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If you’ve been paying in cash recently, you might have noticed the loose change in your pocket is starting to feel a little bit different. The pennies aren’t there. In November, the U.S. Treasury stopped minting pennies after more than 230 years because the coins cost more than three times their own value to make.

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PORTLAND Ore. (KPTV) - A man is hospitalized after being hit by an Amtrak train while operating a forklift on Friday morning in southeast Portland, according to police and fire officials. Just before 11:30 a.m., officers with the Portland Police Bureau and firefighters were sent to the area of Southeast...

PORTLAND Ore. (KPTV) - The woman charged in the death of a 6-year-old boy who was killed by two dogs at a northeast Portland home more than a year ago was found guilty on Friday. Koko Miller, 56, was found guilty of criminally negligent homicide, maintaining a dangerous dog and...

RIDGEFIELD, Wash. (KPTV) - Clark County Public Health says an adult with a confirmed case of measles was at a local high school while they were contagious. Health officials say the person, whose vaccination status is unverified, was at Ridgefield High School from January 14 through January 16 while they were...

An Oregon and Washington business owner was sentenced to federal prison on Wednesday for laundering drug trafficking money through her money service business, authorities announced.

Fire crews are on the scene of a train and forklift crash in Southeast Portland.

VANCOUVER, WA – Vancouver police are urging members of the public to keep their distance during active police operations, citing safety concerns for both officers and bystanders. In a video posted to social media, Vancouver Police Chief Troy Price addressed recent incidents in which people approached or interfered...

A 19-year-old man pleaded guilty Friday to a rape and kidnapping spree committed at gunpoint against four girls and an 18-year-old woman in Portland over a year-and-a-half span in 2023 and 2024. Damani Anderson pleaded guilty to four counts of first-degree rape and one count of first-degree attempted rape, all...

A woman who was intoxicated when she collided head-on with another driver in North Portland in 2024 was sentenced to 10½ years in prison Friday. Prosecutors said Angelina Minor’s son, Kingston Coston, was in a child safety seat that hadn’t been properly installed, leading to the 4-year-old’s death during the crash in...