Neighbors for a Better Crossing is advocating for a Cost-Effective Redesign [Portland, OR and Vancouver, WA] Bob Ortblad, MSCE, MBA, a civil engineering and business expert, has raised concerns about the cost for tolls on […]
MEDFORD, Ore.—A Romanian national residing in Garden Grove, California, was sentenced to federal prison today for stealing more than $176,000 by installing Automated Teller Machine (ATM) skimming devices throughout Oregon and Maine. Florin George Ionita, 45, was […]
PORTLAND, Ore.— Juan Jose Varela-Espinoza, 31, a Honduran national residing in Portland, was sentenced Wednesday to 120 months in federal prison and five years’ supervised release for possessing nearly 16 pounds of powdered fentanyl, 57,700 fentanyl pills, […]
PORTLAND, Ore.—The owner and operator of La Popular, a money service business with locations in Oregon and Washington, was arraigned in federal court today after she was charged with laundering drug proceeds. Brenda Lili Barrera Orantes, 39, […]
Update (4/16/2025 at 4:28 p.m.): To ensure no infected files remain from the cyberattack, potentially impacted DEQ servers and all employee computers have to be rebuilt. For servers, this means deleting all data and reloading […]
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