Portland, OR

Oregon State

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

Arkansas State

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

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

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. — 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. — 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

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. — 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

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. — 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

Washington State

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

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

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

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

Arizona State

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, 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 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

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

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

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

Hawaii State

PORTLAND, Ore. — A woman's 1999 Subaru was stolen in November 2021, sold to a Portland used car dealership and then sold and shipped to someone in Hawaii. She didn't learn about this until a year later. “My car fell through the cracks even though I notified everybody I...

How a stolen car was sold to a Portland dealership and ended up in Hawaii

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. — Tents lining the sidewalks alongside empty office space is now an all-too-common sight in downtown Portland. Samantha, who sleeps on the corner of Southwest Alder and 4th, describes it as being akin to torture. “It makes me angry that they’re just sitting there vacant,” she said....

Portland changes policies to facilitate turning empty office space into housing

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'

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?'

PORTLAND, Ore. — It's officially St. Patrick's Day weekend! Last weekend we had a head start to the festivities with the annual Shamrock Run on Sunday, but this weekend the real fun starts. From drinking beer to drinking even more beer, here are a few festivities for the holiday happening around Portland (and other fun events).

Things to do this weekend in Portland for St. Patrick's Day | March 17-19

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

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Armed robbery suspects detained after hours-long search in Portland neighborhood

PORTLAND, Ore. — Portland police have taken two armed robbery suspects into custody and ended a containment and search effort that kept several blocks of Southeast...

Armed robbery suspects detained after hours-long search in Portland neighborhood

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