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Before The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints’ Portland Oregon Temple opened in Lake Oswego, Ore., in 1989, Clark County church members traveled 600 miles to receive spiritual guidance and participate in sacred ceremonies. “The youth here in Vancouver would get on a bus and travel to Oakland,...

Do we have a new contender in the race for the best bikeway through a business district in Portland? With such a strong neighborhood greenway network, Portland has historically been relatively slow to install bike lanes on major commercial streets. I’ve long held that North Williams Avenue — even with its...

Crowd members threw mortar-style fireworks from a parking structure at Portland police during a street takeover Sunday, bursting near patrol cars. Officers pulled over 15 cars, towed 10 and made four arrests during Sunday's takeover, and they made 29 stops, six tows and two arrests the previous night. No officers...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — The Department of Homeland Security fired back against allegations that an agent unfairly treated protesters outside a Portland ICE facility. As previously reported by KOIN, U.S. Marine veteran Daryn Herzberg was tackled by federal agents while peacefully protesting. The incident was captured...

When tragedy and justice intersect, courts often struggle to balance punishment with prevention. In Portland, a recent case epitomized this struggle when a man was sentenced for his role in the fatal fentanyl overdose of a 15-year-old girl. What set this case apart was not only the devastating nature of the loss but...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KATU) — Roughly 12 Portland families who were promised housing assistance this fall are now back to square one after Home Forward suddenly paused issuing vouchers. The vouchers help to cover part of a family’s rent, but Home Forward says the Housing Choice Voucher program is now...

Twelve people were arrested in Battle Ground, Clark County, over the weekend in a multiagency child exploitation operation, according to the Washington State Patrol. State Patrol’s Missing and Exploited Children Task Force led “Operation Battle Ground” from Friday to Monday, involving 60 officers from 20 agencies, a...

The ongoing struggle to manage homelessness in Portland saw a mix of concerted efforts and climate-related adjustments in the past week. According to a recent report, the Street Services Coordination Center (SSCC) worked in collaboration with various city departments to address campsites that present the most...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — After a car was found on its side — without its driver — in a shallow part of the Columbia River earlier this month, authorities revealed that the individual died in the crash. On August 2 at around 8 a.m., Portland police said a car crashed through a guardrail and landed […]

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — Thursday marks the deadline to comment on a proposal to build a short-term detox facility next to Gilbert Heights Elementary School in Southeast Portland. Parents and neighbors say the location raises safety concerns, but organizers behind the project say it’s about expanding access to...