Portland OR

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — As the daytime highs up and down the Willamette Valley struggled to get into the upper 50s on Saturday and we also saw cooler, cloudier and more active weather around our region — the threat of an isolated thunderstorm or two has now come and gone. The PNW is now set […]

WOOD VILLAGE, OR - The Multnomah County Sheriff’s Office is investigating a shooting Friday afternoon near a school bus stop in Wood Village that left a female minor injured. According to investigators, deputies were dispatched at approximately 4:14 p.m. on May 15 after a school bus driver called 911...

The state has finished taking its hard look at a deadly downtown Vancouver shooting involving a Clark County sheriff’s deputy, and the case is now in the hands of local prosecutors. On Friday, the Washington State Office of Independent Investigations (OII) announced it had completed its inquiry into the...

The Historic Columbia River Highway has reopened east of Multnomah Falls with a major milestone in a two-year restoration project. The East Multnomah Falls Viaduct reopened on Friday evening, May 15, after about seven months of work restoring the second of two elevated sections of the historic highway, also known as U.

More than 400 Shoshone people were killed at the Bear River Massacre in Preston, Idaho, in 1863, one of the deadliest acts of violence against Native Americans in U.S. history. On Saturday night, Portland philanthropist Jordan D. Schnitzer will recognize the ongoing effort to transform the site of the massacre...

Portland Public Schools is going down the wrong road by spending billions on massive renovations to high schools that will only sit empty in the near future as the child population in Portland continues to dwindle, (“PPS families question plan to close 5-10 schools,” April 13). PPS is better off consolidating into five

I almost drove past it. From the outside, it looks like any other building on the street, nothing that screams stop here. But the state of things inside stopped me cold. Rows of forgotten objects, each one carrying a life lived before mine. A ceramic rooster. A leather jacket from...

For many dogs, a perfect day involves playing catch in a giant field, sniffing around a dense forest, and topping it all off with a swim. Just outside of Portland, Oregon, which Forbes calls one of the best cities in the U.S. for dogs, lies the Sandy River Delta, where dogs can have their perfect day. The park offers c

Rocks, Gems & More: The Clackamette Mineral and Gem’s 62nd annual Gem & Rock Show will be Saturday and Sunday, May 23-24, at the Clackamas County Event Center. The event offers free admission and parking and will run from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Saturday and 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Sunday. The event will feature dealers, demon

What was supposed to be an easy descent into island time ended with handcuffs for a 61-year-old man from Gresham, Oregon, who was arrested after fellow passengers said he repeatedly groped a woman during a flight to Key West. Deputies met the plane on the tarmac Saturday, took the man into custody as soon as the aircra