Welcome to Thursday, Blogtown. Let's have some news.
The Portland Police Bureau last year allowed a 16-year veteran officer to resign with little fanfare after he was caught lying about having sex, both on and off duty, with a woman he met while on a police call.
Over in Clackamas County, the cops are keeping their eyes on a different prize: Seizing nearly $40,000 in counterfeit cash.
Can't afford to buy a house in Portland's crazy market? Expect that to be even more true in a few months. Real estate professionals say it's only getting more expensive around here.
We're almost to the third week of the ridiculous standoff in Harney County. Not much has changed over there: Locals are still annoyed, authorities still aren't doing anything, and the rest of the country is pretty bored by the whole thing.
Speaking of other places in the country: Folks around Washington DC are hunkering down for what's expected to be a serious snowstorm.
It's just going to keep on raining around here:
Emails between Michigan officials that were released yesterday outline the State's responsibility in creating Flint's water crisis, which has killed several and sickened 10,000.
A public inquiry determined Vladimir Putin "probably" ordered the murder of former Russian spy Alexander Litvinenko.
Republican presidential hopeful Carly Fiorina is being accused of stealing a group of four-year-olds to use as props at an anti-abortion rally in Des Moines, Iowa.
Pee-wee Herman is making a movie. It's probably going to be awful, but I'll probably see it anyway:
