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PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — The Vancouver police officer involved in a non-fatal shooting this week has been publicly identified. Officer Alexander Zaferis, 29, was named as the officer involved in the shooting by the Washington State Office of Independent Investigations (OII) on Friday. The incident occurred just after 6:

Spirits were high toward the back of the line, despite gray skies and the promise of a full workday (and then some) spent idling in Portland’s South Park Blocks. Leigh and Kazon Valentine — a husband-and-wife duo who took the train from Seattle for this very occasion and booked a night at a hotel downtown — sat settled

VANCOUVER, Wash. (KATU) — Independent investigators have identified the Vancouver police officer who was involved in a shooting on Tuesday. Alexander Zaferis, 29, has been with the Vancouver Police Department since 2022. On Tuesday, police say a woman woke up to the sound of someone smashing her windows. She...

Fast Times plans to open a new location at 18750 Willamette Drive, Suite A, expanding its New York-style pizza and soft-serve concept to West Linn, according to Bridgetown Bites. The incoming restaurant will take over the space previously occupied by Old Backyard Burgers Company, which shut its doors last September. No

WASHINGTON COUNTY, Ore. (KPTV) - Three people were arrested 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 an Organized Retail Theft investigator for Ulta reported suspects had stolen items fr

Easy Mile Fitness, a top Planet Fitness franchisee, is doubling down on its Pacific Northwest presence, adding new gyms and updating current facilities in Oregon.

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — Oregon-based insurer PacificSource is planning another round of layoffs according to a Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification filed Friday with the state.  Effective July 31, the company will cut 97 positions in Oregon across all lines of business.  Offices in Bend, Portland, Salem and Sp

PORTLAND Ore. (KPTV) - An Oregon man has been sentenced to more than four years in federal prison for his role in a firearms trafficking ring, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office - District of Oregon. Freddy John Bish, 52, was sentenced Thursday to 50 months in federal prison...

Us, apparently. With our recent focus on the exploration of local poultry purveyors, some have taken to calling us The Chicken Man. We reject this characterization, both to avoid confusion with a legendary Portland protester, and in hopes of not being blown up should we ever visit Philadelphia. That said, the show must

A 51-year-old Beaverton man was arrested after gunfire outside a southwest Beaverton apartment building early on Thursday, according to police.