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PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) – Lewis & Clark College is facing a federal complaint alleging the school is violating the Civil Rights Act by discriminating against students on the basis of race in one of its programs and four of the school’s scholarships. The complaint was filed Tuesday by...

The struggles of Portland’s housing authority are by now widely known. Home Forward, a public agency that works closely with city officials, owns 7,000 low-income apartments and provides rent assistance vouchers to roughly 12,000 Multnomah County residents. But as WW has reported, the agency has had a tough few...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — A Southeast Portland eatery will serve tapas for the last time later this month. Bar Casa Vale has announced Saturday, Apr. 25, will be its final day of operations on 215 SE 9th Ave. The Buckman neighborhood restaurant has decided against renewing its lease after almost a decade in business, according to a social media post shared on Monday.

Sirens cut across the Willamette River on Tuesday as Portland Fire & Rescue crews rushed toward the water after Engine 23 reported spotting someone in the river near Ross Island. Firefighters deployed both land-based and marine units to the south side of the Ross Island Bridge for a possible water rescue, staging on the west bank while teams searched the area around the northern...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — A Honduran citizen living in Oregon was found guilty Monday by a federal judge of supplying a lethal dose of fentanyl to a Portland resident. Hugo Gomez-Soto, 51, was found guilty of distribution of fentanyl resulting in death and possession with intent to distribute fentanyl by a federal jury in U.S. District Court for the District of Oregon in Portland...

SEATTLE — A 24-year-old Texas man who admitted taking part in a string of violent ATM-related bank robberies across the country was sentenced in Seattle to 10 years in federal prison. Seth Coles-Body, of Houston, was sentenced on Tuesday in the U.S. District Court in Seattle after pleading guilty...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KATU) — New details emerged in court Tuesday in the case against an 18-year-old accused of shooting and killing an Uber driver while aiming for two teens in his car. According to prosecutors, the 18-year-old ambushed two teens, ages 17 and 18, at the time of the...

VANCOUVER, Wash. (KATU) — A Vancouver man is facing a murder charge after a reported domestic violence homicide in Vancouver last week. Tyrell E. Peters, 30, was booked into the Clark County Jail on a first-degree murder charge on Tuesday. Vancouver Police officials say officers were called out at...

The girl, now 11, suffered injuries to her legs, abdomen and genitals, according to a civil complaint obtained by PEOPLE

Portland Fire & Rescue firefighters and NW Natural Gas field technicians were summoned to a “skinny house” at 4002 S.E. Crystal Springs Boulevard on Wednesday morning, March 18th, at 10:47 a.m. It had been reported as a “Major Gas Leak” incident. Westmoreland’s Fire Station 20’s Engine...