Vancouver WA

VANCOUVER, WASH. (KATU) — Vancouver Public Schools (VPS) is facing even more budget cuts. In an effort to help the district's $24 million budget deficit, the district's Board of Directors on Tuesday approved reductions of nearly 200 full-time staff members for the 2026–27 school year. "We reduced non-personnel...

A Vancouver man died Sunday after his car veered off State Route 500 near Northeast Andresen Road, with investigators saying speed played a role in the crash. The driver was identified as 51-year-old Matthew G. Burnell. Emergency crews shut down the westbound lanes while they worked the scene, then took Burnell to a...

A Washington County judge has sentenced a Beaverton man to 20 years in prison for killing his wife inside their apartment, a drug-fueled shooting that left a neighborhood stunned and a young family destroyed. On Tuesday, Washington County Circuit Judge Theodore Sims handed down the 20-year term to 20-year-old Talon...

I’ve always believed good food doesn’t need a big-city address, and my recent trip to a tiny Oregon town proved it. I walked into a modest diner and was greeted by the smell of sizzling steaks. For just $28 a plate, I got a cut that tasted richer...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KATU) — The Delta Park BottleDrop Redemption Center in North Portland will close July 31, 2026, the Oregon Beverage Recycling Cooperative (OBRC) announced Wednesday. The center, located at 1176 N. Hayden Meadows Drive, will end public service as BottleDrop expands its Green and Blue Bag drop sites...

For years, Home Forward has operated with little scrutiny by public officials. Portland’s housing authority supplies 7,000 affordable apartments in the metro region—the backbone of the city’s low-income housing stock—but it’s a self-contained public agency funded largely by federal dollars and overseen by a...

Multiple senior-level employees who work in administrative roles for Portland Public Schools were told Monday that they will have to reapply for their jobs for the upcoming school year — and that there will not be enough positions to go around. To help close a $50 million budget hole...

Portland Public Schools could close five to 10 of its 74 elementary, K–8, middle, and alternative schools by the start of the 2027–28 academic year, Superintendent Dr. Kimberlee Armstrong said at a Tuesday morning press conference. In an early timeline presented to the Portland School Board, the district...

A Portland Public Schools Board member accepted a nearly six-figure severance to resign from her day job with the city of Portland, records show. Michelle DePass, who worked in city government for more than a decade, received just over $91,000 and six months of health insurance in exchange for stepping down from her...

VANCOUVER, Wash. (KATU) — Evergreen Public Schools is now saying major budget cuts are coming, as the district faces a significant drop in enrollment. District leaders say they have about 5,000 fewer students compared to 2017, which means roughly $55 million less in state funding each year. Officials also...