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An amendment introduced to the Oregon legislature on Thursday would create a misdemeanor charge for people who use illicit drugs on public transit and aims to connect offenders to addiction treatment.
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Spitting at a TriMet employee is now punishable with a lifetime ban on riding the TriMet system. TriMet’s board of directors unanimously approved the code change at a meeting Wednesday. TriMet officials say that no specific incident caused the code change, but rather the board took action in an effort to support bus operators who have faced an increase in attacks throughout the pandemic. “Most riders treat our operators and other frontline employees with respect,...
TriMet will reduce service on 20 of its 84 bus lines starting January 9 due to a shortage of bus drivers, the transit agency announced Friday. The reductions will decrease TriMet’s total bus service by 9 percent, which, according to the agency, will be comparable to the bus service TriMet adopted at the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic in April 2020. The reduced bus lines are throughout TriMet’s service area, including Barbur/Sandy Boulevard (Line 12),...
Feb 16, 2021 Kennett Lyle Block, 86, of New Martinsville, passed away Feb. 14, 2021, at Sunrise Hunter Mill in Vienna, Va. He was born in St. Louis, Mo., son of Marcel and Elizabeth Gregory Block. He was preceded in death by his wife, Patricia, in 2014. A sister, Phoebe Jayne, and a brother, Duncan, also preceded him in death. He was a graduate of the University of MIssouri. After two years of military service, he was employed at the Aluminum Division of Olin Corp. in Hannibal, Ohio. He retired as a manager of Consolidated Aluminum Corp. and worked part-time as a consultant in the U.S., Eu...