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PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — Fire crews extinguished a blaze inside of a cannabis grow house in Estacada on Saturday. According to the Estacada Fire District, a 911 call reported the fire just before 11 a.m. at 1040 NW Noble Dr at the Estacada Industrial Park. Fire crews arrived three minutes later, finding smoke emerging f

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — Portland is considered a majority re-use region, officials at Straightaway Cocktails announced on Thursday. On Wednesday, May 27, three major companies collaborated to eliminate single-use cups at The Black Keys concert at Edgefield. McMenamins, Bold Reuse, and Straightaway Cocktails launched a

Four teenagers landed in custody on Friday morning after what police describe as a rolling series of crashes involving stolen Kias across East Portland. The chaotic ride cut through several neighborhoods before officers locked down the area, tracked the group and arrested four youths. Police said no one was hurt.

West Linn crushes North Medford to advance in Oregon's OSAA Class 6A playoffs originally appeared on The Sporting News. Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here. The West Linn Lions crushed the North Medford Black Tornado Saturday afternoon in a 12-2 win clinched via the 10-run...

Multnomah County District Attorney Nathan Vasquez says his office is seeing a surge in tiny, illegal conversion devices that can turn an ordinary handgun into something that behaves like a machine gun in seconds. In a new demonstration video, the DA's office shows a side-by-side comparison of a standard pistol and a we

After sitting vacant for years, the former Food Front building on Northwest Thurman finally has a new life lined up. Better Half, a well-loved Portland sandwich shop, is set to move into the space, bringing breakfast, lunch and a bigger coffee program back to the block. The shop, which closed its North Fremont storefro

Vancouver Police Shot a Knife-Wielding Burglar Who Had Already Tried to Break Into the Same Woman’s Home Before She had […] This article originally appeared on BuildLikeNew.com — visit us for more home security guides.

A Portland startup says it has preserved an entire pig brain down to individual cells and synapses, and it is now preparing to offer the same preservation process to terminally ill people who want their brains stored for a possible future revival. The claim, laid out in a March research preprint and on the company’s si

PORTLAND, Ore. — A motorcyclist led multiple law enforcement agencies on a nearly hourlong pursuit across several counties late Friday before being taken into custody at a gas station in Polk County, authorities said. The incident began about 9 p.m. when Transit Police made a traffic stop on a...

Portland, Ore. – Multnomah County’s District Attorney says there has been a big increase in the use of illegal “rapid fire conversion devices” used to turn handguns into machine guns. “These devices can be placed on in a matter of seconds, without any technical firearm knowledge,” says D.A. Nathan Vasquez, “They simply