Portland, OR

PORTLAND, Ore. — This week’s Everyday Hero is Nicole Brewer, a fire investigator with Portland Fire & Rescue. Her job takes her to smoky, dark and often unhealthy places. She not only loves her job, she had to overcome serious barriers to do it, and it’s vital for public safety.

Everyday Heroes: Portland fire investigator breaks barriers to be one of the best

Vancouver, WA

Vancouver police are asking for the public’s help in finding a missing woman. They say Janice Myers has been missing from her adult care facility in downtown Vancouver since Tuesday. Janice is 67 years old with gray hair. Police are unsure what she was last seen wearing. She might...

Vancouver police looking for missing woman

Oregon State

PORTLAND, Ore. — A Northwest Portland bike business is tired of being a crime victim and they’re asking for help from Portland police. Thieves have broken into Fat Tire Farm Mountain Bike Co. several times lately. The most recent break-in left a hole in the front wall. Store...

Portland bike shop hit repeatedly by thieves, waiting for police to act

PORTLAND, Ore. — The Oregon Department of Human Services said it is looking for missing infant twin brothers who they say could be at risk. Five-month-olds Jacob and Jacobi were last seen on North Portland on March 24 with their mother and father, Alexis and William Wade. The couple...

Oregon DHS searching for infant twin brothers missing from North Portland

PORTLAND, Ore. — Neighbors along East Burnside Street say something is being done after pleading with the City of Portland to handle an abandoned home taken over by squatters. It’s been two weeks since KATU aired a story about the abandoned home. Neighbors Elizabeth and Jacob Adams told us...

Fence goes up around East Burnside home where squatters caused problems for neighbors

PORTLAND, Ore. — A Portland man was arrested on Wednesday after he allegedly attacked a deaf man who was trying to communicate with him, which led to the victim's death. Aaron Reed-Jones, 35, has been charged with Manslaughter, Assault, Criminally Negligent Homicide, and Felon in Possession of a Firearm.

Court docs: Deaf man dies after being punched in face by felon at East Portland Deli

PORTLAND, Ore. — Celebrate spring break by visiting the Oregon Historical Society tomorrow for free. Thursday, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., you can explore the OHS flagship exhibition 'Experience Oregon' and listen to live native storytellers share their experiences. The Oregon Historical Society is located in downtown Portland...

Oregon Historical Society offering free admission Thursday for 'Experience Oregon' exhibit

Arkansas State

Vancouver police on Friday announced charges against Kirkland Warren, a man accused of killing his ex-girlfriend Meshay Melendez and her 7-year-old daughter Layla Stewart. "No words can express the fact that they now bury their only daughter and granddaughter for a senseless crime that never had to take place," said Michelle Bart, president and founder of NWCAVE, and the spokesperson for Melendez and Stewart's family.

Family of slain Vancouver mother, daughter wants justice, spokesperson says

Sandy, OR

GRESHAM, Ore. — Expectant families are already being impacted by the closure of the Mount Hood Family Birth Center at Legacy Mount Hood Medical Center, and experts say those impacts could be even worse for disadvantaged families. “So Sunday evening I had noticed that my baby had decreased fetal...

Expectant mother goes to emergency room at Legacy Mount Hood, sent elsewhere

PORTLAND, Ore. — A probable cause affidavit has released details on the unusual Tuesday incident that saw a man steal a forklift and take it on a joyride through Downtown Portland. Jeffre Zelinski, 30, is charged with burglary, theft, UUV, reckless driving, and criminal mischief. The events below are...

'Laughing manically' chasing pedestrians: Docs detail Portland stolen forklift mayhem

Salem, OR

Woodburn, OR

WOODBURN, Ore. — One person died after being hit by a car in Woodburn just before 9 p.m. Thursday. Police said 67-year-old Elizabeth J. Djema was crossing the southbound lanes of Highway 99E outside of a crosswalk when she was hit. First responders administered CPR to the woman, transporting...

Woman hit by car in Woodburn dies

Beaverton, OR

BEAVERTON, Ore. — Police are searching for the person who stabbed someone in Beaverton on Thursday morning. Officers were called out just before 6 a.m. on reports of a person who was wounded near Northwest 167th and Cornell Road. Officers say the victim was taken to the hospital, but...

Person found stabbed in Beaverton, police search for suspect

The doors of Calvary Presbyterian Church Portland now open to the Roseway Recovery Café, starting a new mission for people in crisis that starts with a cup of coffee. Calvary Presbyterian once supported a membership of several hundred parishioners over the last several decades. Today, that membership has dwindled to less than 20.

Portland's new Roseway Recovery Café offering help to those in crisis

PORTLAND, Ore. — Cannabis is a massive industry across Oregon that brings in tens of millions of dollars a year. One company is the second-largest dispensary chain in the state. On top of the success, it's also made a political splash. One of its founders reportedly hosted fundraisers for...

Willamette Week: Cannabis chain investigation

Washington County, OR

Bethany, OR

WASHINGTON COUNTY, Ore. — Tualatin Valley Fire & Rescue responded to a young child falling out of a 3rd-story window on Wednesday. According to the fire inspector, the incident happened shortly before 5:30 p.m. in Bethany, Oregon. The child's parent had opened a window that was right above a...

Child falls out of 3rd story window in Washington County

VANCOUVER, Wash. — A pedestrian was struck by a driver and hospitalized in an early-morning Clark County crash this Thursday. Police received reports of a person hit by a car near the I-205 South on-ramp around 4 a.m. A nearby deputy arrived on the scene and found the person...

Driver strikes, seriously injures pedestrian near I-205 on-ramp in Vancouver

La Center, WA

LA CENTER, Wash — Friday was International Transgender Day of Visibility. The day celebrates the successes of transgender and gender non-conforming people and is marked with rallies across the country. One of these rallies was held Friday night in La Center. Organizers say it doubled as a protest against...

Rally held for transgender rights in La Center

PORTLAND, Ore. — Portland’s Office of Violence Prevention is trying to get ahead of an anticipated rise in shootings in the spring and summer months. Saturday’s triple homicide is a tragedy the office hopes street-level outreach programs aim to prevent. On Tuesday, Portland Public Schools identified two...

Office of Violence Prevention aims to prevent spring and summer gun violence

Hillsboro, OR

PORTLAND, Ore. — Deputies found fentanyl and guns early Thursday morning after stopping a driver who ran a red light in Hillsboro, the Washington County Sheriff’s Office said. The incident started at about 12:15 a.m. when a deputy stopped someone who ran a red light at the intersection...

Deputies find guns, fentanyl after pulling over driver who ran red light in Hillsboro

VANCOUVER, Wash. — Clark County deputies say threats of violence directed towards Thomas Jefferson Middle School on Wednesday and Thursday were not credible. School administrators first contacted the Clark County Sheriff's Office on Wednesday after a student shared with their parents that they overheard a classmate “threatening the school.”

Clark Co. deputies investigate threats of violence against Vancouver-area middle school

Milwaukie, OR

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Tigard, OR

Oak Grove, OR

Happy Valley, OR

Clackamas, OR

King City, OR

Oakbrook, WA

Aloha, OR

Marylhurst, OR

Rivergrove, OR

Tualatin, OR

Gresham, OR

Gladstone, OR

Fairview, OR

West Linn, OR

Wood Village, OR

Oregon City, OR

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Man stabbed to death in front of Portland Art Museum

PORTLAND, Ore. — A man was killed in a stabbing in Downtown Portland late Tuesday night, police say. Law enforcement responded to a stabbing call at...

Man stabbed to death in front of Portland Art Museum

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