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The woman arrested in connection with the fire that destroyed the flagship Elephants Delicatessen in Northwest Portland early Tuesday morning told police she started the blaze accidentally while looking in the garbage for food, according to court documents. Catherine Stough, 56, faces charges of reckless burning and...

Country Herald is Local News, Independent Pulse. Covering breaking local news, sports, lifestyle and events. Gilliam County, Oregon – A Portland man died after a high-speed Interstate 84 pursuit Friday evening ended near Blalock Canyon, prompting a death investigation. According to the Gilliam County Sheriff’s...

The Landmark Saloon in Southeast Portland has been in trouble for some time. In March 2025, owner Nick Wilson launched a GoFundMe campaign to save the bar, racking up $11,710 in donations. The bar was able to stay open for longer, but Wilson wrote in an Instagram post in January 2026, “All the tea totalling going...

Gladstone police have identified a suspect in a string of overnight car-tire slashings, the department said. Police shared videos on Facebook Thursday morning, seeking help from the public to identify the person shown in them. By that afternoon, authorities said tips from community members had helped them identify...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — After finding a mouse in his infant child’s mouth, an Oregon man is suing his landlord. In a lawsuit filed Feb. 17 in Multnomah County Circuit Court, Bryan Padilla alleges a rodent entered the apartment he rented with his family through a hole in the wall and ended up in his child’s mouth.

Two lanes of northbound Interstate 5 reopened Saturday afternoon after a landslide caused an hourslong closure of the freeway near Woodland, Washington. The slide occured around 3:30 a.m. The Washington State Department of Transportation said traffic had backed up more than four miles before the lanes reopened around...

A man was taken to the hospital and is being investigated for driving while intoxicated after he crashed a pickup truck into a guardrail, nearly falling several feet into a creek in Vancouver.

In October of 2025, an officer assigned to the Sherwood Police Investigations Unit initiated a proactive child predator sting investigation. During the investigation, the investigator utilized multiple dating applications, social media platforms, and other online services while posing as under the age of 15....

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — Days of heavy rains are taking their toll and triggering rescues in Washington County. Meanwhile, rivers in eastern Multnomah County are still hours from reaching their peak, as of Friday afternoon. The west side is still reeling from the storm — from a car engulfed in floodwater to roads...

Baka Umai, the Hawthorne ramen shop that built a following for fiercely spicy bowls, has quietly opened a second outpost in Northwest Portland called the Ramen Den. The new den soft-opened earlier this year and is already serving the full ramen menu in a dimmer, more intimate dining room with table service....