Drive-By Shooting Suspect Arrested
Monday morning, Portland Police Officers assigned to Central Precinct responded to a report of a drive-by shooting in the area of Southeast Van Water Street and Southeast 36th Avenue. The victim called 911 to report their vehicle had been hit by gunfire and gave a description of the suspect vehicle. The victim...
Armed bandit strikes Foster-Powell convenience store
The activation of a silent holdup alarm at about 4:30 a.m. on January 14th alerted East Precinct officers to race to the Plaid Pantry store on S.E. 52nd Avenue, at the corner of Powell Boulevard. The first-arriving officer spoke with the clerk involved, and radioed suspect information to other officers...
Man mauled by ICE K9 in Vancouver released from ICE custody
A man who was mauled by an ICE K9 during his arrest last November in Vancouver has been released from federal custody.
Suspects arrested after entering Lincoln High School, prompting lockdown
PORTLAND, Ore. — Two suspects ran into Lincoln High School and were immediately taken into custody Tuesday morning, Portland police reported. The school was in "very quick" lockdown which has since been lifted, Portland Public Schools said. TriMet Transit Police and Portland police officers responded to reports of a...
The Massive Thrift Store In Oregon Where Locals Go Crazy For Dirt-Cheap Deals
There’s a place in Portland where treasure hunters, bargain enthusiasts, and the environmentally conscious converge like pilgrims to a shrine of secondhand splendor. Goodwill Industries of the Columbia Willamette on SE 6th Avenue isn’t just any thrift store – it’s a cavernous wonderland where one person’s castoffs...
Snow levels keep falling
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Controversial petition aims to ban hunting, fishing and pest control in Oregon
PORTLAND, Ore. (KATU) — A group is trying to ban hunting, fishing and pest control in Oregon. The group is called the People for the Elimination of Animal Cruelty Exemptions, or PEACE. The initiative “criminalizes injuring or killing animals, including killing for food, hunting, fishing; criminalizes breeding...
Colder air arrives tonight; snow level near 500 feet through Thursday morning
PORTLAND, Ore. (KATU) — KATU remains in a Storm Tracker 2 Weather Alert for lowering snow levels across the region and snow piling up in the Cascades. Snow is accumulating at Government Camp on Highway 26 this morning. Another one to two inches are expected to fall throughout today.
Man’s night out in SE Portland ends with carjacking by armed 18-year-old, prosecutors say
A man’s night out ended in a Southeast Portland carjacking at gunpoint after he got drunk and fell asleep in the back of his BMW, he told police. Prosecutors last week charged 18-year-old Kyren J. Collier with first-degree robbery, coercion, unauthorized use of a vehicle, possession of a stolen vehicle, reckless...
Everything you need to know about Portland’s snow this week
PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — The first taste of winter weather arrives in Portland this week as a KOIN 6 Weather Alert goes into place Monday night and lasts through Friday morning. The threat of brief and light snow showers returns to the lower elevations of the greater Portland-Vancouver area....

















