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Jonathan W. Cook, 43, was arrested after barricading himself inside a Southwest Portland home on Tuesday and refusing to comply with police commands, resulting in the use of a flashbang to get him out of the residence.

Almost 100 people are set to be removed from a homeless shelter village in Portland, Oregon , that has been the center of complaints from neighbours over antisocial behavior. Portland Mayor Keith Wilson has said 80 to 90 people will be evicted from the city's “Safe Rest” villages starting next month, largely because...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) – After a bar fight in Vancouver turned deadly over the weekend, the shooting suspect is facing second-degree murder charges. Jared Taylor, the man accused of shooting and killing Corey Jones after getting into a fight, faced a judge for the first time on Monday. Jones’s family and friends say...

PORTLAND, Ore. — West Coast states are responding to new guidance from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) that reduces the number of vaccines recommended for children. The West Coast Health Alliance warned the move “risks increasing the likelihood of outbreaks of preventable and sometimes deadly...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KATU) — Multnomah County District Attorney Nathan Vasquez plans to charge people who refuse addiction recovery help. Vasquez says since hard drugs were recriminalized, more than 500 people went into deflection, but there were no results, and that many were just entering and leaving after a quick...

Edward Chester Nye was just 14 years old when he was last seen in the Sky Lakes Wilderness area near the Rogue River.

A suspect was arrested two years after a Tigard hit-and-run took the life of a 45-year-old woman, officials said.

PORTLAND, Ore. (KATU) — Police released the name of a man who died last Friday when he crashed with an e-scooter while riding a mini-motorcycle in Southeast Portland. The crash was reported shortly before 5 p.m. along Southeast 122nd Avenue near the Tibbetts Street intersection. Crash investigators say Stephen...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — Residents of Portland’s temporary alternative shelters face a big decision in the coming weeks. Around 80 to 90 people could be asked to leave the city’s temporary alternative shelters in February if they do not engage with supportive resources, according to a memo Portland Mayor Keith Wilson...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — Snow levels are on the move as colder temperatures push snow elevations to some of the lowest levels seen so far this winter. Snow is not expected across the Portland/Vancouver area this week, but knowing your elevation during the winter months is a must. Oregon and Washington’s microclimates...