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PORTLAND, Ore. (KPTV) - A Portland man was sentenced Wednesday to life in prison with the possibility of parole after pleading guilty to second-degree murder in the 2022 killing of the mother of his children. Prosecutors argued the killing happened after he was released on bail that a local bail fund helped post.

A former employee told KOIN 6 the FBI has reached out to her and other workers with questions.

VANCOUVER, Wash. (KPTV) - A group of Vancouver mothers is using part of their holiday break to push for safety improvements at a busy intersection near Wy’east Middle School, citing recent crashes involving students. Wy’east Middle School parent Tanya English said that over a five-day period, she witnessed emergency...

BEAVERTON, Ore. (KPTV) - An Oregon man has died following a crash in New Hampshire that happened earlier this month. The crash happened on Thursday, Dec. 18, at about 12:43 p.m. According to New Hampshire state police, 52-year-old Michael Iwanchuk, of Beaverton, was walking on the Cornish-Windsor covered bridge,...

PORTLAND, OR (December 31, 2025) – A Christmas morning wake-up call turned chaotic in Multnomah County when a suspect allegedly rammed two patrol vehicles in a desperate attempt to escape deputies. According to the Multnomah County Sheriff’s Office (MCSO), Steven Thomas Fitzpatrick, 62, was arrested Thursday morning...

Hillsboro police have released the identity of the suspect in a homicide investigation stemming from a deadly shooting Saturday afternoon. Oscar Odilon Ruiz-Santiago, 32, of Hillsboro was taken into custody following a traffic stop Dec. 27 near South Meadows Middle School and later booked into the Washington County...

The Clackamas County Sheriff’s Office has released the names of two people killed in a head-on crash near Oregon City last week. Charles Roger Shook, 85, and Rose Ann Shook, 82, both of Estacada, died after the Jeep Cherokee they were in collided with a pickup truck driven by a 33-year-old Oregon City man on December...

A state investigation is underway after Vancouver police shot and killed 44-year-old Perry Sellars, who had previously been convicted of manslaughter, after he allegedly held a woman at gunpoint.

BATTLE GROUND, Wash. (KATU) — Authorities have identified the pilot killed in a plane crash in Battle Ground, Wash., back in September 2025 as Kenneth Shaffer. Shaffer, 76, of Trout Lake, Wash., died when his small plane went down in a field near Goheen Airport in Battle Ground on Sept. 26.

COLFAX, WA – Criminal charges will not be pursued against the drivers who caused two recent serious crashes South of Colfax, including a fatal collision. The Washington State Patrol has completed its investigations into the crashes. On