Vancouver man, friend found guilty in murder of man’s grandmother
A Clark County jury found a Vancouver man and his friend guilty in the murder of the man’s 78-year-old grandmother.
Portland Police Make 87 Traffic Stops During Weekend Crackdown On Dangerous Driving
Portland police made 87 traffic stops, arrested four people and recovered a stolen vehicle during a weekend enforcement operation targeting illegal street racing, street takeovers and other dangerous driving, according to the Portland Police Bureau. The Portland Police Bureau said officers conducted the special operati
Authorities try to avoid ‘carmageddon’ during 5-week closure of I-5 southbound
Bridgetown Trucking uses 35 trucks to ship everything from silicon chips to 2,000-pound bags of sugar around Portland. On Sept. 11, freight haulers like Bridgetown are going to see their routes severely disrupted by the closure of all southbound lanes of Interstate 5 for five weeks. “This is unprecedented,” said...
Portland Man Held Without Bail After Beating Smoker Over Refused Cigarette
A 36-year-old Portland man is being held without bail after prosecutors say he beat another man bloody with his own cane near Southwest Broadway and Southwest 1st Avenue, all because the victim wouldn't give him a cigarette. The attack was so violent that the cane shattered into several pieces. According...
Former Oregon AT&T Employee Gets Prison After SIM Swaps Drain Nearly $600,000 From Customers
A former employee of an AT&T store in Portland was yesterday sentenced to 16 months in federal prison for selling access to AT&T’s network to criminals who used customer PII to carry out SIM swaps. Forty-four-year-old Kenneth Carter was sentenced in a Los Angeles U.S. District Court by Judge...
2 convicted for murdering 78-year-old Lake Shore woman
A Clark County jury found two people guilty in connection to the 2024 murder of an elderly Vancouver woman on Tuesday.
UPDATE: Suspect, officers identified in Sept. 3 Canby apartment shooting
Canby Police have released new details on the Thursday, Sept. 3, shooting that left a man dead at the Sequoia Grove Apartment Complex. A 911 call brought police to the apartment complex about 10:30 p.m. on a report that a man was trying to break into one of the apartments.
ODOT to stage tow trucks on I-405 as southbound I-5 Rose Quarter closure starts...
PORTLAND, Ore. (KATU) — The Oregon Department of Transportation (ODOT) says it plans to stage tow trucks and response crews along Interstate 405 during the upcoming five-week closure of southbound Interstate 5 through Portland’s Rose Quarter, aiming to quickly clear crashes or disabled vehicles as traffic is expected t
Body of missing Oregon man found in Cowlitz County
The body of a missing Oregon man was found in Cowlitz County Sunday, according to a news release from the Cowlitz County Sheriff's Office. Brent Erickson, of St. Helens, Oregon, had last
Portland high school evacuated for hazmat spill, one taken to hospital
PORTLAND Ore. (KPTV) - Firefighters evacuated Benson Polytechnic High School on Tuesday morning as crews responded to a hazardous materials spill. According to Portland Fire & Rescue, the spill was isolated to the cafeteria. A spokesman for Portland Fire & Rescue said two chemicals, in unlabeled white containers, spill
