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PORTLAND Ore. (KPTV) - A Troutdale woman pleaded guilty in federal court to discharging 500,000 gallons of industrial wastewater into a sanitary sewer in Hillsboro. Prosecutors say 35-year-old Kayla Hartley, the director of operations at the Northwest Slurry Solutions and Hydro Excavation facility in Hillsboro,...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KATU) — The National Weather Service in Portland has issued a “Cold Weather Advisory” for the central and southern Willamette Valley, the Tualatin Valley, along the lower Columbia River, and Oregon coast range. WEATHER | Latest Storm Tracker 2 Forecast. The advisory goes into effect...

Kallik, the 3-year-old playful polar bear, comes from the St. Louis Zoo, weighing more than 700 pounds.

PORTLAND, Ore. — A former Camas-Washougal fire battalion chief was found guilty Tuesday of murdering his wife in 2024 and attempting to make her death appear to be a medical emergency. A jury found Kevin West guilty of first-degree murder and second-degree murder. He is scheduled to be sentenced next month.

PORTLAND, Or. — The famous Hollywood Theatre in Northeast Portland is hosting a community benefit screening on Feb. 1 to benefit a local nonprofit that operates a no-kill cat shelter. House of Dreams takes in and cares for homeless, abandoned, and medically challenged cats around Portland. On Feb. 1,...

Oregon’s healthcare system is undergoing a quiet but consequential transformation, one that is reshaping access to care for patients and communities across the state. Two recent developments, the planned closure of Vibra Specialty Hospital in Portland and the restructuring of Asante Ashland Community Hospital in...

Tualatin Valley Fire & Rescue battled a house fire that displaced three people Tuesday afternoon.

A notorious Portland nightclub owner convicted of murdering a 21-year-old employee in 1990 was taken into custody in Clackamas County on Friday, according to jail records. Larry Hurwitz, 71, is being held at the Clackamas County Jail on charges of fourth-degree assault on a domestic partner and parole violation. He...

A residential blaze in Oregon City prompted an urgent response from Clackamas Fire last Monday, bringing distress to a neighborhood and displacing a household near the juncture of Highway 213. The fire department's social media account reported, "black smoke coming from the eaves on both floors" of a two-story home...

Health inspectors identified several Multnomah County restaurants with food safety violations in the first half of January. The county’s public health department conducts unannounced, semiannual inspections of food-service establishments to assess compliance with health codes across three categories:. Priority items:...