Vancouver WA

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — At a gym in Vancouver, the World’s Strongest Man of 2019 is training to win the title for a second time — an event he says may be his last competition. Martins Licis, also known as “The Dragon,” is a Latvian-American strongman who is based in Los Angeles. He has pulled […]

What if the best pizza you’ve ever tasted is still out there, waiting in a quiet Oregon neighborhood? It’s the kind of place that suddenly pops up in every food conversation. Word travels fast when a dough-loving crew pairs quick service with a sauce recipe that feels almost...

Portland Public Schools is turning four days that were originally intended for instruction, grading or paid time off into furlough days, effectively ending the school year early and condensing the calendar in an effort to patch a budget hole first made public last month. The furlough deal, announced Sunday in...

No one saw the crash take place on Thursday evening of February 5th, but several people in the area said they sure heard it – metal grinding, crunching, and smashing on S.E. 82nd Avenue of Roses, right at Malden Court. What they heard was a single car smashup that...

Portland Community College administration warns of a spring term delay as Oregon’s first community college strike spills into another week. In a statement released Friday, March 20, PCC officials said reaching a tentative agreement by Monday with striking faculty and classified unions is necessary “to keep the spring...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — A former diesel mechanic and his wife will receive a total of $10 million after jurors decided a Portland hospital and two doctors were negligent in an incident that resulted in his paralysis, according to attorneys. On March 10, a Multnomah County jury awarded $8...

Volunteers from the Brentwood-Darlington Neighborhood Association (BDNA) continue to host “Neighborhood Community Dinners” at the Brentwood-Darlington Community Center – as they did on Thursday evening, February 12. The more than two dozen residents who arrived that evening enjoyed a supper of curry and soup, served...

PORTLAND, Ore. — After Portland’s Transportation and Infrastructure Committee unanimously approved a proposal to create a Transportation Utility Fee and a Street Damage Restoration Fee last week, the City Council is considering creating two new fees to help fund its Bureau of Transportation (PBOT). PBOT is currently...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — If you’re scheduled to fly home or out on a Spring Break trip this week, be prepared for delays. A bill to fund the Department of Homeland Security failed to advance Friday in the Senate amid growing concerns about long lines to get through screening at some of the country’s biggest airports,...

Property owner near Camas, Washington fined $71,800 for unauthorized building on wetlands, damaging protected land. Owning property doesn't necessarily mean you can do whatever you want on it. One homeowner learned first-hand the consequences of unauthorized building on his property near Camas, Washington, that...