Vancouver WA

Clark County’s updated growth plan will let Ridgefield, La Center, Camas and other cities expand their urban growth boundaries and explore ways to rezone land currently designated for agricultural use. That decision came earlier this month, when the Clark County Council voted 3-2 to select one of three proposed...

PORTLAND, Ore. — The Portland Water Bureau is leaning on its backup supply for drinking water after one of the pipes from city's mountain runoff-fed watershed sprung a leak, the city agency said. Staff found the leak Wednesday in a conduit that delivers water from the Bull Run supply...

Camas-Washougal Fire Department crews on Wednesday rescued a 36-year-old man who had fallen into a tank at the Washougal Wastewater Treatment Facility. The tank was under construction when the man, an employee for a private contractor working on the site, fell in, according to a news release from the Vancouver Fire Department.

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — On Thursday, Multnomah County will discuss a proposed ordinance that would ban mobile needle exchanges from within a 1,000 feet of a school. Currently, in Oregon, there are no laws regulating where needle exchange programs can operate. “I have drug use and drug deals all around my store. I shoo them […]

At the City of Portland’s District 3 “Budget Open House” held on a Wednesday evening in April at Marysville Elementary School, elected officials laid out the difficult financial choices facing the city and asked residents to help set priorities for the year ahead. Over the course of...

Chris and Kristin Sassano were at a Christmas breakfast with their kids last Dec. 20 when they started getting Ring camera notifications that a masked man with a gun had kicked down the back door of their Southeast Portland home and was stealing their wrapped holiday gifts. Kristin Sassano said...

PORTLAND, Ore. — As of this week, more than 1,600 affordable housing units sat empty in the city of Portland, despite the thousands still living unsheltered on the city's streets any given night — an issue Mayor Keith Wilson highlighted during remarks this week. There are several reasons...

Two hikers were injured and airlifted out of Yellowstone National Park after a bear attack on Monday. (Source: MARIE JASKULA)

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — A Washington County community is mourning the sudden loss of a beloved entrepreneur, who died in a tragic accident over the weekend. In her obituary released Wednesday night, Darcy DeBord’s family and other business owners say she built more than a successful brand — she built connection. All three White Birch […]

PORTLAND, Ore. (KPTV) - The Portland Police Bureau says six teenage girls were safely recovered during human trafficking enforcement missions along the 82nd Avenue corridor. PPB says the Human Trafficking Unit found the girls, aged 13-17, during missions conducted since Wednesday, April 15. “This is a stunning number, significantly higher...