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Dear Eric: For the past several years, our family has celebrated the new year with another family at a very specific location on the Jersey Shore. It’s been a lovely yearly tradition. This year, for whatever reason, we did not book the hotel. There was no mention of the...

There is a special kind of hush when a plate of meatloaf lands at a classic American diner. Forks pause, gravy glistens, and someone swears this one tastes like home, only better. You are about to meet the slices that locals defend with fierce loyalty, the gravies that inspire debates,...

We have counted thousands of your votes, and the results are in for the Portland area’s best pizza places in The Oregonian/OregonLive’s Readers Choice Awards. Three of this year’s winners also made the list in 2024 — the last time we featured pizza for these awards. And judging from the comments, it’s a great time to...

PORTLAND Ore. (KPTV) - A 25-year-old man wanted for the murder of a 14-year-old boy in November 2025 was arrested on Friday after a reported assault and search in southeast Portland, police said. “I usually feel very safe here,” said Amber Ackerson, who has lived in the neighborhood for 35...

Prosecutors say a Portland 19-year-old got behind the wheel drunk, threatened another driver with a gun, sped up to 99 mph while still drinking cans of Four Loko, then crashed into a pole and fled, abandoning his seriously injured passengers — one of whom later died. On Friday, a...

Portland police arrested a suspected drug dealer wanted on multiple felony warrants during a coordinated law enforcement effort targeting open-air drug activity, and found fentanyl, cash, and other items in the suspect's possession.

A man who repeatedly rammed his car into a rideshare vehicle last November has been arrested in Vancouver. K Lodge Lodge was booked into the Clark County Jail on Wednesday. The jail roster shows he faces charges of first-degree assault, malicious mischief, harassment with threat to kill and hit-and-run. It...

VANCOUVER, Wash. (KPTV) - Three people were taken to the hospital after a rollover crash in Vancouver on Friday afternoon. The Vancouver Fire Department says crews responded to a crash near NE 117th Ave and NE 87th St at 2:23 p.m., where a truck and an SUV had collided. The...

VANCOUVER, WASH. (KATU) — The City of Vancouver approved a new initiative to support small businesses struggling along the "Fourth Plain Corridor" on Fourth Plain Boulevard. Earlier this week, the City Council approved $300,000 in grants for businesses that have experienced a decline in revenue and reduced customer...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) – A Portland man is facing charges after he was found inside a crashed car Tuesday night with multiple guns, including two AR-15-style rifles, inside. Officers responded to reports of a man “slumped behind the wheel of a running vehicle at a stoplight” near NE 139th Avenue and E Burnside Street...