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Gunnar Jorstad, the 25-year-old who is being sued for drinking while working as a bartender at the Barrel Room in Portland, has hired a lawyer and is fighting back.

The Multnomah District Attorney's Office announced last Friday that Beltran had received a 12-year sentence.

Even as Whitehurst has become a cautionary tale heard round the state, Whitehurst himself could potentially have a clean record come February.

The Oregon Global Warming Commission released its biennial report to the Legislature this week. The news wasn't good.

Turnout was generally low, except at Jefferson High, where 45 students offered feedback. At one meeting, just four students showed up, according to district notes of each session. At another, just three did.

The former Portland superintendent responsible for enshrining the K-8 concept that Portland Public Schools is still painfully trying to undo because it deepens inequalities has a new job.

Little known outside the chip industry, Lam is among Oregon's largest technology employers.

"They're triaging and starting to treat patients."