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When Vancouver resident Leslie Daniels returned to work at PeaceHealth Southwest Medical Center after three weeks of medical leave last year, she was stunned to find that her employer had nearly wiped out her paid-time-off balance. “I thought I calculated it wrong,” Daniels said. “But then I worked it out,...

Just after 2:20 in the morning, when most of Vancouver, Washington was asleep, a 19-year-old behind the wheel managed to leave a trail of destruction that reads less like a police report and more like ... Read more

Clackamas Community College will name its new Natural Resources Center after a local couple who recently donated $5 million to the project. Terry and Cheryl Holden — who previously gave $5 million for the college’s Holden Industrial Technology Center, named in their honor — will now have a second building on the Oregon

America is in the midst of a zombie apocalypse — an athletic apocalypse, featuring a once-viral pastime that has suddenly, but fervently, risen from the dead. The pathogen: Hacky Sack, a familiar fad among the better half of Generation X. For reasons unbeknownst to all, Hacky Sack has hit...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KATU) — Multnomah County sheriff’s deputies and U.S. marshals arrested a 28-year-old man on Wednesday, accusing him of killing his girlfriend’s 2-year-old child last year. Detectives obtained an arrest warrant for Dison Ruda and took him into custody at about 6 a.m. near Southeast 92nd...

Ever felt the tug of curiosity mixed with a dash of terror? That feeling hit me hard the moment I read about a midnight train that roams Washington’s wild hinterlands, pulling a crew of spectral passengers along for the ride. The story goes that the whistle blows at the...

Perched high above Portland like a French château that took a wrong turn somewhere over the Atlantic, Pittock Mansion watches over the city with the kind of presence that makes you wonder what it’s seen over the decades. This 16,000-square-foot architectural masterpiece isn’t just a feast for the...

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The Multnomah County Sheriff’s Office has identified the victim in the fatal shooting outside the Fred Meyer store in Wood Village. Cameron Michael Quiring was shot to death Tuesday evening, authorities said. The suspect in the shooting, 19-year-old Kenneth William Nevills Jr., was arrested after a traffic stop near No