High-speed crash kills one person on East Burnside

PORTLAND, Ore. - Portland Police said one person was killed and another was injured when a car slammed into a power pole, careened down a street and ended up in a yard near N.E. 146th Avenue and East Burnside Street early Wednesday morning.

The crash took place just before 2 a.m., police said. Witnesses said the crash was so loud it woke them up. "I was sound asleep and I heard this huge, huge bang," Bruce Fagerberg said.

The Portland Police Bureau Traffic Division's Major Crash Team is investigating the crash, which left a trail of destruction in its wake. Only the one car was involve, police said.

Fagerberg said it appears the driver hit a power pole near some apartments and then continued on down the street, hit two small trees, somehow missed hitting another power pole, then took out a larger tree in a neighbor's yard before slamming into a parked van.

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Primary recap: Hales, Smith advance to runoff, Novick wins outright

PORTLAND, Ore. – Former City Commissioner Charlie Hales and state Rep. Jefferson Smith will head for a November runoff in their race to be the next mayor of Portland.

Election results as of Wednesday morning had Hales with 38 percent of the vote, Smith with 31 percent and businesswoman Eileen Brady with 23 percent. The city charter dictates that the top two finishers in a primary square off in November.

Shortly after 11 p.m., Brady conceded the race and congratulated Smith and Hales. She also thanked them for running a clean campaign and hoped it would stay that way.

"For all the people of Portland: I've heard you. Jefferson and Charlie have heard you," she said. "We need to build a strong economy and we have to have a job base here that supports all Portlanders. We need to fully fund our schools. We need to truly take care of our children, from their education all the way through creating career opportunities."

She said it was too early to endorse either Hales or Smith.

Portland garbage rates may go up

PORTLAND, Ore. – A proposal to increase the cost of garbage service goes before the city council on Wednesday morning.

If it’s passed, residents on the east side of town would pay about $1.20 more per month. People on the west side of town would pay about $1.30 because the garbage trucks burn more fuel navigating the hilly area. The average customer may have to pay just over four percent more a month.

"We are never happy to have to propose an increase in rates,” said Michael Armstrong, with the Bureau of Planning & Sustainability. “We have haulers out there who are delivering a basic service to the community and facing higher costs, and we owe it to them to let them cover their costs."

Some residents believe that the city’s new composting system is to blame for the rate hike request. However, city officials said that is not the case.

They cited rising fuel costs and recycling companies getting paid less for the recyclables they collect.

Missing Portland woman last seen in Lincoln City

PORTLAND, Ore. -- A Southeast Portland woman who works at a Hillsboro retail store abruptly left her job last week and was last seen on surveillance video at a store on the Oregon coast.

Kelly Vincent, 51, was reported missing to the Portland Police Bureau on May 10 after having been out of contact with family members and her job for a few days. Vincent, family and friends said, suddenly and uncharacteristically left her job at the Sunset Fred Meyer store in Hillsboro early on May 7.

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Upcoming in-store performances at Music Millennium

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 From Music Millennium (all in-store performances are at Music Millennium 32nd & E Burnside):
 

LOVEDRUG
Tuesday, 5/15 - 6 PM

Out with the new, in with the old - that was the recording methodology behind Ohio alt-rockers Lovedrug's new full-length album, Wild Blood. Having spent all of 2010 focused on writing new material, pausing only to play SXSW and hone songs on a couple headlining stints, the highly regarded live group sought to capture their truest essence by reverting to the classic style of live studio recording. The result is a tour de force of a tremendous live band performing finely honed songs, an album latent with palpable, honest rock 'n' roll that is both immediately classic and new.

Still need to drop off your ballot?

Still need to drop off your ballot?

Election Day is Tuesday and if you haven't dropped off your ballot yet, you have until 8 p.m. that day to do so. No need to panic, though. There are plenty of locations that serve as drop-off points.