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PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — A Portland man accused of being a prolific tagger with the alias “RANGO” was arrested last week. Portland Police announced Monday they had arrested William Patrick Matthews, 22, on Thursday in the Cedar Mill area of Washington County. Matthews has been charged with five counts of first degree...

Buried in a whistleblower’s 22-page complaint against Sunstone Way are details about bar tabs that could bring scrutiny from one of the nonprofit shelter provider’s largest customers: Multnomah County’s Department of Homeless Services. Kate Fulton, the former director of finance who says she was terminated for...

CLACKAMAS, Ore. (KPTV) - The man convicted of murdering an off-duty mail carrier in Clackamas County was sentenced Monday to 25 years in prison with no chance of parole. Chad Westover, 53, was found guilty in the stabbing death of 43-year-old Tristan Thomas, who was killed on his front doorstep on Sept. 21, 2024 at...

PORTLAND, Ore. — Portland Mayor Keith Wilson has appointed Brenda Alvarado as the city's first immigrant affairs lead, a newly created position focused on supporting immigrant communities and overseeing the city's sanctuary policies. Alvarado, who was selected following a competitive recruitment process, will be...

Oregon’s second most populous city is hoping to take a page out of Portland’s billion-dollar climate action playbook. On Monday, a coalition of Eugene-based environmental groups announced the launch of a campaign to create the Eugene Clean Energy Fund. The fund would impose a 2% tax on local gross profits of larger...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KATU) — A Day of Remembrance rally and march was planned at Elizabeth Caruthers Park to mark the anniversary of the executive order that led to the incarceration of Japanese Americans during World War II and to protest immigration detention today. Oregon Tsuru for Solidarity and the...

A 22-year-old suspected graffiti vandal has been arrested after years of reports of his tag appearing on public and private property in the Portland area. William P. Matthews, of the Cedar Mill area of Washington County, is lodged at the Multnomah County Detention Center on five counts of first-degree criminal...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) – Multnomah County could lose 300 jail beds if serious cuts hit the Sheriff’s Office. The county is facing a more than $10 million shortfall in its general fund. Ahead of the new fiscal year Chair Jessica Vega Pederson asked all departments to draft a budget with 5-percent less. For MCSO, that […]

A Sunday house fire in northeast Vancouver sent three residents and their pet scrambling to safety as flames tore through the home’s roof. Fire crews quickly knocked down the main body of the blaze and then spent hours tracking down stubborn hot spots while investigators worked to figure out what sparked the fire.

Five Portland Fire & Rescue units and six Central Police squad cars were dispatched on Friday, January 23, at 11:17 a.m., to a railroad incident near the intersection of S.E. 12th Avenue and Clinton Street, just north of Powell Boulevard. At first it was not clear just what that railroad...