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Friday, December 30, 2022

Suspect, 28, arrested in stabbing deaths of Idaho students

(NewsNation) — A suspect was arrested Friday morning in connection with the brutal November stabbing deaths of four University of Idaho students.

Federal law enforcement sources confirmed to NewsNation that 28-year-old Bryan Christopher Kohberger was arrested in the early hours of Friday in Scranton, Pennsylvania, and that the arrest was not made by the FBI.

The Moscow Police Department is expected to hold a press conference at 4 p.m. ET in the City Council chambers to provide the community with an update. NewsNation will broadcast the press conference live.

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Bryan Christopher Kohberger, 28 was arrested early Friday morning in connection with the brutal murders of four University of Idaho students in November. (Mugshot from Monroe County Correctional Facility)

The small city of Moscow has been living on the edge, terrified while waiting for a suspect to be named or caught since Kaylee Goncalves, 21; Madison Mogen, 21; Xana Kernodle, 20; and Ethan Chapin, 20 were found dead on Nov. 13 in a rental home near campus.

Police received thousands of tips from the public while they probed the case.

Though law enforcement interviewed and cleared a number of people, rumors swirling about the attack led to some people questioning — and expressing frustration with — the police. In an interview with NewsNation’s Brian Entin, Moscow Police Chief James Fry defended his department’s work in the first 48 hours of the investigation.

“I do think they were handled properly,” Fry said. “We secured the scene quickly, we called in the state police, we did our due diligence in getting the things that we needed to do to have this be a solid case all the way through. We called in the state lab to collect evidence and I believe it was the initial stuff that we started and how we did things that will help bring this to a conclusion.”

The three women victims were roommates, while Chapin and Kernodle had been dating. All four died from stab wounds, and were likely asleep at the time of the attack, according to preliminary findings by a county coroner.

From their friends, the University of Idaho Dean of Students Blaine Eckles said, he has heard the victims were full of joy, laughter, love and fun.

“It’s heartbreaking when lights are extinguished like that,” he said. “You can see the impact it has on their close friends that have lost someone that’s close to them.”

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In areas of Portland, residents remain without power nearly three days after storm's arrival

Days after high winds knocked out power for tens of thousands in the Portland area, some people are still in the dark.

PORTLAND, Ore. — It’s been nearly three days since a wind storm knocked out power to more than 200,000 homes and businesses across Oregon and southwest Washington. During the worst of it, five people were killed when trees came down across roadways. Many buildings and homes saw damage from falling branches or burst pipes.

While power companies had resolved the majority of outages by Thursday, a few stubborn pockets remained — amounting to thousands of customers still in the dark after three days.

Pamela Bell-Medley lives outside of Hillsboro, and her house almost always floods when it rains. She knew when the lights went out Tuesday that they wouldn’t be coming back on anytime soon.

“The power goes out a little after 2 p.m., I hear two big booms, and then I found out a tree had gone down by the golf course,” she recalled.

For Bell-Medley, a power outage is no simple thing. She’s the full-time caregiver for her adult son, Raymond, who has a rare genetic disorder and autism. Staying put in a cold home with no lights wasn’t an option, so she booked a nearby hotel.

“He’s having a rough time staying in a hotel,” Bell-Medley said. “He needs hot water, light. He doesn’t understand this.”

They were among 6,500 or so Portland General Electric customers who remained without power as of Thursday afternoon. PGE has 550 people working to restore power, and they’ve gotten to most of the outages impacting large areas. The smaller ones can sometimes take longer, depending on the area.

Michael Bergmann, who lives in Portland’s Northwest Hills, was still without power on Thursday morning — but he had bigger concerns than electricity.

“Then all of a sudden a huge wind, we could just feel the wind, we had a big Douglas fir and some branches started flying off like spears,” he recounted.

As the wind whipped through on Tuesday, five huge branches ripped off a red cedar in his front yard, landing on the Bergmanns’ roof and puncturing holes in several places.

“My wife described it as almost like the ‘Wizard of Oz,’ where it felt like the house was being lifted up,” Bergmann said. “It almost felt like a mini tornado.”

Fortunately, no one was hurt at the Bergmann house, but it was a close call.

“If someone was at our front door it could have been devastating,” he said.

Still without power, Bergmann and his wife have been keeping warm with their gas fireplace and using camping equipment to cook as they begin working with their insurance company to get their home repaired.

Bell-Medley, on the other hand, is frustrated by how long it’s taking PGE to restore service. She’s worried about how the ordeal is affecting her son.

“He’s basically so confused, he gets extremely stressed,” she said. “I’m trying to make it an adventure for him. I’m not sure how successful I am, but I’m trying.”

When contacted for comment earlier on Thursday, PGE said that crews were working their hardest to restore power for all of their customers, and the number of customers without power gradually dropped throughout the day — down to about 3,600 by 5 p.m. However, PGE indicated that it could be as late as Sunday before all outages are addressed.

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Portland police seize 3 guns, respond to multiple shootings injuring 3

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) – The Portland Police Bureau’s Focused Intervention Team seized three guns and responded to separate shootings that left three men injured on Wednesday, the Portland Police Bureau announced.

Just before 5:30 p.m. Wednesday, officers reportedly stopped a Kia Forte with no license plates on Northeast 102nd Avenue and Northeast Sandy Boulevard. Officers said they noticed the passenger was armed with a handgun and recovered a loaded Glock 17 9mm handgun, a standard size magazine and an extended magazine.

Portland, OR police seize 3 guns, 3 injured after multiple shootings — The Portland Police Bureau said officers seized a Glock 17 9mm pistol along with an extended magazine during a traffic stop on NE 102nd Ave. and NE Sandy Blvd. December 29, 2022 (Courtesy Portland Police Bureau).

PPB said they arrested 28-year-old Cecil Barber of Gresham on unlawful possession of a firearm and possessing a loaded firearm in public charges.

About an hour and a half later, PPB said FIT officers stopped a Mercedes Benz that did not have license plates near Southeast 92^nd Avenue and Southeast Stark Street. Officers said the car had expired plates that were inside of the car but not properly displayed. Authorities said the driver did not have a license and was uninsured.

Before officers towed the car, they found a loaded Glock 17 9mm handgun under the passenger seat. Devante Jackson, 25, of Portland was arrested on several charges including felon in possession of a firearm, unlawful possession of a firearm and possessing a loaded firearm in public.

In addition to the traffic stops, FIT officers also responded to three shootings that left three men with non-life-threatening injuries, officials said.

Shortly before 6:45 p.m., officers responded to a Vancouver hospital on Northeast Mother Joseph Place after a report that a patient walked in with a gunshot wound.

The victim reportedly told medical staff he was shot in Portland then drove to the hospital for treatment. PPB said officers were unable to immediately find the crime scene or any suspects but noted that the investigation is ongoing.

About an hour later, officers responded to a reported shooting on Northeast 122^nd Avenue and Northeast Siskiyou Street. On the scene, officers reportedly found a man in a RV with a gunshot wound to his foot.

PPB said officers provided first aid before paramedics took him to a hospital. After an investigation, officers learned the man reportedly shot himself in the foot and was cited for discharging a firearm in the city. PPB said officers seized a .223/5.56 caliber AR-15 Bushmaster rifle as evidence.

Later, at 8:10 p.m., officers responded to a call on Northeast Stanton Street, across the street from Dawson Park. PPB said an injured man took himself to a hospital with non-life-threatening injuries. PPB said no arrests were made and that the investigation is ongoing.

“While this was a busy shift, it is by no means unique. FIT and patrol officers from North, East, and Central Precincts continue to respond to shootings and other high priority calls on a daily basis,” PPB said in a press release.

According to the bureau, there have been 1,292 shootings year-to-date and 391 people have been hurt by gunfire. PPB added that of the 95 homicides in Portland in 2023, 77 were shootings.

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Enterprise woman joins EOU's board of trustees

ENTERPRISE — Deidre Schreiber, of Enterprise, is now one of 15 individuals who will be helping guide Eastern Oregon University’s future for the next two years. She is the student appointee to the board of trustees for the university, and…

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'Anxiety-provoking': Blanchet House hit with another smashed window

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) – A Portland non-profit plagued with smashed windows in 2022, Blanchet House was once again hit during Thursday morning’s breakfast service. With every window broken, it’s another few thousand dollars in funds that could go to feeding some of Portland’s most vulnerable population.

“It’s been a really hard two or three weeks here in Old Town,” said Scott Kerman, executive director of Blanchet House. “Folks are really hostile and agitated.”

An area seeing growing tension, Kerman says things came to a head Thursday morning as someone at their breakfast service became agitated and threw a brick through the glass door.

“We’ve got bricks all in the sidewalks here in Old Town and he took one and threw it through our window here in our door and smashed it,” said Kerman. “We’ve had probably more than 10 windows smashed this year which is a lot for us.”

The non-profit provides everything from meals to shelter and residential programs in Portland and says these costly repairs take away from vital funds that serve those most in need.

“We probably have spent the equivalent of 15,000 to 20,000 meals on fixing windows,” said Kerman.

A Portland non-profit plagued with smashed windows in 2022, Blanchet House was once again hit during Thursday morning’s breakfast service. December 29, 2022 (KOIN).
A Portland non-profit plagued with smashed windows in 2022, Blanchet House was once again hit during Thursday morning’s breakfast service. December 29, 2022 (KOIN).
A Portland non-profit plagued with smashed windows in 2022, Blanchet House was once again hit during Thursday morning’s breakfast service. December 29, 2022 (KOIN).

Kerman adds while the window smashing during a meal service was scary and triggering for some of the folks there, it also won’t stop them from showing compassion to those responsible.

“We understand the trauma that has often led to people being houseless, we understand how traumatizing it is being homeless, how inhumane and dehumanizing conditions have been for people for a long time now since the pandemic started,” said Kerman. “We don’t judge people for how they’re acting, how they show up, we sort of just think about what might be driving all of that rage, all of that hostility.”

Attributing the rising tensions in Old Town to a combination of everything from weather and camp sweeps to mental illness and drug use, Kerman wants local government to step in and help non-profits like Blanchet House so these services can continue.

“It’s really anxiety-provoking for the people that we’re serving and it just ratchets up the tension in the district,” said Kerman.

Blanchet House says it will likely cost more than $2,000 to fix the door from Thursday morning and other window repairs have cost as much as $3,000.

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Thursday, December 29, 2022

Southwest cuts 2,300 flights, schedule in sustained chaos

The U.S. Transportation Department is now investigating what happened at Southwest, which carries more passengers within the United States than any other airline.

DALLAS — Southwest Airlines continued to extract itself from sustained scheduling chaos Thursday, cancelling another 2,350 flights after a winter storm overwhelmed its operations days ago.

The Dallas carrier acknowledged it has inadequate and outdated operations technology that can leave flight crews out of position when adverse weather strikes.

Other airlines recovered from ferocious winter storms that hit large swaths of the country over the weekend, but not Southwest, which scrubbed 2,500 flights Wednesday and 2,300 more on Thursday.

The company said in a statement that it hoped to resume normal operations with minimal disruptions on Friday. However, according to Flightaware, which tracks cancelations, about a quarter of Southwest’s flights for that day were listed as canceled.

Flightaware shows 6% of Saturday’s flights are canceled.

The Dallas airline was undone by a combination of factors including an antiquated crew-scheduling system and a network design that allows cancellations in one region to cascade throughout the country rapidly. Those weaknesses are not new — they helped cause a similar failure by Southwest in October 2021.

The U.S. Transportation Department is now investigating what happened at Southwest, which carries more passengers within the United States than any other airline. A Senate committee promises to investigate too.

In a video that Southwest posted late Tuesday, CEO Robert Jordan said Southwest would operate a reduced schedule for several days but hoped to be “back on track before next week.”

“We have some real work to do in making this right,” said Jordan, a 34-year Southwest veteran who became CEO in February. “For now, I want you to know that we are committed to that.”

Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg, who has criticized airlines for previous disruptions, said that “meltdown” was the only word he could think of to describe this week’s events at Southwest. He noted that while cancellations across the rest of the industry declined to about 4% of scheduled flights, they remained above 60% at Southwest.

From the high rate of cancellations to customers’ inability to reach Southwest on the phone, the airline’s performance has been unacceptable, Buttigieg said. He vowed to hold the airline accountable and push it to reimburse travelers.

“They need to make sure that those stranded passengers get to where they need to go and that they are provided adequate compensation,” including for missed flights, hotels and meals, he said Wednesday on ABC’s “Good Morning America.”

As has been the case every day this week, the vast majority of flight cancellations nationwide, are Southwest flights.

There were 2,451 flights cancelled before noon Thursday in the U.S., and 2,357 were Southwest routes, or about 58% of its entire schedule, according to the FlightAware tracking service.

The airline has warned that cancellations will continue for days.

The federal government is investigating what happened at Southwest with total cancellations soaring past 10,000 early in the week.

Southwest added a page to their website specifically for travelers who were stranded, but thousands of customers remain unable to reach the airline.

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