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Today's stories
PARKROSE GUN SCARE: Keanon Lowe, a high school football coach and former Oregon Ducks star, described in a televised interview how he wrestled a shotgun away from student in a Parkrose High School classroom on Friday. Read more.
FLOOD DAMAGE: In a reversal, the city of Portland says it will pay for damage caused in March by burst water main. Read more.
GOLDEN PARACHUTE: An Oregon higher education official said he was “deeply troubled” by lavish severance given to departing Portland State President Rahmat Shoureshi while tuition is set to rise. Read more.
ON THE HOUSE: An Oregon man was arrested after police said he hid in a restaurant until closing time, then raided the bar. Read more.
ELECTION: Gov. Kate Brown’s state-paid employees went into overdrive doing campaign-like work during last year’s heated governor’s race, records show. Read more.
BUSINESS TAX: A proposal for a billions of dollars in new business taxes earmarked for the state’s struggling education system became law Thursday, but it’s likely to end up before voters in a special election. Read more.
SPOTLIGHT: The Oregon Shakespeare Festival, the nation’s oldest and largest nonprofit repertory theater company, is at a pivotal moment, with change at the top and challenges everywhere. Read more.
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First of Portland projects designed to speed up buses arrives on Madison Street
Bestselling author Herman Wouk dies at 103
Portland escalates fight with Airbnb over illegal listings
Dear Abby: Husband tattles on his stepdaughter and his wife isn’t having it
Ask Amy: That’s a weird ‘explanation’ for ghosting a friend
Carolyn Hax: My friend is jealous of my horrible, lonely life
Odd in Oregon
BIGFOOT SIGHTINGS: Sasquatch is by most accounts an elusive creature, but there have been far more reported sightings in some parts of the state. Read more.
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Today in history
AROUND THE WORLD: On May 20, 1927, Charles Lindbergh took off from Roosevelt Field on Long Island, New York, aboard the Spirit of St. Louis on his historic solo flight to France