Vancouver WA

VANCOUVER, Wash. (KATU) — Vancouver police rescued two dogs found locked in a hot car on the waterfront last week. Officers say the dogs were struggling to breathe, as temperatures climbed toward 86 degrees. Officers broke a window to get them out. Officers say a woman named Krissy Carpenter...

ALOHA, Ore. (KATU) — An Aloha neighborhood is urging Washington County justice officials to keep a man behind bars after police said he tried breaking into a home with the intention to kill the family inside earlier this week. According to court documents, police arrested 29-year-old Daniel Lee Rose...

Kenneth Voyles says he was homeless, hungry and cold when he decided to break into a Portland countertop fabrication business in the pre-dawn hours of a winter day to find something to eat and possibly make off with some loot. He figured no one was there. But he was in...

A new Oregon transplant pulls into a WinCo parking lot in Hillsboro, and the building looks like a warehouse nobody bothered to dress up. That turns out to be the least surprising part of their trip. WinCo Foods runs on habits that longtime Oregonians intuitively know. Everyone else has to...

Eugene, Oregon-based Staton Companies has mobilised to the Centennial Mills complex in Portland, where the derelict building has been left at risk of collapse following a large fire on 2 August. Staton Companies has been hired by the property owner and is on-site preparing for the safe demolition of the...

Sam Ellingson from the Humane Society for Southwest Washington introduced two previously neglected dogs on AM Extra's Second Chance segment.

The James Beard Public Market has secured a construction permit from the city of Portland, moving the long-awaited downtown food hall one step closer to becoming a reality. As announced Thursday, the city issued the permit for the market at 622 S.W. Alder St. The project is expected to open in 2027.

Vancouver police are asking the public to help identify a person of interest connected to a fire that damaged the rear of a hardware store near Mill Plain Boulevard and Garrison Road. Officers have not said when the fire broke out or how extensive the damage was, only that they are actively working to determine who is

The best meals in Oregon are rarely found on busy main streets with flashing neon signs. They hide in strip malls, old gas stations, and unmarked buildings where the only advertisement is a line of locals out the door. These hidden eateries belong on every food lover’s bucket list because...

Tualatin Valley Fire & Rescue has determined the cause of the recent West Linn fire that killed one person and one pet. After an investigation, the department concluded that the fire was caused unintentionally on the deck by “the improper disposal of smoking materials.”. The fire at the 3300...