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LAKE OSWEGO, Ore. – The Greenbrier Companies, Inc. has built 50 gondola cars as part of a pioneering circular economy collaboration with steelmaker SSAB Americas and recycling company Alter Trading Corp. The effort demonstrates how lower-emissions steel, innovative railcar design, and closed-loop recycling can work tog

VANCOUVER, Wash. (KPTV) - A 74-year-old man died after being hit by a pickup truck driver on Tuesday night, according to the Vancouver Police Department. At about 7:45 p.m., officers responded to South Andresen Road and MacArthur Boulevard for reports of a crash involving a pedestrian. Police said a driver...

Senior housing provider Willamette View plans to break ground in September on a 92-unit independent living building on its campus near Milwaukie. Todd Construction is engaged to build the eight-story facility, named Skyline, which is being designed by Ankrom Moisan. Construction is expected to cost approximately $90 mi

A partial lunar eclipse will be seen over the skies of Oregon and Washington on Thursday, August 27, 2026. KOIN 6 Chief Meteorologist Josh Cozart explains the timing of when you will be able to see it from Portland.

Roger Farnen biked onto Portland’s Broadway Bridge Monday to join the crowd watching demolitionists blow up the Centennial Mills water tower, one of those odd events that, like fireworks or a car wreck, turns hundreds of necks to rubber. Farnen wasn’t just another gawker. A few hours earlier, the...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KATU) — Interstate 5 southbound is now open near the I-84 interchange after a crash left one person injured. ODOT had closed the freeway, backing up the morning commute to the I-5/I-405 split. Drivers were advised to take alternative routes to avoid the backup. The freeway was...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KPTV) - A driver crashed into a restaurant in southwest Portland, causing major damage to the building. The crash happened at the Baja Fresh at Southwest Barbur Boulevard and Southwest Terwilliger Boulevard in the Hillsdale neighborhood. Portland Fire & Rescue crews responded to the scene around 1 a.m..

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — Watch parties at some of Portland’s most prominent chimneys are just weeks away as the Vaux’s swifts are expected to return to the region in mid-September. Meteorological autumn starts September 1. That means the Vaux’s swifts are on the move. Migrating south, the swifts are expected to arrive i

A man shattered the glass front door at Heretic Coffee Co. in Southeast Portland this past Monday, and instead of calling for retribution, owner Josh White went outside to check if the man was okay. The man ran off before White could reach him. Within roughly 18 to 19 hours, the volunteer-run nonprofit cafe had raised

50 cats rescued from a suspected animal neglect case in Southern Oregon are now available for adoption through the Oregon Humane Society.