Portland OR

A long-running dispute over a Portland burial plot reached a dramatic conclusion over the holidays. On Dec. 12, a Multnomah County circuit judge ruled that although Skyline Memorial Gardens in Northwest Portland had erroneously sold the same burial plot twice, the first purchasers, Martin and Jane Reser, were...

BEND, Ore. -- A 21-year-old Portland man was arrested Sunday after fleeing deputies and crashing a stolen pickup truck in northeast Bend, the Deschutes County Sheriff's Office said. Deputies were called at 7:36 a.m. about a driver who appeared impaired on U.S. Highway 97. They spotted a Ford F-350 that...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — After a house fire in Hillsboro left one person hospitalized and at least four pets dead Saturday night, officials say the house caught fire again the following morning. Around 9 p.m., Hillsboro Fire and Rescue crews first responded to the 2200 block of Northeast Sunrise Lane on reports of...

A father in Oregon rushed into action after a man tried to kidnap his child from a stroller while they shopped at Walmart a few days before Christmas, authorities say. The incident occurred shortly before 8 p.m. on Dec. 21 at a Walmart in Cornelius, which is about 25 miles west of Portland, according to the...

It’s still rare to find accumulated snowfall on Portland roads — but it happens often enough that the city has a fleet of 56 snowplows. And a handful of them are about to get a new name. The Portland Bureau of Transportation started its snowplow naming contest in...

OREGON CITY, OR – The Clackamas County Sheriff’s Office has released the identities of the two individuals who lost their lives in a head-on collision days before Christmas. Family notifications have been completed, and the Clackamas County Medical Examiner’s Office has identified the deceased as Charles Roger...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — A driver was rescued, then given a DUII after officials say he lost control of his car, plunging 20 feet down an embankment in Troutdale early Sunday morning. Just before 1 a.m., emergency dispatchers received a crash notification from a cell phone near Southeast Troutdale Road and Division...

Mohamed Osman Adan, 36, received a life sentence with parole eligibility after 25 years on December 30, 2025, for the second-degree murder of his domestic partner, Racheal Abraham, on August 27, 2022, in their southeast Portland apartment. Prosecutors highlighted his escalating violence, including punching her in May...

Portland man James Han is seeking $415,000 in damages from TriMet, alleging he was assaulted by two security guards on a MAX train in October, according to a December lawsuit in Multnomah County Court. KATU reported the incident occurred after Han, a funeral director, reportedly bumped into a guard while returning...

Every year, the Bird Alliance of Oregon aims to observe and record trends in bird populations over time in the Portland area.