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After Multnomah County housed a record number of people in their warming shelters during the severe winter storm, many people are questioning why the shelters were closed before the ice melted.
Here's your daily roundup of all the latest local and national news. (Like our coverage? Please consider making a recurring contribution to the Mercury to keep it comin'!) In local news: • The person behind the brutal intentional hit-and-run spree that left one dead and many more injured this week has been identified as 65-year-old Paul Rivas of Oregon City. Meanwhile, neighbors have created a memorial to the victim in Southeast Portland: I took an afternoon walk to the street where, on Monday, a man killed 77-year-old Jean Gerich with his car. He injured 9 others during what appeared to ...