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NORDSTROM is closing a two-story store at the end of the month. The retailer confirmed the closure of its only location in Delaware on April 30. Nordstrom is closing the location at the Christiana Mall, near Newark, after 15 years. In a company statement, Nordstrom said it was closing the...

Gunderson Marine & Iron (GM&I) is preparing to mark a significant milestone on April 18 with the simultaneous launch of two newly constructed barges from the side launch ways at its Portland, Oregon, shipyard. The vessels are the Mt. Rainier, a refined products barge built for Vancouver, Wash.-based Tidewater Transportation...

Stories bring people together in shared humanity. Personal stories can uplift, move and connect. In 2025, Dmae Lo Roberts embarked on a statewide storytelling experience focusing on personal stories from both artists and community members. These stories are a form of living oral history. The -Ism Storytellers Project was launched as a project of MediaRites with Dmae as the project director. Six storytelling events...

A buzzing Oregon restaurant takes the all-you-can-eat experience and cranks it into something way more futuristic than you’d expect. Plates of made-to-order sushi roll out fresh from the kitchen, while robotic servers glide between tables like they’ve been doing this job forever. I caught myself smiling the first...

HAPPY VALLEY Ore. (KPTV) - One driver is dead and a second driver is in critical condition after a head-on crash in Happy Valley on Sunday afternoon, according to police. Shortly after 4 p.m., Clackamas County Sheriff’s Office deputies assigned to the Happy Valley Police Department were sent to the crash on Southeast 172nd Avenue just north of Southeast Hemrich Road.

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) – Crews will soon begin the permanent restoration of State Route 504, otherwise known as Spirit Lake Memorial Highway, after a devastating landslide destroyed it in May 2023. The route is a key connection to Mount St. Helens. According to the Washington State Department of Transportation...

Two people were killed in a shooting that took place in the parking lot of the AWPPW Hall on Saturday night.

A three‑alarm inferno tore through an apartment building under construction near NE 100th Avenue and East Burnside Street in northeast Portland early Sunday, sending a crush of fire rigs into the neighborhood as crews fought to keep the flames from jumping to nearby buildings. Multiple Portland Fire & Rescue...

PORTLAND Ore. (KPTV) - A body was recovered from the Willamette River in downtown Portland on Sunday, according to the Multnomah County Sheriff’s Office. Shortly before 11:30 a.m., a person reported seeing a body in the river between the Burnside Bridge and the Morrison Bridge. A county sheriff dive...

BRUSH PRAIRIE Wash. (KPTV) - Brayden Wallace, 13, sat at the dinner table playing cards with his friends Saturday – a seemingly normal activity that meant more than usual to his parents. “It’s just amazing being able to see him here and his friends here,” Crystal and Isaiah Wallace...