Jury selection begins in Clark County murder-for-hire trial
CLARK COUNTY, Wash. (KPTV) - Jury selection began Monday in the murder trial of a man accused of hiring a hitman to kill his wife more than two years ago. James Rummell is charged in connection with the March 2024 death of his wife. On March 23, 2024, deputies with...
North Plains Residents Are Being Flooded With Messaging As One Resident Seeking The Truth...
The Real Story – A Column Editor’s Note – This is an Op-Ed guest submission submitted by a resident of the City of North Plains, Oregon. He lives inside the […] The post North Plains Residents Are Being Flooded With Messaging As One Resident Seeking The Truth Sounds Off appeared first on The Hillsboro Herald .
Price tag of Portland’s Rose Quarter road project jumps past $3B as funding gap...
Completing Portland’s freeway megaproject in the Rose Quarter district is now expected to cost more than $3.2 billion — an increase of more than 50% from the most recent estimate, according to draft internal project records obtained by The Oregonian/OregonLive. Yet the state has secured just $480 million...
“A smashing success”: Watch Oregon Zoo animals celebrate National Watermelon Day
PORTLAND, Ore. (KTVZ) -- Animals at the Oregon Zoo received fresh watermelons today to observe National Watermelon Day. The fruit is provided as part of environmental enrichment efforts. These activities are designed to create stimulating and challenging environments that promote the well-being of the animals through t
2 hurt in shooting at Gresham apartment complex
GRESHAM, Ore. (KPTV) - Two people were hurt in a shooting in Gresham early Tuesday morning. At about 12:41 a.m., officers responded to a shooting at the Rockwood Village Apartments in the 700 block of Southeast 185th Avenue. When officers arrived to the scene, they found two people who had been shot.
Multiple vehicles, trailer and building burn in overnight fire
PORTLAND, Ore. (KATU) — Portland Fire & Rescue had another busy night Monday, battling a fire on Northeast Lombard Street near Northeast Columbia Boulevard. According to fire officials, crews responded around 10:55 p.m. to reports of several vehicles and a tractor-trailer on fire near a large warehouse. Crews called...
Backyard Brush Fire at City Councilor Mitch Green’s Home Violated Burn Ban
Just before 8 pm on July 26, a 911 dispatcher received a call concerning a fire in the backyard of a Southwest Portland home. Four firefighters responded to the scene. They found the homeowner burning a brush pile the firefighters classified as medium to large, according to the official report of the incident.
Fire crews working to recover body along NW Cornell Road west of Portland
PORTLAND, Ore. (KATU) — Crews with Portland Fire and Rescue and Tualatin Valley Fire and Rescue are working to recover a body from an area just west of Portland. The incident was initially reported as a “high angle rescue” in the 5200 block of NW Cornell Road, just before 10:30 a.m. The area is near the intersection wi
Mt. Hood Meadows under Level 3 ‘Go Now’ evacuation due to nearby Grasshopper Fire
Mt. Hood Meadows issued a Level 3 "Go Now" evacuation order early Tuesday morning due to the Grasshopper Fire, which has burned 31,500 acres in Wasco and Hood River counties.
Police seek info from public after fire at ‘unsafe’ Portland warehouse
PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — While the cause of the fire is still unknown, the Portland Police Bureau is now calling for anyone with videos or photos of the former Centennial Mills facility on Sunday at about 3:50 p.m., just before fire crews arrived on the scene. Anyone with relevant photos or video to submit can […]
