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The Brooklyn neighborhood of Portland has been connected by a new bridge, named the Brooklyn Bridge, which was celebrated with a naming ceremony on Sunday.

The family of a 59-year-old woman who died when an oncoming driver crashed head-on into the car she and her family were traveling in has filed a $111 million lawsuit against both the driver and the Oregon Department of Transportation. The lawsuit faults the state for failing to install median...

Local reports say "multiple" lives were taken in Oregon after a shooting resulting in an exchange of gunfire breaking out between officeres and the suspect

Three people were apprehended and roughly $36,000 in stolen merchandise was recovered during a retail theft investigation, according to the Tigard Police Department. The investigation began on May 16 when Ulta’s Organized Retail Theft investigator reported that suspects had stolen products from several Seattle-area loc

If you picked up this paper to read while you wait for the train to pass Southeast 12th Avenue, good news: The average wait time at this railroad crossing is just 2 minutes and 42 seconds, according to TrainSnap, so it should be over by the time you finish this column. Of course, as WW reported in last week’s cover sto

VANCOUVER, Wash. — The Vancouver Fire Department recently partnered with The Cardinal Pre-School at St. Joseph Catholic School to provide young students with hands-on fire safety education as part of the department’s ongoing community outreach and prevention efforts. During the visit, firefighters engaged preschool stu

MULTNOMAH COUNTY, Ore. — The Multnomah County Sheriff’s Office is investigating an early morning road rage shooting in unincorporated Multnomah County and is asking the public for help identifying the person responsible. According to authorities, emergency dispatchers received a 911 call at approximately 2:44 a.m. Sund

VANCOUVER, Wash. — Quick action by firefighters prevented a fire from spreading to a nearby home after three outbuildings became fully engulfed in flames Friday evening in east Vancouver. At approximately 7 p.m. on May 29, Vancouver Fire Department crews responded to reports of an outbuilding fire at 16603...

A speeding motorcyclist turned a routine traffic stop into a nearly hourlong, multi-county chase that started in Portland’s Lloyd District and ended at a Polk County gas station, police said. The pursuit ran along I-84, then south on I-5 through Clackamas, Marion and Polk counties, with officers in the air and on the g

Portland starts off clear and cool this morning, with local observations hovering around 48°F, but strong sunshine will quickly take over. Temperatures are expected to climb into the low 70s this afternoon, topping out near 73°F. Northwest breezes will gradually freshen through the day, with gusts into the 20s in expos