Vancouver Fire Department operating at a vacant house fire
VANCOUVER, Wash. — Firefighters battled a vacant house fire Saturday morning in east Vancouver, bringing the blaze under control in about 25 minutes, according to the Vancouver Fire Department. Crews were dispatched around 10 a.m. to a reported house fire at 3519 E. 21st Street. The first engine arrived...
The Waffle Iron Grilled Cheese At This Charming Oregon Drive-In Is Worth Every Minute...
Some food innovations are complicated, requiring special equipment and culinary school training to execute properly. Others are so simple you’ll kick yourself for not thinking of them first, like pressing a grilled cheese in a waffle iron at Sugarpine Drive-In in Troutdale, Oregon. The genius of a great idea...
After 56 years at Cleveland High, Jan Watt reflects – as school faces demolition
Cleveland High School’s nearly 100-year-old campus is scheduled for demolition and rebuilding starting this summer. Portland Public Schools said that, while it will preserve some historic elements, the overall plan involves reconstruction. “I harangued and begged and set the record straight in front of that [PPS] Board so there...
27 Creative Small Front Yard Landscaping Ideas To Boost Curb Appeal
Your front yard is the first thing people see when they pull up to your home, and a small front yard does not have to mean a forgettable one. In fact, some of the most striking curb appeal transformations occur in the tightest spaces, where thoughtful design choices make every square foot count.
‘Airbender’ and ‘She-Spawn’ authors greet comic book fans for huge Portland turnout
PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — Famous comic book artists meet with fans in Portland on Saturday. Comic book writers Brandon Hoang and Gail Simone held fan signings at Cosmic Monkey Comics in Southeast Portland in the afternoon. Hoang is known for writing Avatar: The Last Airbender, while Simone, a Portland...
Third Arrest Made in Vancouver Child Molestation Investigation
VANCOUVER, Wash. — The ongoing child molestation investigation involving former pediatrician Michael Wilmington and Chad Hartley continues as detectives with the Vancouver Police Department’s Digital Evidence Cybercrime Unit work through digital evidence connected to the case. Wilmington was found deceased last Saturday, while Hartley remains incarcerated in the...
Learn about the Portland Police Bureau Unit that tried to help MAC bomber
The Portland Police Bureau’s highly specialized Behavioral Health Unit consists of five officer-clinician teams whose job it is to find and try to help people nearly everyone else is busy avoiding. “We are at the intersection of two nearly broken systems,” Sgt. Josh Silverman told The Oregonian/OregonLive last spring,...
People’s Pharmacy: Does putting nail polish on a chigger bite really work?
Q. I’ve had chigger bites three times now. I used clear nail polish on the bites, and it immediately took the itch away by suffocating the chiggers. This definitely works!. A. Dermatologists have long maintained that nail polish is worthless, since chiggers don’t actually burrow into the skin.
National Train Day celebrated at Oregon Rail Heritage Center in Portland
PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — May 9 is National Train Day and the Oregon Rail Heritage Center is celebrating all weekend long. Guests are able to get up and personal with the numerous steam engines and hop on board for a short ride along the Southeast Portland waterfront near OMSI. “They don’t get them running that […]
Minnehaha Master Gardeners host 2026 plant sale
The cold weather is hopefully behind us, and the Minnehaha Master Gardeners are hoping to help people get a head start on their spring planting.
