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Deadly Weekend On Oregon Rivers, Amid Rising Temps

Gladstone, Ore. – Two teens died in separate water incidents Saturday evening. In Gladstone, a jet ski rider fell into the water at Meldrum Bar Park, just before 5 p.m. The Clackamas County Water Rescue Consortium was activated, sending numerous agencies to the scene, after the teen did not resurface. They were not wea
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Portland-area District Attorneys sound alarm on Oregon Mental Health System crisis

PORTLAND, Ore. (KATU) — Facing what they call a failure in Oregon’s mental health system, the district attorneys from the state’s three largest counties issued a warning Monday about a growing mental health and public safety crisis. Multnomah County District Attorney Nathan Vasquez is joining Clackamas County...
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Heat wave peaks Monday as temps flirt with triple digits across Oregon and Washington

PORTLAND, Ore. (KATU) — Monday will bring the hottest temperatures of this heat wave, as most of Western Oregon and Washington soar into the mid- to upper 90s. On Sunday, Eugene and Astoria broke 112-year-old daily high-temperature records. Portland set a record with a high of 94 degrees, surpassing the previous record
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Oregon City’s newest sushi restaurant specializes in an ingredient rarely seen on local menus

One of the newest restaurants in downtown Oregon City brings Japanese and Chinese cuisine to a renovated, historic Main Street property. Ginza Sushi & Asian Fusion, which opened Feb. 22, is the latest venture from owners Qing Tan and her husband, Guo Li, who have built a reputation in Portland for their Cantonese cuisi
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2 teens injured in shooting at Vancouver park

VANCOUVER, Wash. (KPTV) - Two teenagers were hurt in a shooting at a park late Saturday night, according to the Vancouver Police Department. Just after 11:30 p.m., on June 13, officers responded to a disturbance with a weapon at Evergreen Park in the 3500 block of East Fourth Plain Boulevard. Police said it was reporte
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49-year-old pilot identified in fatal crash near Twin Oaks Airpark

HILLSBORO, Ore. (KATU) — The Washington County Sheriff's Office has released the name of the pilot killed in Friday's crash near Twin Oaks Airpark. PAST COVERAGE | 1 dead after small plane crashes into field near Twin Oaks Airpark in Hillsboro. Officials said Keith Urwin, 49, of Warren, Oregon,...
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2 men arrested after shooting in North Portland

PORTLAND, Ore. (KPTV) - Two men were arrested following a shooting in the Cathedral Park neighborhood early Sunday morning, according to the Portland Police Bureau. At about 6:15 a.m., officers responded to a shooting in the area of North Chicago Avenue and North Ivanhoe Street. According to police, two people...
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Someone Dumped 75,000 Tires on a Man’s Property, and Nobody Will Clean Them Up

A Portland man bought a 1.2-acre lot in April with plans to build his family’s future home. What he got instead was a rubber nightmare stacked six feet high across nearly every inch of his ... Read more
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112-year-old temperature records fall Sunday around Oregon

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — Sunday was a scorcher across the Pacific Northwest, as a strong area of high pressure settled into the region over the weekend and will linger into Monday before relief arrives Tuesday. Daily high temperature records for Sunday, June 14th were broken under light offshore wind that helped push th
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Portland breaks record with 2026’s first heat wave

Portland sweltered its way through record-breaking heat Sunday, as temperatures hit 94. It smashed June 14’s previous record of 89, set in 1988, the National Weather Service said. It broke the record shortly before 3 p.m., and the National Weather Service warned the heat’s not over yet. An...

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