Portland, OR

Multnomah County, OR

PORTLAND Ore. (KPTV) - It was a tragic start to Portland Public School’s spring break. The district confirmed two of the three people shot to death in a car near a North Portland park over the weekend were their students. Eskender Tamra, 17, and Isaac Daudi, 19, both attended Franklin High School in Southeast Portland. The district said Daudi transferred to Roosevelt High School this year to complete his senior year.

Murder of 2 Portland high schoolers reignites calls to invest in gun violence prevention

Texas State

PORTLAND Ore. (KPTV) - One southeast Portland neighborhood is growing more and more concerned about a homeless encampment that neighbors say seems to be growing just as fast as their worry. Melinda, who lives nearby, said that she has tried to get the mess cleaned up, but has run into...

Neighbors in SE Portland concerned by growing homeless camp on private property

PORTLAND Ore. (KPTV) – Two of the three victims in a deadly North Portland shooting Saturday were students in Portland Public Schools, according to the Portland Police Bureau. PPB said just before 12:30 p.m., officers responded to a shooting at North Foss Avenue and North Foss Court. When they...

2 victims in Portland triple-murder were PPS students

Salem, OR

SALEM, Ore. (KPTV) - A new legal filing claims more than half of the employees at Salem-Keizer Public Schools have had a student harm them or at least try to. The lawsuit details claims by five current or former employees at Salem-Keizer Public Schools. Each say they’ve been hurt by a student who has a tendency of violent behaviors, and those staff members are not alone.

Lawsuit: More than half of Salem-Keizer employees have had a student try to harm them

Washington State

Gresham, OR

Two people helped rescue a man from a burning home in Gresham Tuesday morning. 'Library of Things' in Washington County libraries makes finding fun easy. FOX 12's Ayo Elise stopped by the Cedar Mill Library to check out their collection and to learn how it all works.

Lines for Life offers Racial Equity Support Line staffed with people with lived experience of racism

PORTLAND Ore. (KPTV) - Portland Police said they’re partnering with the community to address rising crime. During just a one-day mission, police said they made dozens of arrests in the Menlo Park neighborhood. People who live and work in the Menlo Park neighborhood on the east side of Portland...

Portland Police one-day mission in Menlo Park results in 26 arrests

GRESHAM Ore. (KPTV) – The Gresham Police Department says a suspect has been arrested for the murder of a Portland man Friday morning. Officers arrived just before 7:30 a.m. Friday to a report of someone bleeding on the sidewalk on Southeast 197th Avenue just south of Southeast Stark Street. When they arrived, they found a man, later identified as 35-year-old Michael Lashone Hatcher, dead.

Body found on Gresham sidewalk; man arrested

PORTLAND Ore. (KPTV) - Multiple shootings over the weekend killed three, injured one, and reminded a city gun violence is another epidemic still impacting community members. The first shooting happened Friday night off North Interstate Avenue at the Albi Tiki Bar. Portland Police were called to the scene around 10:45 p.m. and a person was shot, but he is expected to be okay. Gunfire then erupted in Southeast Portland around 3 a.m. No one was injured but bullets hit two businesses. Just before 2 a.m. Sunday, gunshots were reported in the 8600 block of Northeast Hassalo Street. Houses were reportedly hit and one woman says a bullet almost struck her while she slept. But it was a deadly shooting in broad daylight Saturday that Portland Police Chief Chuck Lovell called shocking.

Weekend shootings remind Portlanders gun violence is far from fixed

Oregon State

Sheridan, OR

SHERIDAN Ore. (KPTV) – The Oregon State Police says a large amount of magic mushrooms and multiple guns were seized during a traffic stop outside of Sheridan last week. According to the OSP, an Oregon State Trooper initiated a traffic stop March 21 after catching a car going 86 miles per hour in a 55 miles per hour zone.

Oregon Troopers seize roughly 300 grams of magic mushrooms, firearms

Hood River, OR

HOOD RIVER, Ore. (KPTV) - An investigation is underway after a man was found dead in the middle of the Hood River-White Salmon Interstate Bridge early Tuesday morning. At about 4 a.m., officers were called out to a report of a vehicle stopped on the bridge. A 911 caller reported the vehicle had no lights on and appeared to be unoccupied.

18-year-old found dead in middle of Hood River bridge, police say

PORTLAND Ore. (KPTV) – It’s been over 30 years since a wolverine sighting outside the lower mountains in northeast Oregon. Yet, over the last week or so, Portlanders have reported two sightings in the area alone. Dave Keiter, a District Wildlife Biologist, of the Oregon Department of Fish...

Sudden Portland wolverine sightings explained by expert

CLACKAMAS COUNTY, Ore. (KPTV) - A Portland man has been sentenced to prison for a retail theft spree that totaled tens of thousands of dollars. The Clackamas County Sheriff’s Office said Martin Duane Castaway, 41, pleaded guilty on March 16 to two counts of first-degree aggravated theft and one count of organized retail theft. He was sentenced to 72 months in prison.

Portland man sentenced to 6 years in prison for $30K retail theft spree

GRESHAM Ore. (KPTV) – The Gresham Police Department is asking for the public’s help finding a missing and endangered 16-year-old. Police say Jai Lynn Irby left her Gresham home early March 19. Irby’s family says they’re concerned about her welfare and believe she may be in need of...

Gresham police looking for missing and endangered teen

PORTLAND Ore. (KPTV) - Portland police have seen moderate success in recovering stolen vehicles recently, according to a report released Monday. On Sunday, March 19, 2023 units conducted a 10-hour mission focused on two areas. The first was mainly in the Roseway and Madison South Neighborhoods, Northeast 72nd Avenue to I-205 between Northeast Sandy Boulevard and Northeast Halsey Street. The second half of the mission was south of that area in the Lents, Mt. Scott-Arleta, and Brentwood Darlington Neighborhoods, Northeast 72 Avenue to I-205 between Southeast Foster Road and Southeast Clatsop Street.

Portland police see success in recovering stolen vehicles, report says

GRESHAM, Ore. (KPTV) - Two people helped rescue a man from a burning home in Gresham Tuesday morning. Just before 9 a.m., crews were called out to a house fire on Southwest Orchard Place, near Towle Avenue. There were reports that one person was trapped inside. Before crews arrived to...

Good Samaritans help pull man from burning home in Gresham

PORTLAND Ore. (KPTV) - The driver of a suspected stolen vehicle caused chaos on I-405 after they rammed a Transit Police vehicle with two Multnomah County sheriff’s deputies inside and later caused a head on crash, injuring multiple people. On Tuesday at 7:42 p.m., Multnomah County sheriff’s deputies assigned...

Man in stolen SUV causes chaos on I-405 in Portland, driving wrong way and ramming cars

Road crews are monitoring a landslide on Interstate 84 near Ontario. Team of survivors, fighters representing PNW at International Breast Cancer Dragon Boat Festival. The team called "Pacific Northwest Pink Lemonade" is comprised of 26 women ranging from 40 to over 80 years old.

Portland Japanese Garden

Team of survivors, fighters representing PNW at International Breast Cancer Dragon Boat Festival. The team called "Pacific Northwest Pink Lemonade" is comprised of 26 women ranging from 40 to over 80 years old. Woman files $4M lawsuit over attack outside Portland behavioral health facility. A woman has filed a lawsuit,...

Popular Portland pizza chain closing three of its restaurants

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Multnomah County unveils massive new facility to address homelessness, mental health

PORTLAND Ore. (KPTV) - Multnomah County’s Behavioral Health Resource Center is being touted as the first facility of its kind in the area to help those...

Multnomah County unveils massive new facility to address homelessness, mental health

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