Vancouver WA

Simmering tensions over the removal of concrete planters on a popular neighborhood greenway in Southeast Portland have reached a low boil. After months of discussions between cycling advocates and transportation bureau staff, the City’s Bicycle Advisory Committee (BAC) is demanding the planters be re-installed or...

Early Tuesday in southeast Vancouver, a late-night scene at a gas station reportedly turned terrifying when a 54-year-old man in a Batman mask chased a Black man with a pitchfork, shouted racial slurs and threatened to kill him, according to court documents. Police arrested the suspect, identified as Matthew...

Drivers in Estacada Thursday, March 19, enjoyed an impromptu car wash after a water main broke at 750 N.E. Highway 224, shooting water about 50 feet into the air. The road remained open, if a little wet, while public works crews fixed the main. It was secured about two hours after the break. No damaged to the roadway...

Attorneys claimed doctors had Cox wait nearly 17 hours instead of treating him more promptly before his paralysis progressed.

A seven-hour “priorities setting” retreat for the Portland City Council, reported in last week’s Murmurs, will cost at least $27,000, according to city staff. The March 7 retreat, led by a Texas consulting firm, focused little on the city’s upcoming budget deficit of more than $100 million and instead became a...

Inflation is on the rise, and, when coupled with global conflicts like the war in Iran, gas prices are rising at a particularly unusual rate. The south metro area is not immune to these rising costs. Along Highway 43, all five of the gas service stations between I-205 and downtown Lake Oswego noted that prices had...

I have a confession. My husband does the vast majority of the grocery shopping for our family. So I was a little surprised by the enthusiastic response from so many readers when we asked what’s the best grocery store in the Portland area for The Oregonian/OregonLive’s Readers Choice Awards.

PORTLAND, Ore. — This story comes from the Portland Business Journal, a KGW news partner. The full story is here. Providence on Thursday announced it is considering a sale of its health plan, which reported a net loss of more than $100 million last year. Portland-based Providence Health Plan...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) – She may have an adorable bear-like face, but she’s no mean grizzly. A sweet pup named Little Bear is described as a friendly gal by shelter staff at the Humane Society for Southwest Washington (HSSW) in Vancouver. The animal shelter adds Little Bear can be a little shy and lacks socialization...

For the start of spring, the Garden Corner showed off a new design for the world's largest hanging basket.