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Vancouver, WA

VANCOUVER, Wash. — The family of a missing Vancouver mother and daughter who disappeared more than a week ago is clinging to hope that they'll be found soon and unharmed. 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 hours of Sunday, March 12.

'No coincidences in crime': Family of missing Vancouver mother and child speak out as search continues

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. — Multiple residents of Southeast Portland's Laurelhurst neighborhood woke up to smashed windows on their cars Sunday morning. Portland police said the smash and grabs happened between Saturday evening and Sunday morning along Southeast 32nd Avenue between Ankeny and Pine streets. Police said it appears the break-ins...

Car windows shattered in SE Portland amid rash of ‘smash and grab’ burglaries

PORTLAND, Ore. — The streets outside Portland's Lloyd Center became host to an alarming sight Saturday night: streets blocked with cars doing donuts, burnouts and other stunts, all while hundreds of people stood around and watched. Some spectators were dangerously close to the action, taunting the drivers on. Videos...

Portland police explain why they couldn't respond to Lloyd Center street takeover Saturday night

PORTLAND, Ore. — The Portland Police Bureau (PPB) is investigating multiple overnight shootings in downtown Portland that left one person hospitalized with life-threatening injuries. At around 2 a.m. officers patrolling the downtown area heard shots fired on the south side of West Burnside Street between Southwest 3rd and 4th...

1 person shot in downtown Portland after multiple shootings, police say

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

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

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

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

Battle Ground, WA

BATTLE GROUND, Wash. — A counselor at Battle Ground High School was arrested last week after being accused of assaulting a child. According to school officials, she was placed on administrative leave Friday. Dawn Pack has been charged with second-degree assault of a child and interfering with the report...

Battle Ground High School counselor accused of assaulting a child

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, Ore. — A man has been arrested and charged with manslaughter in connection to a suspicious death in April 2021, police said. The man's wife, who is a non-sworn Portland Police Bureau employee, was also arrested on charges of hindering prosecution, official misconduct and tampering with evidence. Portland...

Goose Hollow homicide suspect arrested; spouse arrested for hindering prosecution

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

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Beaverton, OR

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. — Port of Portland police are investigating a shooting that left a man and a woman dead at Embassy Suites near the Portland International Airport early Wednesday morning. Officers responded to the hotel near Northeast 82nd Way and Northeast Airport Way around 2 a.m. The Port of...

2 people killed in shooting at Embassy Suites near PDX

PORTLAND, Ore. — Spring is right around the corner. For many, the warmer temperatures mean one thing - gardening. “It’s so fun to be here when everyone has spring fever and is excited,” Katie, a manager at Portland Nursery off Stark in East Portland. Katie tells KGW...

Frost dates and spring outdoor planting tips for Portland metro area

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

VANCOUVER, Wash. — Vancouver police have arrested a man in connection to a shooting at a Safeway that left one person dead and three others injured on Saturday. Officers took 28-year-old Nicholas Martinell-Sterling into custody on Tuesday, a few days after the shooting. On March 11, several men were...

Vancouver police arrest suspect in fatal Safeway shooting

PORTLAND, Ore. — A Northwest Portland couple was inside their home Monday morning when two people stormed inside, forced the couple out, and barricaded themselves in the home during an hours-long standoff with police. The 85-year-old man, who wished to remain anonymous, said two strangers showed up at the...

Homeowner in Northwest Portland recounts terrifying moment 2 strangers stormed house

PORTLAND, Ore. — People write books about all sorts of things. In the Portland metro area, one topic seems to be very appealing among children's authors: bananas. Three local authors, recently and randomly, drew inspiration from bananas, each writing or illustrating a book featuring the yellow fruit. The women behind these books have also formed a special bond.

Portland children's authors form quite a bunch with banana books: 'What are the odds?'

Salem, OR

PORTLAND, Ore. — An Oregon bill that would greatly expand access to reproductive health and gender-affirming care drew emotional testimony on Monday, mirroring the culture war debates over abortion, gender identity and parents' rights that are playing out in state legislatures across the U.S. The room at the state...

Oregon bill on abortion, gender-affirming care sparks debate

PORTLAND, Ore. — Jeremy Hanson describes his music as part blues and rock with a pop feel. He's the lead singer and co-songwriter of his band, Bent Spokes Posse, based in Portland. "Songs just started getting pumped out and two years later, we're up to like two albums worth...

Scammers target Portland band asking for money in exchange for Rolling Stone magazine article

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

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

Iowa State

PORTLAND, Ore. — Just a few days into 2023, smoke and fire filled the sky in downtown Portland as a historic church that had stood at the corner of Southwest 10th and Clay for more than a century went up in flames. Three days after the building was gutted...

'My faith was grown there': Portland woman recalls her family's ties with the old Clay Street church

PORTLAND, Ore. — The Portland Gay Men's Chorus presents The Body Electric on March 25 and 26 at the Patricia Reser Center for the Arts. The concert centers around the theme that everyone has the right to lead lives of freedom, peace and joy. The Body Electric honors the...

Portland Gay Men's Chorus presents 'The Body Electric'

California State

PORTLAND, Ore. — Residents of northeast Portland's Montavilla neighborhood gathered Saturday afternoon at the Eastside Church of Christ for a town hall meeting about the proposed sanctioned camping sites. Portland Mayor Ted Wheeler was invited to answer questions from the audience and listen to their concerns. "What's happening in...

Mayor Wheeler attends town hall meeting in NE Portland, answers questions about city's homeless crisis

Texas State

PORTLAND, Ore. — Portland Thorns forward Janine Beckie tore a ligament in her right knee and will miss the National Women's Soccer League season and the World Cup this summer with Canada. Beckie tore her ACL in a preseason game between the Thorns and the U.S. under-23 women's national...

'Heartbroken is an understatement': Portland Thorns forward Janine Beckie out of World Cup, NWSL season with knee injury

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Woman arrested in Arizona, charged with Portland man's murder

PORTLAND, Ore. — A woman wanted in connection with the July 2022 murder of a Portland man has been arrested in Arizona, according to the Portland...

Woman arrested in Arizona, charged with Portland man's murder

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