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Students at Grant High School plan to donate money to help rebuild a Portland youth recovery center destroyed by arson.

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) – An adorable pair of pups joined this week’s Second Chance Pets. Sam Ellingson with the Humane Society for Southwest Washington joined AM Extra with Sheeran and Yoshi!. The adorable puppy siblings are part of a litter of seven that recently arrived to HSSW with...

VANCOUVER, Wash. — Vancouver police say they have arrested the driver who hit a pedestrian in a crosswalk, then helped her out of the street before driving away. The incident happened on March 12 at C Street and Evergreen Boulevard, where a woman had been struck by the driver of a white van while in the crosswalk. The driver of the van got out, helped...

VANCOUVER, Wash. — As homelessness continues to rise in Clark County, local leaders say the challenges — and the solutions — are more complex than many people realize. In a "Straight Talk" interview, Sesany Fennie-Jones, executive director of the Council for the Homeless, and Jamie Spinelli, homeless response manager at the city of Vancouver, dig into the region's evolving crisis.

Portland, Ore. – McMenamins plans to open a 63-room hotel next door to the Crystal Ballroom, thirty years after it took over the northwest Portland concert venue. The Oregon-based chain’s goal is to create a new entertainment and lodging district in the Rose City. “This is kind of a dream scenario,” Shannon McMenamin told reporters Thursday, during a press tour of the hotel...

Jon Pharris Ray French, 36, has been charged with second degree murder and second degree abuse of a corpse for allegedly killing his fiancée and leaving her body in the back of her car, and a bail hearing is set to take place on Thursday.

COTTAGE GROVE, Ore. - A motorist who was wanted out of the Portland area reportedly engaged police in a pursuit on Interstate 5 that ended in a crash near Cottage Grove Thursday morning, according to the Oregon State Police. The incident began Oregon State Police trooper tried to pull over...

We visited the Standard TV & Appliance warehouse on 82nd Avenue to get a preview of their big warehouse sale happening Saturday April 25th and Sunday April 26th -- with deep discounts on mattresses, appliances, TVs and more! And to celebrate the deals, they’ll be serving soda, grilling hot dogs, baking cookies, and popping popcorn.

Police arrested a suspect after a man’s neck was sliced open in an alleged attack in North Portland on Sunday. Christopher James Parkins, 39, faces attempted murder, assault and unlawful use of a weapon charges, according to court records. He is being held at the Multnomah County Detention Center.

The county’s latest data show that though homelessness may be less visible in Portland, the people who are experiencing it still remain, and in higher numbers.