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Victim identified after shooting at Portland area park

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) – Authorities released the identity of the victim who was killed in a shooting at Chinook Landing Marine Park July 30. On Thursday, the Multnomah County Sheriff’s Office identified the victim as 25-year-old Dontae Porter Jr., of Portland. The investigation into the shooting remains under...
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Oregon wildfires: Portland air improves & Mt. Hood evacuations remain

Oregon wildfire updates for Thursday, Aug. 6: Grasshopper fire burning in Mt. Hood National Forest, Bench Fire and Rowe Creek Complex.
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Amtrak temporarily suspends service between Seattle, Portland

SEATTLE - Amtrak Cascade has suspended service between Seattle and Portland through Monday, Aug. 10, due to a warehouse fire near the tracks in Portland. Amtrak is currently working on temporarily replacing the affected route with buses. What we know:. On Sunday, Aug. 2, the Centennial Mills warehouse just north...
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Police: Meth, fentanyl, heroin seized during drug busts in Troutdale and Portland

PORTLAND, Ore. (KPTV) - Multiple people were arrested and a large quantity of drugs was seized during three operations by the Narcotics and Organized Crime Unit this week, according to the Portland Police Bureau. The first operation happened in Troutdale on Tuesday, Aug. 4. Police said detectives seized 13 pounds...
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Man gets life in prison for shooting, killing another passenger on bus in SE...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KATU) — A convicted murderer was sentenced to life in prison on Wednesday for shooting and killing another rider on a TriMet bus in Southeast Portland nearly five years ago. Wayne Conrad Thompson was previously found guilty of second-degree murder with a firearm and felon in possession...
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Shocking video shows shooting that critically injured 17-year-old in Gresham

GRESHAM, Ore. (KATU) — Shocking video shared by Gresham police Wednesday shows a shooting at a low-income apartment complex in Gresham that critically injured a teen Saturday afternoon. The video shows three teens walking through the Rockwood Village apartment complex near Northeast 188th Avenue and East Burnside Stree
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Beaverton man sentenced to prison for shooting his teen girlfriend

BEAVERTON Ore. (KPTV) - A Washington County Circuit Court judge has sentenced a 20-year-old man to 70 months in prison for shooting his teenage girlfriend in 2024, authorities said. Sky Alexander Korbut was sentenced last week to nearly six years in the Oregon Department of Corrections. A jury found him...
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Robber chased out of Portland store by samurai sword-wielding clerk, court docs say

PORTLAND, Ore. (KATU) — A Portland man got more than he bargained for when he robbed a smoke shop on East Burnside this week, prosecutors said. According to court documents, the suspect walked into Sandy Smoke Shop on Monday afternoon, went behind the counter while armed with a knife and grabbed items from a display ca
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Cleaner Air Is Coming to Western Oregon Tonight, but Wildfire Smoke Could Worsen Farther...

After several days of staring through a brown haze, people across western Oregon may finally be able to open a window and see the hills again. Wildfire smoke that settled over Portland, Salem, Eugene and much of the Willamette Valley is expected to begin thinning Thursday afternoon, with a more noticeable improvement a
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Man arrested on DUI charge after rear-end crash injures 1 in Vancouver

VANCOUVER, Wash. (KPTV) - A man was arrested after Vancouver police say he drove impaired and struck a line of stopped vehicles Tuesday evening. Just before 6:30 p.m., traffic was stopped on St. Johns Boulevard near Northeast Minnehaha Street due to construction when a driver, identified by police as Anthony L. Larsen,

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