Vancouver WA

Portland’s ban on sleeping in public took effect last Nov. 1. Since then, the city’s Impact Reduction Program swept over 6,000 encampments. Police assist in 16% of sweeps, according to Portland Police Bureau data. Some city officials say the ban, which criminalizes unsheltered homelessness by imposing fines up...

The West Linn City Council didn’t mince words with representatives from the Oregon Department of Transportation when it came to the nighttime construction of the Abernethy Bridge. “I’ve been out there several nights around 11 or midnight, so I can tell you — the (peak noise) is about 95...

The first time Alex Miller met Dark Horse Comics founder Mike Richardson, he was fresh off a round of Saturday morning cartoons. It was around 2000, and Miller, who grew up in Milwaukie, was only 8 or so years old. “Big Guy and Rusty the Boy Robot,” a show produced by Richardson, blared from the TV. As the episode ende

VANCOUVER, Ore. (KPTV) - A man who was previously arrested for a brush fire and theft in Vancouver has now been charged with arson after a furniture store fire. The Clark County Sheriff’s Office says 31-year-old Josue Paredes Merino was arrested back on August 28 on charges of second-degree theft and reckless burning.

The Letty Owings Center, a residential treatment facility in Portland where patients can recover from drug addiction while parenting their babies, will close at the end of October. First opened in 1989, the center has long been a place for pregnant women and new mothers to get well and bond...

Jett Avery Thomas, 42, pleaded guilty to three counts of aggravated assault on a federal employee for attacking a security guard at the Pioneer Federal Courthouse in 2023.

The corner shop served countless scoops of ice cream to Portland-area kids under its distinctive blue roof over the past 40 years. And now it’s on the brink. The Lake Oswego Ice Creamery and Restaurant, at 37 A Ave., is “facing the tough possibility of closing due to rising costs and declining business,” according to t

Voters selecting Multnomah County’s next top executive this fall will see only part of candidate Sharon Meieran’s campaign pitch in the Voters’ Pamphlet. That’s because the emergency room doctor and former county commissioner filed a candidate statement that significantly exceeded the 325-word limit set by the state.

A nonprofit affordable housing developer is expected to close on the sale of two neighboring manufactured home parks north of Vancouver this month. Evergreen Habitat for Humanity plans to fix up many of the approximately 60 mobile homes in the Hazel Dell parks and potentially build more affordable housing on the surrou

A man who brought a gun onto Legacy High School’s campus and fired it will serve local jail time and years of supervised probation.