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This isn’t a lazy afternoon — it’s the moment your inner speed demon wakes up. You show up thinking it’s just go-karts. A few laps. A quick laugh. Then the engines fire, your grip tightens, and suddenly your heart’s racing faster than the kart beneath you.

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — Blanchet House in downtown Portland is about to open a women’s shelter and they have invited the community to help decorate it. On Saturday, community members and volunteers helped the non-profit organization complete a painting at Bethanie’s Room in Old Town, the newest women’s overnight...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — Later this month, a Southern barbecue connoisseur will start serving smoked meats and soul food eats at one of Portland’s most revered restaurants. The basement of the James-Beard-Award-winning Haitian restaurant Kann will begin offering “Pitmaster Bryan Furman BBQ” on Friday, Jan. 30. The...

A climber died on Mount Hood Sunday, according to the Clackamas County Sheriff’s Office. Officials said witnesses reported just before 10 a.m. Sunday seeing the climber fall an estimated 300 feet. It happened near the Devil’s Kitchen area of the mountain. The climber was dead when rescue crews...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — A portion of Highway 217 southbound in Tigard was reopened Saturday night following a three-car crash just before 6 p.m. that left one of the vehicles engulfed in flames and several people sent to the hospital. The Tigard Police Department said one of the cars caught fire in the center lane, […]

BEAVERTON, Ore. (KATU) — The city of Beaverton is considering sending police officers to reports of immigration enforcement. Last week, city leaders approved a rule that forces city staff to be trained on reporting immigration enforcement activity. City councilors clashed with some saying the ordinance does not go...

Nearly every city in Oregon is required to submit annual financial reports to the state, but some in the Portland area have been delinquent for years. North Plains, a small but fast growing city in Washington County with a $36 million biennial budget, has not undergone a financial audit since 2021. City Manager Bill...

Vancouver, Wash. – Public health officials in southwest Washington are investigating a confirmed case of measles in Clark County. They say the adult’s vaccination status is unverified; they recently traveled to an area experiencing a measles outbreak. The person was reportedly at Ridgefield High School while...

An Uber pickup outside Portland's Union Station turned into a tense traffic stop this week, when the driver says federal agents suddenly surrounded her car in the Pearl District and hauled away her passengers in handcuffs. The driver, Hannah Armstrong, told reporters she had just collected two riders at Union...

PORTLAND, Ore. (PORTLAND TRIBUNE) — The Portland area may soon say goodbye to the last location of one of its local grocery chains. Market of Choice, Oregon’s largest family-owned independent grocer, announced late last week its intention to buy out the last remaining Basics Market location in the Hillsdale...