St. Paul Highway closed south of Newberg due to injury crash

YAMHILL COUNTY, Ore. — Oregon State Police say a 74-year-old was killed Tuesday morning on Highway 240 near milepost 4. Officials say that James Lee Foster of Yamhill was headed westbound on Highway 240 at 10:40 a.m. when he lost control and struck a tree. Foster was pronounced dead...

SCAPPOOSE, Ore. — A truck driver from Vancouver died Monday afternoon in a crash along the Scappoose-Vernonia Highway, the Columbia County Sheriff’s Office said. Deputies say that Dennis Hickethier, 69, of Vancouver was driving a tractor-trailer along the highway when at about 1:20 p.m. the truck and trailer went off the road and started to roll.

HAZEL DELL, Wash, — One person was killed and another seriously injured in a van fire Tuesday morning, said the Clark County Sheriff's Office. Shortly before 8:15 a.m. crews from Clark County Fire District 6 and the Clark County Sheriff’s Office (CCSO) arrived at the scene of a "fully involved" van fire in the 8400 Block of NE 8th Avenue.

PORLTAND, Ore. — A pedestrian was taken to the hospital in critical condition Monday night after being struck by a driver who left the scene, according to the Portland Police Bureau. The crash happened at around 8:40 p.m. on North Victory Boulevard underneath Interstate 5. Police said North Victory...

HILLSBORO, Ore. — A 27-year-old man was sentenced to 12 years in prison Wednesday after he pleaded guilty to brutally stabbing a Beaverton woman last March, according to the Washington County District Attorney’s Office. Bryan Andrew Aguilera shoplifted a butcher knife and a meat cleaver from the Fred...

PORTLAND, Ore. — Tyz'Juan James, 20, was shot and killed Saturday night in a Southeast Portland parking lot. On Tuesday evening family, loved ones, and community members gathered to remember him. About 30 people showed up at a church in N Portland to memorialize James. PREVIOUSLY | Police identify...

FOREST GROVE, Ore. — A landslide closed one lane of NW Timber Road near the 26000 block Monday morning, said the Washington County Sheriff's Office. The closure was first reported shortly before 7:30 a.m. The sheriff's office said the landslide happened just north of the ‘s’ curves on Timber...

VANCOUVER, Wash. — The off-ramp from westbound SR14 to northbound I-205/Exit 6 will close overnight on February 8, says the Washington State Department of Transportation (WSDOT). WSDOT says the closure will take place at 10 p.m., and last through 4 a.m. on February 9. The closure is part of...

Vancouver Police are looking for the people who stole a truck and crashed it into a 'Minit Mart' early Tuesday morning. Officers say that just before 4 a.m. the suspects crashed into the glass doors of the convenience store. They drove off and ended up in a neighborhood near Northwest 45th Street.

PORTLAND, Ore. — A man is facing gun and harassment charges after an hours-long standoff in the Mt. Scott area on Sunday evening, the Clackamas County Sheriff’s Office said. Clackamas County deputies were called out shortly after 4 p.m. Sunday on reports of a domestic incident in the...

PORTLAND, Ore. — Police identified the man who was fatally shot early Saturday morning in a Southeast Portland parking lot. The shooting was reported at about 2 a.m. near the intersection of Southeast 112th Avenue and Division Street. The medical examiner confirmed that 20-year-old Tyz’Juan James died from a...

Police say the wanted man who was arrested after he ran from a traffic stop in Northeast Portland on Monday evening had body armor, guns and ammo, and someone else’s work ID and driver’s license inside his car. Levi Jon Lapage, 32, had an open felony warrant from...

PORTLAND, Ore. — Police arrested a driver Monday night who they said fled from a traffic stop and then ran into someone's home. Police surrounded the Northeast Portland home and said they found the driver hiding in the attic of a garage. On Tuesday, Portland Police identified the suspect...

ALBANY, Ore. — A man who was in an apparent mental health crisis was fatally shot by Albany Police on Wednesday morning after he allegedly pointed a gun at officers, police officials said. The incident started at about 9:40 a.m. when officers were called out to do a welfare...

PORTLAND, Ore. — The Tigard-Tualatin School District has decided to close Metzger Elementary School for the remainder of the week. The district tells KATU News that a stomach virus has rapidly spread throughout the school, impacting students and staff. In a statement provided to KATU, the district says the...

PORTLAND, Ore — The city of Portland has run out of funds from the Oregon Department of Transportation meant for cleaning up homeless camps and graffiti along freeways and highways. The funds were mean to last until July 1. “We are responsible for litter collection, graffiti abatement, problematic camp...

VANCOUVER, Wash. — Two teenagers have been arrested after allegedly crashing a stolen car through a residential home in Vancouver Sunday night. Clark County Sheriff's Office Deputies arrived at NE 47th Street and 56th Ave around 8:15 p.m. after a traffic collision was reported. According to calls by neighbors,...

VANCOUVER, Wash. — A man is facing charges after officers working a drug task force investigation in Clark County found roughly 13,000 fentanyl pills and two pounds of meth. The Clark County Sheriff’s Office said its Drug Task Force recently completed a fentanyl investigation which resulted in the arrest of 48-year-old Stephen Van Ness. He was booked into the Clark County Jail on possession of a controlled substance with intent to distribute charges.

TIGARD, Ore. — Tigard Police say they have arrested 14 people and recovered more than $4,000 in merchandise after a shoplifting enforcement sweep on Saturday. On February 4 the shoplifting sweep was simultaneously held at three stores in the Washington Square area. Plainclothes detectives, patrol officers, and loss prevention employees worked to find and apprehend shoplifting suspects.

CORVALLIS, Ore — Oregon State University Corvallis is warning students and the public about a man who was "persistently" following women around the campus. OSU Public Safety said the incidents happened on January 30 and February 1. They report that an unknown man followed women in multiple locations on the campus.