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VANCOUVER, Wash. (KATU) — Drivers on I-5 and I-205 will see some overnight delays while crews contracted with the Washington State Department of Transportation (WSDOT) replace some concrete panel work. The work will start Sunday evening, as crews replace cracked and damaged concrete panels that make up the highway’s...

General contractor Raimore Construction will leave the I-5 Rose Quarter Improvement Project early next year after six years of work. The Hamilton/Sundt Joint Venture (HSJV) and Raimore Construction announced on Thursday plans for a phased transition as the contractor completes its remaining preconstruction and construc

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On Aug. 7, Oregon Health & Science University made an abrupt internal announcement: Its chief lawyer, Alice Cuprill Comas, would be retiring that very day. She had been on family leave for weeks, OHSU said, and felt the need to turn her full attention to the health of an ailing parent.

Editor’s note: This story has been updated to clarify that the teacher in question used to work at Skyview High School in Vancouver, not Skyline High School. PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — A high school teacher who was recently removed after the district learned he’d sent inappropriate messages to a student is now appealing t

SALEM, OR — Oregon child welfare officials are asking for the public’s help to find a 15-year-old who went missing from Oregon City on Sept. 28 and is believed to be in danger. The Oregon Department of Human Services Child Welfare Division said Amani Turner is missing and...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — Police are investigating a fatal crash near Southeast Division Street and 174th on Friday evening. Around 5:43 pm, Portland police said officers responded to the reported crash involving a motorcycle and a car. When officers arrived, they found the motorcyclist dead at the scene and no one else

A 15-year-old Benson Polytechnic High School student who mixed toxic chemicals in a school cafeteria in September is expected to be charged with domestic terrorism and is scheduled to appear in court this Friday.

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PORTLAND, Ore. (KATU) — A “career criminal” from Fairview was sentenced to ten years in federal prison for meth possession and distribution, the U.S. Attorney’s Office – District of Oregon said. Matthew Moultrie, 41, pled guilty back in January to possession with intent to distribute...