't really have access in the way that you need to," she said of detainees' ability to talk with their…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago (224+ words) The road to the Arizona Open Division state championship runs through Chandler this Friday night as the top-seeded Hamilton Huskies (10-0) host the Mesa Mountain View Toros (7-4) in a highly-anticipated quarterfinal showdown at Jerry Loper Stadium. The Huskies, who earned a first-round bye as the tournament's top seed, will put their perfect record on the line against a Mountain View squad riding high after an impressive 22-14 victory over Centennial in last week's opening round. Hamilton's well-rested squad will face a significant test against the battle-hardened Toros, who have shown they can rise to the occasion in elimination games. With championship aspirations on both sidelines and the intensity of playoff football in the air, this quarterfinal matchup promises to deliver the excitement that makes Arizona high school football special. Opening kickoff is set for 7 p.m. MT on Friday, November 21 with a live TV…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago (684+ words) It's official: Washington County's embattled sewer agency will trade Hawaiian beaches for Arizona desert by the end of 2026. Seven trips cost at least $165,000, including $42,000 to send six officials to the Big Island in 2023 and at least $41,000 to send seven officials to Kauai last year, records show. The sewer agency did not send any employees to Hawaii last month for the annual insurance conference. That review, conducted this summer by consultant Aon, identified Arizona, not Hawaii, as the best state for Clean Water Services to locate its insurance subsidiary. The agency endorsed that recommendation and asked the board to approve it, primarily based on Aon's review, spokesperson Julie Cortez said. The sewer board did not make public statements before voting Tuesday but asserted in previous meetings and in its official board resolution that the decision to relocate the insurance company from…...

2+ week, 2+ day ago (540+ words) Ferriso has served as director of the Portland Art Museum since 2006. He is leaving to take over as the new director of the Dallas Museum of Art on Dec. 1. Shortly after I arrived in Portland nearly 20 years ago, I was riding the streetcar from my temporary apartment near Portland State University to the Portland Art Museum. Coffee in hand, I overheard two people talking. "What is that building?" one asked. The other answered: "I think it's the museum. But I don't think anything happens there." As someone who spent a career working in museums, that is not what I wanted to hear. But as the newly hired director of the Portland Art Museum, I listened to the comment and accepted the challenge. The museum's $116 million transformation, which adds and renovates nearly 100,000 square feet, prioritizes public spaces, easy access and places…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago (139+ words) The new complaints come after investigators previously found Board Chair Tamia Deary bullied Multnomah County employees. New bullying complaints deepen turmoil for board overseeing Oregon's largest network of federal health clinics The controversial chair of the volunteer board directing Oregon's largest network of federally funded health clinics is facing new bullying complaints, just months after investigators substantiated similar complaints made against her. A Multnomah County employee filed a formal complaint against Tamia Deary in October, and three board members detailed their own negative experiences with Deary in emails to her and county staff, records show. Another board member cited Deary as the reason for their resignation, a departure that put the powerful community health board even further out of compliance with federal funding requirements and has left the county in danger of losing millions in grant money....

3+ week, 4+ day ago (244+ words) The undefeated Hamilton Huskies (9-0, 3-0) travel to take on the red-hot Chandler Wolves (8-1, 3-0) in a pivotal 6A Fiesta League regular-season finale showdown on Friday night. With both teams sporting impressive resumes, this matchup is a can't-miss battle for supremacy in one of Arizona's top high school football rivalries. The Huskies have been dominant all season, most recently cruising to a 63-0 victory over Cesar Chavez. Sophomore quarterback Jax Sculley tossed three touchdown passes, while fellow sophomore Jake Disanti added two more scoring strikes, and senior signal-caller Daniel Vaita also found the end zone through the air in the rout. Chandler enters this clash riding a seven-game winning streak after last week's 28-22 triumph over Pinnacle. Junior quarterback Will Mencl was the catalyst, throwing for 338 yards and a touchdown while also rushing for two scores. Sophomore running back David Douglas chipped in with a rushing…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago (230+ words) The most anticipated high school football game in Arizona takes center stage Friday night when the high-powered Hamilton Huskies visit the defending state finalist Basha Bears at Jim Wall Stadium in Chandler. Both teams enter with unblemished 7-0 records and championship aspirations, but something must give in this rivalry that has recently tilted in Basha's favor with three consecutive victories. This matchup in the desert features 36 players with at least one Division I offer. Hamilton's explosive offense, which has scored at least 49 points in every contest this season, features the state's most dynamic sophomore duo in quarterback Jax Sculley (35 touchdown passes) and wide receiver Roye Oliver III (23 touchdown receptions). The Bears counter with their own potent attack led by North Texas commit Brodie Vehrs at quarterback and standout running back Noah Roberts, fresh off a 58-7 dismantling of Salpointe Catholic last week....

1+ mon, 2+ week ago (1726+ words) When Oregon legislators approved limits on political contributions last spring, they promised they'd soon move beyond the basics of the law and deliver needed clarifications and improvements on how it would work. But more than a year into that process, efforts by the Secretary of State's Office to limit the role of money in politics have stalled, despite Oregonians' strong support for such restrictions. Progress has been impeded by vague guidance from lawmakers and insufficient funding, raising the odds of a bungled rollout that could leave massive loopholes in Oregon's campaign finance system. Lawmakers reluctantly looked to restrict money in politics in 2024 only after realizing that two competing ballot initiatives to cap campaign contributions were likely to make the ballot. That prompted them to pass their own hastily crafted version instead. They gave the Secretary of State's Office more than…...