Portland, OR

Beaverton, OR

BEAVERTON, Ore. — It was a crash that normally wouldn't make the news, because thankfully nobody was injured. A few pictures were posted by people on social media, one of a car overturned on the roadway. But the story that later emerged involved the aftermath of the crash, in...

Teenagers stop to help crash victims, rescue baby from vehicle

Arkansas State

Washougal, WA

VANCOUVER, Wash. — Two bodies found near Washougal on Wednesday are believed to be those of a Vancouver mother and daughter who went missing earlier this month, according to the Vancouver Police Department. On Wednesday night, Melendez' family released a statement to KGW: "The family is grateful for all...

Bodies found near Washougal believed to be missing Vancouver mother and daughter

Oregon State

PORTLAND, Ore. — Oregon Democratic lawmakers have introduced three bills that they hope will cut down on the gun violence within the state. For many Portlanders, some kind of fix can't come soon enough. House Bill 2005 would ban so-called "ghost guns," which are homemade guns assembled from parts...

North Portland business riddled with bullet holes; owner wants solutions

PORTLAND, Ore. — The owner of a vintage sportswear boutique store in Old Town said he decided to relocate to Northeast Alberta after four years due to the spike in crime in the area. Chris Yen owns the store "Laundry," located on Northwest 4th Avenue, since 2019. Yen said...

Crime in Old Town forces Portland store owner to move shop to east side

PORTLAND, Ore. — One person died at the Hollywood East Apartments late Thursday night in what police are calling a suspected overdose. Portland Fire & Rescue says their crews were called to what appears to be three medical incidents at the building on Northeast Broadway near 44th Avenue about an hour apart.

Suspected overdose death at Northeast Portland apartment building

Vancouver, WA

VANCOUVER, Wash. — Vancouver police have asked the public to help them find a missing mother and daughter. Meshay Melendez, 27, and her 8-year-old daughter, Layla Stewart, were last seen in the area of Northeast Vancouver Mall Drive and 77th Avenue in Vancouver in the early morning on Sunday, March 12.

Vancouver police search for missing mother, 8-year-old daughter

A friend said Meshay Melendez and Layla Stewart were last seen with Melendez' boyfriend, Kirkland Warren. He's been arrested and named a "person of interest."

Family of missing Vancouver mother, 8-year-old daughter, plea for information on their whereabouts

Salem, OR

SALEM, Ore. — More than 119,000 people have been injured by tear gas and other chemical irritants around the world since 2015 and some 2,000 suffered injuries from "less lethal" impact projectiles, according to a report released Wednesday. The study by Physicians for Human Rights and the International Network...

Report: 119K people hurt by riot-control weapons since 2015

PORTLAND, Ore. — Walter W. Cole, Sr., renowned throughout Portland and beyond under the stage name "Darcelle XV," has died at the age of 92. Darcelle's drag cabaret, the Darcelle XV Showplace, broke the news Thursday evening. “The family of Darcelle XV along with her cast and crew are...

Darcelle XV, Portland's drag queen superstar, dead at 92

Along Southeast Powell, the new additions are meant to block camping in areas like frontage roads. But are they actually working?

Portland puts up barriers and signs meant to block homeless camps

PORTLAND, Oregon — One person was treated for smoke inhalation from a house fire on Sunday night. Crews with Portland Fire & Rescue responded to the home on Southeast Gladstone Street at Gladstone Drive east of 148th Avenue near Powell Butte Nature Park shortly after 7:15 p.m. During a...

Resident rescued from house fire near Powell Butte

Washington County, OR

PORTLAND, Ore. — Who steals from a hospital?. It's a question that has been eating away at Ashleigh Sturge, at least since earlier in the week. That's when the 30-year-old Washington County woman was recovering from surgery at OHSU's Center for Health and Healing. Sturge said her husband parked the couple's car in the medical facility's garage below the South Waterfront building.

Washington County woman's car stolen from medical facility parking garage while she recovered from surgery

PORTLAND, Ore. — The frontage roads along Southeast Powell Boulevard are often filled with tents, vehicles and RVs. On Tuesday morning there was a different structure: barriers blocking traffic along three of the inlets. It’s the City of Portland's latest attempt to deter traffic and homeless camping along high-crash...

'More needs to be done': City puts up barriers along sections of SE Powell to deter homeless camps, traffic

PORTLAND, Ore. — After 32 years in business, Kornblatt's Delicatessen on Northwest 23rd Avenue announced that it will be closing its doors by the end of the month. The news left some Portlanders saddened. "I've never been to New York, but I want to go to New York now....

Portland's oldest Jewish deli, Kornblatt's, closes by end of March

PORTLAND, Ore. — In this week's Let's Get Out There, we're sharing the first of many updates of hikers attempting to cover the entire Pacific Crest Trail in 2023. According to an old Chinese proverb, “a journey of a thousand miles starts with a single step.”. “The negative...

Thru Their Eyes | A unique look at trail life on the Pacific Crest Trail

Washington State

ALOHA, Ore. — Southwest Tualatin Valley Highway is closed in both directions in Aloha, about three miles west of Beaverton, after a fatal crash Friday morning. The closure stretches from Southwest 174th Avenue to Southwest 182nd Avenue and will remain in place until deputies have finished their investigation at the scene of the crash. At around 4:30 a.m., the Washington County Sheriff's Office (WCSO) tweeted that the closure would last several hours.

Fatal crash closes stretch of Tualatin Valley Highway about 3 miles west of Beaverton

PORTLAND, Ore. — Dozens of trailers, vehicles and broken-down RVs line both sides of Northeast 33rd Drive. It’s an area just off Marine Drive, west of the Portland International Airport, and over the years it has turned into a makeshift homeless village. The seemingly never-ending line of camps...

'It's a bunch of crap': Portland plans to remove camps along sections of Northeast 33rd Drive

Gresham, OR

GRESHAM, Ore. — The Portland non-profit Latino Network is in its final stages of fundraising for a new multi-million dollar facility in the Rockwood neighborhood of Gresham. The planned La Plaza Esperanza facility will have a culturally specific preschool, a hub for social events and more resources for the Latino community.

Latino Network is nearing final stages of fundraising for its new Rockwood community facility

Lake Oswego, OR

LAKE OSWEGO, Ore. — The country’s fastest growing sport in the country, pickleball is not becoming a favorite for some Lake Oswego residents. A proposal to put in six pickleball courts at a local park has many residents upset, primarily over the noise from the paddles and interestingly how could impact firefighters.

Lake Oswego residents upset over proposed pickleball court

PORTLAND, Ore. — Cracker Barrel announced Monday that it is closing three of the remaining four locations in Oregon, seven months after it closed its Jantzen Beach store. Employees at the Beaverton, Tualatin and Bend locations were notified Monday that the three stores were closing, effective immediately, the company told KGW. Only one Cracker Barrel remains open in Oregon, the Southern Oregon location in Medford.

Cracker Barrel closes 3 more Oregon locations, 2 in Portland metro area

PORTLAND, Ore. — Firefighters rescued a 14-year-old dog that fell down a manhole in Southeast Portland's Sellwood neighborhood Friday morning. Portland Fire & Rescue said the Labrador retriever, named Tess, fell about 23 feet down the hole near the intersection of Southeast 9th Avenue and Lambert Street, just afer 10 a.m. The manhole cover was off because city workers were inspecting it, according to Linda and Larry Beutler, Tess' owners.

Dog rescued after falling nearly 25 feet down manhole in Southeast Portland

PORTLAND, Ore. — Multnomah County on Wednesday announced a step forward in the ongoing response to chronic homelessness, adding 24-hour temporary housing to the Behavioral Health Resource Center in downtown Portland. The center at 333 Southwest Park Avenue opened late last year, and has thus far offered day services...

Multnomah County finds partner to run shelter at downtown Behavioral Health Resource Center

PORTLAND, Oregon — The city of Portland is removing hundreds of light poles from Portland parks as part of its Light Pole Safety Project. Portland Parks & Recreation (PP&R) said the city recently inspected 1,000 light poles, some of them more than a 100-years-old, and found that 243 of them across 12 parks were structurally unsound and needed to be removed.

City of Portland to remove hundreds of lampposts from parks due to safety issues

PORTLAND, Ore. — A wolverine was spotted on McGuire Island near Portland on Monday, marking the first local sighting of one of the creatures in more than 30 years, according to biologists. Wolverines are mostly found in Canada and Alaska, with much smaller populations in the lower 48 states,...

Wolverine spotted near Portland for the first time in more than thirty years

Tigard, OR

TIGARD, Ore. — A big change has come for drivers in Tigard. The Oregon Department of Transportation reduced the speed limit along a two-mile stretch of Hall Boulevard on Monday morning. The area is where a woman was hit and killed last year while she crossed the street. “Well,...

ODOT reduces speed limit along a 2-mile stretch in Tigard

Multnomah County, OR

PORTLAND, Ore. — The Multnomah County Health Department is warning some employees and clients that some of their personal information may have been accessed during a break-in last month. A person physically broke into the department's downtown headquarters over the weekend of February 18, the county said in a...

Records may have been accessed in Multnomah County Health Department break-in

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Man found shot and killed in vehicle in north Portland

PORTLAND, Ore — A man was shot and killed in the Arbor Lodge neighborhood of north Portland early Thursday morning, according to the Portland Police Bureau....

Man found shot and killed in vehicle in north Portland

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