Clackamas County

About three months after election snafu rendered more than half of all Clackamas County primary ballots unreadable, diverted hundreds of county employees from their normal jobs, and cost taxpayers $600,000, Clerk Sherry Hall addressed the county Board of Commissioners on Wednesday with her summary of what went wrong.

The elections process in Clackamas County has again come under fire after thousands of voters this week received the wrong pamphlets for a city mayoral election.

Authorities have identified the man shot and killed by Oregon State Police troopers and Clackamas County sheriff’s deputies early Saturday after a traffic stop and pursuit.

Within hours of the first returns on election night in Oregon, the secretary of state wanted Clackamas County Clerk Sherry Hall to deliver a detailed plan as to when the votes would be fully counted. A week later, Hall submitted one.

Some voters say they want hand-count only elections, an idea pushed by former President Donald Trump and his allies.

Oregon's secretary of state has decried a lack of urgency as unopened Clackamas County ballots pile up.

After more than a year of extensive repairs following massive wildfires in 2020, the Clackamas River corridor is slated to reopen to the public on May 1.

Clackamas County officials have issued an advisory to warn parents of the dangers and prevalence of fentanyl, and to let them know what resources are available to prevent overdoses.

When an unlicensed and untrained Sandy Police Department officer shot and killed Douglas Diamond during a welfare check on July 3, 2020, the Clackamas County Sheriff’s office quickly issued a press release stating Diamond had pulled a handgun. But a lawsuit filed Friday by Diamond’s estate suggests police distorted facts in the case to obscure reckless actions by officers.

The Clackamas County Sheriff's Office shot and killed a person Wednesday night following a pursuit along Interstate 205 in Southeast Portland.