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Readers respond: Teachers union should clarify intentions
The Portland Association of Teachers Union should clarify its intentions regarding teaching materials it posted on its website about the Palestinian-Israeli conflict (“Portland teachers union links to lessons urging students to pray to Allah, write Biden to stop funding Israel,” June 6). It’s troubling that leaders and educators...
Wash. man found not guilty by reason of insanity for wife’s fatal stabbing as part of 'prophecy'
VANCOUVER, Wash. (TCN) -- A man will likely spend the rest of his life in a state-run mental hospital for fatally stabbing his wife in 2021 in order to "fulfill a prophecy." Clark County court records show Michael Murrah was found not guilty by reason of insanity for killing his wife Monica Murrah, who also went by the name Star. The Columbian reports a judge subsequently required Murrah be sent to Western State Hospital and not to have any contact with Star Murrah’s family, including their son. If he got convicted, he could...
Where to find free breakfast, lunch for kids in the Portland metro area this summer
PORTLAND, Ore. — As the school year comes to an end, families in the Portland-Vancouver metro area may be looking for ways to receive free meals during the summer. Many school districts are offering breakfast and lunch to children and teenagers at no cost. Here's a look at some...
'You are a rotten old man who did this to children': Victims excoriate dad who drugged 12-year-old girls' smoothies at daughter's sleepover
Michael Meyden will be going to prison after admitting that he gave his daughter and her three friends smoothies laced with sleeping pills during a sleepover party last year. The post ‘You are a rotten old man who did this to children’: Victims excoriate dad who drugged 12-year-old girls’ smoothies at daughter’s sleepover first appeared on Law & Crime.
Suspect arrested in weeks-long spree of shootings damaging Portland city equipment
A 28-year-old man is suspected of shooting at city property in Portland over many weeks, causing some $500,000 in damage to more than a dozen traffic-control cameras, police reported. Officers arrested Chase P. Grijalva of Portland Monday afternoon near Southeast 148th Avenue and Division Street after multiple shootings were reported...
6 apartment units destroyed by fire in Vancouver
VANCOUVER Wash. (KPTV) - Several families lost their homes to a fire in Vancouver this evening. Flames that started in one apartment quickly spread to others. “It just got black and scary,” said Kayla Beauprey, who witnessed the entire incident. She was driving home in Hazel Dell when she...
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