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PORTLAND, Ore. (KATU) — Multnomah County District Attorney Nathan Vasquez plans to charge people who refuse addiction recovery help. Vasquez says since hard drugs were recriminalized, more than 500 people went into deflection, but there were no results, and that many were just entering and leaving after a quick...

Edward Chester Nye was just 14 years old when he was last seen in the Sky Lakes Wilderness area near the Rogue River.

A suspect was arrested two years after a Tigard hit-and-run took the life of a 45-year-old woman, officials said.

PORTLAND, Ore. (KATU) — Police released the name of a man who died last Friday when he crashed with an e-scooter while riding a mini-motorcycle in Southeast Portland. The crash was reported shortly before 5 p.m. along Southeast 122nd Avenue near the Tibbetts Street intersection. Crash investigators say Stephen...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — Residents of Portland’s temporary alternative shelters face a big decision in the coming weeks. Around 80 to 90 people could be asked to leave the city’s temporary alternative shelters in February if they do not engage with supportive resources, according to a memo Portland Mayor Keith Wilson...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — Snow levels are on the move as colder temperatures push snow elevations to some of the lowest levels seen so far this winter. Snow is not expected across the Portland/Vancouver area this week, but knowing your elevation during the winter months is a must. Oregon and Washington’s microclimates...

An internal investigation is underway after a police officer discharged a firearm at the West Precinct in Vancouver, Oregon on December 8, prompting the department to request an external third-party investigation.

A rush of bond-funded affordable housing construction in the past decade has aimed to house low-income and homeless Portlanders. But compressing rents between regulated and market apartments, paired with administrative stumbles and rising evictions, has left a significant share of those publicly subsidized units...

When Portland police officials announced last month that former Chief Chuck Lovell was leaving the city for another law enforcement job, they declined to name the public entity. On Monday, the Port of Portland confirmed that 52-year-old Lovell became a captain with the agency on Dec. 30. Lovell, who became...

A man was shot in North Portland Monday night, and no suspect has been found, officials said.