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PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — Nearly $1.2 million in overpayments were allocated to just two of Multnomah County’s real estate purchases, according to examiners. A lack of oversight in the county’s property acquisition practices has resulted in unnecessary spending, the Multnomah County Auditor’s Office announced in a report

CANBY, Ore. (KPTV) - The Oregon Health Authority identified the Canby Rodeo as a measles exposure site on Wednesday. OHA says anyone who was at the Canby Rodeo, which took place at the Clackamas County Fairgrounds, between 7:30 p.m. and 11 p.m. on August 18 may have been exposed to measles.

It all sounds like a poem, or a metaphor, or a dream: Black bamboo blooms once every 120 years. All of it around the world blooms at the same time. Then, it all dies, and the cycle begins again. The big event is happening right now in Southeast Portland at...

Seven T-Mobile stores across Washington are closing, affecting 77 employees through November. Locations from Seattle to the Tri-Cities region are impacted as the company adjusts its retail footprint.

A Portland real estate stalwart is suing his longtime assistant and caregiver, alleging the younger man misappropriated more than $1 million with plans to transfer the money offshore. Homer Williams, credited with redeveloping the Pearl District and South Waterfront before turning his attention to homeless shelters via

VANCOUVER, Wash. (KPTV) - A dog alerted its owner to a fire early Wednesday morning, according to the Vancouver Fire Department. Shortly before 5 a.m., crews responded to a fire in the 2200 block of Northeast 102nd Avenue. The fire department said one person was home a the time and reported being awakened by his dog. H

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — Late summer sunsets are slipping away as Portland experienced its final 8 p.m. sunset of 2026 on Tuesday. Portland’s been experiencing earlier sunsets and later sunrises over the last few weeks. A total of 85 minutes of light are lost during the month of August. The later sunrises and earlier su

Marine biologist-turned-standup comedian Forrest Shaw’s one-person show, The Ocean Hates You!, is an insider’s commentary on just how hard we effed up our precious ocean ecosystems and why we’re all doomed because of it, albeit delivered via deliciously digestible comedy chops. Note: Don’t get it twisted, Shaw brings n

In the summer of 1918, residents of Sellwood awaited the opening of what would turn out to be one of the community’s most important employers ever, the Oregon Worsted Company. Unlike the Eastside Lumber Company or the Eastside Railway, each of which employed hundreds of local men – and are now long gone – the Oregon Wo

Beaverton commuters have probably clocked the sorry state of Walker Road near Murray Boulevard. The intersection was swarming with construction crews Tuesday. Large pipes and other materials sat piled near the road and an excavator breached the ground near Cedar Mill Creek. That work is part of a years-long project...