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Three real hikes within about an hour of Portland, Seattle, and San Francisco that trade the crowd for something that actually feels far from home. The post None of these West Coast day trips take 90 minutes to reach, and none of them feel like a day trip appeared first on PNW is for Adventure .

A 48-year-old woman died Saturday, nearly two weeks after Portland police said she was hit by a driver who then fled the scene. The incident happened in Portland’s Centennial neighborhood, police said. A driver hit Lisa L. Straine shortly after 5 a.m. Aug. 9 in the area of Southeast...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — A man from St. Helens who went missing weeks ago has been found dead after his truck was found stuck in a ditch in timberland in Cowlitz County. On August 28, a bystander found the empty silver 2003 Ford F-150 truck belonging to missing person Brent Erickson at the Weyerhaeuser timberland […]

Portland police arrested Devin M. Stevens, 33, for his alleged role in a shooting and assault that occurred in the Montavilla neighborhood in early August.

CLATSOP COUNTY, Ore. (KATU) — A chain-reaction crash on Highway 26 in Clatsop County left a 77-year-old Portland man dead and several others injured after a vehicle crossed into oncoming traffic, Oregon State Police said. The crash happened Friday, Aug. 28 at about 5:18 p.m. near milepost 24. Oregon...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — A suspected car thief was arrested after being tracked down in a tree after fleeing from an attempted traffic stop, deputies said. The ordeal was captured on video, which was shared on the Washington County Sheriff’s Office’s Facebook page. On Wednesday, August 26, around 2:40 a.m., the Washingt

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — A man previously convicted of murder in Cowlitz County, who also ran for office, is now accused in a triple homicide in Los Angeles. Patrick Kevin Spurlock, 57, has been charged with three counts of murder after three men were found shot and killed in a Hollywood apartment on July 24. […]

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — Air quality levels continue to worsen as western wildfire smoke returns to the region late Monday evening. Smoke from the Austin Fire, the Narrows Fire, and the weakening Grasshopper Fire has moved its way back into the Willamette Valley. Air quality quickly started to fall back from “Moderate”

A Beaverton man is facing several charges after police found hundreds of pieces of stolen mail and evidence of identity theft with victims across the Pacific Northwest.

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — A fire that damaged homes in Southeast Portland is raising new questions about a property where the city had already documented a potential fire hazard — and had moved toward foreclosing on just weeks before the flames spread into the neighborhood. Portland Fire & Rescue said the fire started Su