Portland, OR

PORTLAND, Ore. — Reactions are mixed for a new daytime camping ban that passed 3-1 by the Portland City Council on Wednesday. The new ordinance, which was proposed by Mayor Ted Wheeler, bans camping on city property between 8 a.m. and 8 p.m. — requiring that tents and other belongings be dismantled and removed by those daytime hours.

People living on the streets, business owners have mixed reactions to Portland daytime camping ban

PORTLAND, Ore. — Many of the City of Portland's phone lines went down for about an hour Friday morning, although the Portland Bureau of Emergency Communications said 911 continued to work during the outage. The bureau tweeted just after noon that the outage had been resolved and the city's...

City of Portland phone lines restored after outage

People living out on the streets say they don’t know what to do or how to comply. But at least one business owner thinks the ban doesn’t go far enough.

Passage of Portland’s daytime homeless camp ban met with skepticism

Oregon State

Tillamook, OR

TILLAMOOK, Ore. — After more than three years of closure, the Tillamook Forest Center has reopened to become a mecca for outdoor education in this week’s getaway. Field trips are the best days in school, rain or shine – a day in the field can teach youngsters much about the outdoors. Jesse Kane is a biologist and teacher at the newly re-opened Tillamook Forest Center and he wants youngsters who visit the center to understand life in a river.

Tillamook Forest Center once again takes center stage for student field trips

PORTLAND, Ore. — Less than two weeks ago, Portland's latest Safe Rest Village, Peninsula Crossing, opened to dozens of residents in the University Park neighborhood. Since then, some living nearby have reported various issues and concerns, from drug deals, to loud noise, to cars zipping up and down a dead-end street.

Peninsula Crossing Safe Rest Village off to 'rocky start,' but neighbors report progress

PORTLAND, Ore. — Hours into a Wednesday afternoon Portland City Council session, commissioners voted to pass an ordinance banning homeless camps during daytime hours while banning them altogether in certain areas of the city. The proposed ordinance came up for public testimony last week, drawing a large and often...

Portland City Council passes daytime ban on homeless camps

PORTLAND, Ore. — At the Portland Police Bureau's training facility Thursday, staffers used a drone to capture aerial photos and measurements of a fake traffic crash. "The Portland Police Bureau has been trying to start a program like this for five years," Sgt. Jim DeFrain said. Sgt. DeFrain will...

Portland Police Bureau unveils new drone program

People have a lot of questions about the new ordinance, like how it's going to be enforced. Here's what we know so far.

What's next after Portland adopted a daytime ban on homeless camps

Vancouver, WA

Clark County, WA

Salmon Creek, WA

VANCOUVER, Wash. — A fire tore through a large industrial building in the Salmon Creek area north of Vancouver late Tuesday night and early Wednesday morning and destroyed at least seven businesses, according to a news release from Clark County Fire District 6. There were no reported injuries. Dispatch...

Fire in Clark County destroys 7 businesses

PORTLAND, Ore. — A professional skateboarder blamed for dozens of graffiti cases across Portland has avoided jail time by cutting a plea deal with Multnomah County prosecutors. Emile Laurent, 22, pleaded guilty to one felony count and three misdemeanor counts of criminal mischief, according to court records. In exchange,...

No jail time for pro skateboarder in Portland graffiti case due to plea deal

Colorado State

Las Vegas, NV

LAS VEGAS — A Nevada judge on Thursday scheduled a murder trial for next year for a woman who has spent more than seven years in state psychiatric care after she was accused of intentionally plowing a car into pedestrians, killing one, on the Las Vegas Strip. Paris Paradise...

Murder trial set for Oregon woman accused of driving into Vegas Strip pedestrians

PORTLAND, Oregon — Charity Perry was in early March. More than a month later, the 24-year-old turned up dead in Ainsworth State Park. "I know she wasn't stabbed," Diana Allen said. "She wasn't hit in the head. She wasn't shot." Allen is Perry's mother. Since her daughter's death, Allen...

Mother of 1 of 5 women found dead across Portland region hopes for answers

PORTLAND, Ore. — The Portland Police Bureau is trying to seize $30,462 from Shroom House after raiding its West Burnside storefront last December. Police are using a process called civil forfeiture, which allows police to seize property suspected of being involved in a crime. Police busted the store on...

Police try to seize $30K from Portland Shroom House raid

Washington County, OR

BEAVERTON, Ore. — Police arrested four suspects and seized more than 10 pounds of powder and pills that tested positive for fentanyl following a search Wednesday morning at a hotel room in Portland believed to be connected to at least one death in a string of recent overdoses and deaths in Washington County.

Four suspects arrested amid investigation into string of overdoses in Washington County

Emile Laurent will avoid jail time as part of a deal with Multnomah County prosecutors. Instead, he'll be on probation, perform community service and restitution.

Portland pro skateboarder accused of tagging graffiti pleads guilty, avoids jail time

PORTLAND, Oregon — A $1 million funding grant is equipping and expanding the new Precision Biofabrication Hub at the OHSU Knight Cancer Institute. Researchers at the hub take small samples of human cells from organ tissues to reproduce organs, cancerous tumors and bone material using 3D bioprinters and other advanced engineering.

$1 million grant helps OHSU replicate organs, tumors for cancer research

PORTLAND, Ore. — The Lincoln High School theater program is owed more than $11,000 in ticket sales from its fall and winter shows. Seattle-based ticketing platform, Brown Paper Tickets, collected proceeds from the "PopCycles" and "Times Two" productions in late 2022 but has yet to return the money to the drama department, according to documents provided by people associated with Lincoln High School.

Lincoln High School theater program owed $11K in ticket sales from Brown Paper Tickets

The Grand Floral Parade will make its way through Portland's east side this Saturday. KGW Sunrise anchor and reporter Drew Carney got a sneak peak of the floats.

A look at the Portland Rose Festival's Grand Floral Parade

PORTLAND, Ore. — A U.S. magistrate judge on Friday ordered three men detained on drug trafficking charges accusing them of supplying illicit fentanyl linked to a fatal overdose in Oregon, prosecutors said. A federal complaint charges Manuel Velasquez-Estrejo, 38, Jorge Rivera-Nunez, 27, and Dennis Palma-Hurbina, 23, with conspiring to...

3 men charged with drug trafficking after fentanyl linked to fatal Oregon overdose

Lake Oswego, OR

LAKE OSWEGO, Ore. — If you knew the amount of carbon dioxide that was produced in the construction and operation of a building, your building, would it change where you chose to live? Work? Invest? Would that then drive rapid change in the building process, and regulations on building operations?

This searchable map can display any building's carbon footprint

Washington State

Beaverton, OR

BEAVERTON, Ore. — The driver in a hit-and-run incident that severely injured a 72-year-old woman last year has been sentenced to more than 7 years in prison, the Washington County District Attorney's Office announced Wednesday. Tyler William Fetterhoff, 35, pleaded guilty to second-degree assault and failure to perform the...

Hit-and-run driver sentenced to 7 years in prison

VANCOUVER, Wash. — New video released from Vancouver police bodycams shows what happened in the moments leading up to officers shooting and killing a suspect in a Vancouver Safeway parking lot who was wanted for multiple armed robberies. The bodycam footage shows video from three different officers' perspectives. KGW...

Bodycam video shows deadly police shooting of armed robbery suspect outside Vancouver Safeway

Salem, OR

SALEM, Ore. — The ongoing Republican walkout in the Oregon Senate has stretched on for more than a month, and it certainly feels like a record-setter. Without enough Republicans in Salem to form a quorum, Democrats can't pass any bills in the Senate even though they hold a majority in the chamber — and that's been the status quo since May 3.

Yes, this is the longest legislative walkout in Oregon's history

PORTLAND, Ore. — The Portland Rose Festival's Fleet Week is underway along the city's waterfront. The nearly week-long tradition draws many spectators and a number of ships to the Willamette River each year including U.S. Navy ships. Among those that are visiting this week, one in particular is catching...

Portland Fleet Week visiting ship USS John S. McCain named after late senator, his father and grandfather

Milwaukie, OR

Tigard, OR

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Happy Valley, OR

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Project manager loses job after Clackamas County plan to house homeless in hotel falls through

PORTLAND, Ore. — A Clackamas County project meant to turn a hotel into transitional housing for the homeless has been halted because County Chair Tootie Smith...

Project manager loses job after Clackamas County plan to house homeless in hotel falls through

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