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If you hop on the No. 35 bus in downtown Portland, within 15 minutes you’ll reach the entrance to Tryon Creek State Natural Area — a 647-acre pocket of calm tucked at the edge of the city. For park ranger Rhett Wilkins, that forested canyon is his daily workplace.

Led by students at Hillsboro High School, hundreds of young people across the city walked out of their classes Friday morning. They marched first to Shute Park and then to the Hillsboro Civic Center in protest of ICE activity in their communities. Hillsboro School District estimated close to 1,600 students...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — A convicted felon will face another 20 months in prison after methamphetamine, drug paraphernalia and multiple firearms were found in his trailer in Molalla, officials said. According to the Clackamas County Sheriff’s Office, investigation into 30-year-old Erek D’Alessandro began in April...

GRESHAM, OR – The City of Gresham’s East Multnomah Outreach Prevention Intervention team is supporting a free “Know Your Rights” training session to be hosted by the community-based organization Latino Network. The organizers say their goal is to educate attendees about their constitutionally protected rights as...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — One man was hospitalized and another injured after a shooting in a Southeast Portland parking lot early Saturday morning, police said. Just before 1 a.m., a Portland police sergeant driving past the area of 13000 block of Southeast Stark Street heard gunfire and saw “lots of people...

Two cars hit speeds exceeding 100 miles per hour on Interstate 84 on Thursday night, leading to an arrest after one of the drivers eventually crashed in Northeast Portland’s Lloyd District, the Multnomah County Sheriff’s Office said. Steven Paul Roll, 49, was arrested on charges that include reckless...

Portland’s Albina neighborhood, a historic heart of the city’s Black community, is on the brink of a big change. On Thursday (Dec. 11), the 1803 Fund unveiled a $70 million plan as the organization steps up to tackle decades of community disruption, create jobs, and restore opportunity and vibrancy to the area.

Multnomah County leaders are calling for an overhaul of the County's drug deflection program, citing a lack of meaningful recovery and a need for stronger accountability measures.

VANCOUVER, Ore. (KATU) — Traffic safety is taking center stage at an event highlighting people and organizations who are working to keep Washingtonians safe on the roads. In 2024, Washington recorded 823 traffic deaths, continuing an upward trend seen in recent years. The event, named the Night of 1000...

HILLSBORO, Ore. — A year after a car crashed into a Hillsboro ice cream shop, the business reopened to a line of customers wrapped around the building Friday. "I wouldn't have been able to do it without the entire Hillsboro community behind me," said Adrian Wakefield, owner of Jim's Ice Cream.