Conrad Wilson of OPB
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Crime
Washington man arrested, charged in connection with 2022 attacks on Oregon electrical grid
A Washington man now faces federal charges for intentionally damaging an electrical substation in Clackamas County in 2022.
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National
The storm is extra challenging for people without housing in cities unused to snow
The big winter storm across much of the U.S. is especially challenging in West Coast cities not accustomed to snow and such low temperatures. It's particularly hard for people without housing.
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FBI warned of neo-Nazi plots as attacks on Northwest grid spiked
As a string of attacks on electrical substations unfolded in Oregon and Washington in 2022, the FBI was warning utilities of white supremacists’ plots to take down the nation’s power grid. A KUOW/OPB investigation reveals the scope of the threat to the Northwest grid.
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Crime
String of electrical grid attacks in Pacific Northwest are unsolved
Electric substations in the Northwest have been attacked, at least two with firearms, according to documents obtained by OPB and KUOW.
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National
In Oregon, public defense system rift leads to firing of defense chief
A dispute between Oregon's chief justice and the head of the public defender's office has erupted, with accusations of judicial overreach and unmet concerns about an ongoing defense attorney shortage.