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SANDY Ore. (KPTV) – A missing 5-year-old boy from Sandy has been found safe in New Mexico, according to officials. In February, the Sandy Police Department announced Alyssa Dentler O’Donnell, 26, and her son, Christopher Park had been missing since October. At the time, Sandy P.D. said O’Donnell and the father were not together but shared custody of Christopher until the two disappeared.

$22.3 million: That’s how much Metro homeless services bond money Multnomah County budgeted but failed to spend in the first half of the fiscal year. New figures for the first half of the current fiscal year show Multnomah County spent less than half its budgeted funding from the Metro homeless services measure.

CAMAS, Wash. (March 21, 2023) — HFO Investment Real Estate (HFO), a leading real estate brokerage firm in the Pacific Northwest, is pleased to announce the sale of Westridge Lofts, a 100-unit multifamily property located at 2221 and 2311 SE 192nd Avenue, Camas, WA 98607, for $31 million ($310,000 per unit).

Like lots of parents in West Linn, Maggie Traverso moved to this affluent city south of Portland for the quality of the schools. And until recently, she was satisfied. Her daughter was doing well in first grade, and was learning to read. So Traverso was surprised when she read that the West Linn-Wilsonville School District was using a reading curriculum the state hadn’t approved.

Grandma Lottie died of breast cancer, but Ray keeps her memory alive through a few tokens in the new coffee shop.

Multnomah County will be expanding its housing program and shelter bed capacity offered at the Behavioral Health Resource Center in downtown Portland by partnering with Do Good Multnomah.

CANBY Ore. (KPTV) – The Clackamas County Sheriff’s Office is asking for the public’s help finding a missing and endangered woman. According to deputies, 75-year-old Zoe Arrington was last seen Monday around 10 a.m. at her home on S. Bremer Road. Officials say Arrington has been diagnosed...

Lake Oswego residents should be able to vote — and its elected officials should take a strong stand by voting — on the establishment of a new fee/tax for installing two tolling stations on Interstate 205 because the $9.5 million Lake Oswego households will be paying annually in perpetuity outweighs the benefits coming from tolling. In 2017 and 2021 the Oregon state Legislature passed House Bill (HB) 2017 and HB 3055 giving the Oregon Department of Transportation (ODOT) the ability to institute road pricing, otherwise...

The Estacada City Council appointed a slew of committee and commission members at their most recent city council meeting, but the city still has two openings on the budget committee. The Estacada Budget Committee had four openings and received only two applications one from former mayor Brent Dodrill and one from business development manager, Justin Gates. Both were appointed to the budget committee. The city will continue to take applications...

Income taxes may be to blame for Oregonian exodus to Washington. More than 5,400 people moved from Multnomah County across the Columbia River to Clark County between 2016 and 2020, according to U.S. Census Bureau data. Less than half as many people have moved in the opposite direction. A new report from the Portland Business Alliance attempts to analyze why people are leaving the Rose City, and one reason might be the Beaver State’s taxes. Oregon has one of the highest statewide income taxes in the nation, at 9.9%. Washington has no income tax. Andrew Hoan with the business alliance said taxes coupled with rising housing costs are making it easier for Portlanders to jump ship. (Sarah Wolf/The Columbian)

Nearly 100 gallons of gasoline spilled at a station in Wood Village Monday afternoon, March 20, prompting a hazmat cleanup and evacuation of nearby businesses. At 12:37 p.m. Gresham Fire Engine 75 responded to a spill at an Arco Gas Station, N.E. 238th Ave. One of the gas pumps was leaking onto the nearby asphalt. The firefighters hit the emergency pump shutoff and power to the station was cut to prevent a fire or explosion from being sparked. Employees and customers were evacuated, and the...

A woman has been indicted by a grand jury on eight charges related to the assault of a TriMet bus driver on March 13, according to Multnomah County District Attorney Mike Schmidt.

A homeless man in downtown Gresham was tased by officers earlier this month after an alleged altercation with a city employee spurred the use of force. Witnesses and business owners have said this was over-the-top and unnecessary. The incident began on Friday, March 10, outside of Cheap Charlies, 79 N.E....

A Gresham-based fruit company is recalling frozen fruit sold in a number of stores, including Costco and Trader Joe's, over concerns about Hepatitis A.

Oregon City officials recently announced that the city will be making a total of $435,000 in funds available to the public through three separate grant programs to support the arts, city-sponsored public events and community enhancement. “This is an unprecedented level of financial support being made available to multiple segments of our community that come together to make Oregon City better as a whole,” said Oregon City Economic Development Manager James Graham. “I’m truly pleased that we will be able to support a variety of...

The tax would fund free eviction defense for tenants. But a lot of our viewers agreed with opponents who say the tax is too broad.

Despite concerns about a reform-minded district attorney, witnesses "generally agreed" there was no impact on daily functions and there was not a culture of fear in the office.

After a year of meetings, community input, engineering and revisions, the Estacada Urban Renewal Agency unanimously approved plans for a $2 million remodel of Main Street at its meeting Monday, March 13. The plans call for 22 parallel parking spots for drivers in the Main Street redesign.

PORTLAND, Ore. (KPTV)—A Clackamas man was sentenced to 14 years in federal prison Monday for robbing a local pub with a gun. According to court documents, on November 22, Dustin Lee Henderson, age 42, robbed the Lighthouse Pub on 82nd Avenue in Clackamas. In the surveillance video, Henderson was seen handing the pub clerk a bad and pointing a firearm. He also took five cartons of cigarettes and left.

Multnomah County Commissioner Sharon Meieran wants the county to look into purchasing a 241-room hotel in Northeast Portland for a homeless shelter and supportive housing for Portlanders with mental health issues.