Burgerville Celebrates 65 Years of Serving Locals with Love & Brings Back Old Favorites
Burgerville, the Pacific Northwest’s premium fast-food chain known for its quality, locally sourced, and sustainably-focused menu, is turning 65! The company opened its first location in Vancouver on March 10, 1961, and has since expanded to more than 40 restaurants throughout Oregon and Southwest Washington. To...
Police Chase From Gresham to Portland Ends With Arrest of 13-Year-Old Who Claimed She...
MULTNOMAH COUNTY, Ore. — Multiple law enforcement units, including air support, were involved in the recovery of a vehicle owned by relatives of a 13-year-old girl who thought she had been kidnapped when she was inside their car when it was stolen from a Gresham trampoline park. However, according...
Portland quietly pays bureau director $115K to resign
The head of Portland’s Bureau of Emergency Management accepted a six-figure severance to resign from his post last month, records obtained by The Oregonian/OregonLive show. Shad Ahmed, who led the bureau since 2022, received just shy of $115,000 — or half his annual salary of $229,424 — and six months of health...
Loyal Legion Invades Downtown Vancouver With Massive Beer Hall
Portland-born beer hall Loyal Legion is gearing up to land in downtown Vancouver this spring, bringing its high-tap, draft-first playbook to a former longtime brewpub anchored by a roomy patio. The move will add another draft-heavy stop to Washington Street, and the team is already rolling out a string of community...
Use of force at Portland ICE facility debated in federal court. Here’s how it...
PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — Lawyers are back in federal court debating the use of force and tear gas during protests outside the South Portland ICE Facility. This week, a federal judge is set to decide if and how federal law enforcement can use chemical agents going forward. This is the suit the ACLU of Oregon brought […]
Downtown Portland Marriott sells at 63% discount
PORTLAND, Ore. — This story comes from the Portland Business Journal, a KGW News partner. Find the original story here. A distressed waterfront hotel in downtown Portland sold for $30 million. The Portland Marriott Downtown Waterfront hotel at 1401 S.W. Naito Pkwy. was purchased by Portland Waterfront Hotel...
Docs: ‘Cross dressing man’ with blood stained beard gropes woman at Portland market
PORTLAND, Ore. (KATU) — A Portland man is being held without bail after police say he groped a woman outside a Southeast Portland market. According to court documents, police were called to KS Market at Southeast 152nd Avenue and Southeast Division Street on Friday, Feb. 27. A woman told...
Woman ‘directed’ her dog to bite a man in a crowded Portland phone store....
A dog that a Multnomah County hearings officer ruled was used by its owner as a weapon against people in a crowded phone store last year could have its fate decided on Tuesday. The dog, Bruno, has been held at the county’s animal shelter for more than a year, while...
SE Stark Chaos As Portland Cops Shoot Rampaging Family Dog
Portland police shot a family dog on Monday after the animal attacked multiple people inside a Southeast Portland home, according to authorities. Officers were called just before 3 p.m. to a residence on SE Stark Street near SE 136th Avenue, where they arrived to find the dog still in the middle of the attack.
CIA operative, teacher, community leader: Southwest Washington resident Fran Duncan’s remarkable journey
Fran Duncan of Clark County has worn many hats over the years. She has been a CIA operative traveling across Latin America and Europe. She spent more than four decades in classrooms from Florida to
