Wind storm to hit W. Oregon on Christmas Eve, officials warn travelers hitting the...
PORTLAND, Ore. (KATU) — High winds are expected to sweep across Oregon from south moving north through the day on Christmas Eve, brining with them the likelihood of downed trees and power outages. With Christmas Eve being a peak travel day, state officials are asking motorists to anticipate the...
Departure of two prominent Old Town shops highlights ongoing struggles for the area’s businesses
PORTLAND, Ore. — Two prominent Portland businesses are set to leave the city's Old Town neighborhood, and neighboring shop owners fear others could soon follow. The neighborhood is a hub of social services and places where homeless people can go for treatment, food and shelter. But that's all taking a toll on small...
‘Hostile landscaping’: Vancouver sues railway company over boulders blocking public right of way
PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — The City of Vancouver is suing the BNSF Railway Company after it allegedly placed large boulders in front of its facility to deter the homeless from setting up campsites. In a complaint filed Dec. 5 in Clark County Superior Court and first reported by The Columbian, the City of Vancouver is […]
VIDEO: Christmas packages stolen from Gresham homes, woman arrested
A woman was arrested for stealing Christmas packages from six homes in Gresham, Oregon, after a police officer noticed her carrying several packages and Ring Camera footage showed her stealing from porches.
Abandoned theater building at Newberg’s 99W Drive-In heavily damaged by storm
NEWBERG Ore. (KPTV) - An abandoned indoor theater on the property of the 99W Drive-In Theatre sustained heavy damage during storms last week, the theater shared on social media. The owners of the iconic drive-in say the abandoned Twin Cinema - which operated from 1983-2015 - suffered “heavy” damage from...
Portland city council staff unionize
Portland’s city council staffers have unionized, one year after a major overhaul to the city’s system of government. Workers say they hope the union drive will lead to stronger workplace protections for staff stretched thin under the new system. “We want to set the new government up for...
High winds expected in Willamette Valley and southwest Washington as storm system moves in
PORTLAND, Ore. (KATU) — We are continuing to watch an area of low pressure that is forecast to move up the Oregon coastline on Wednesday, bringing the potential of high winds in the Willamette Valley and southwest Washington. WEATHER | Latest Storm Tracker 2 Forecast. The National Weather Service...
Washington Tax Preparer Gets 18-Month Sentence for Fraudulent Returns
The Columbian, Vancouver, Wash. Dec. 19 — A Vancouver tax preparer was sentenced Friday to 18 months in federal prison for filing thousands of fraudulent tax returns that caused millions of dollars in losses to the U.S. Treasury. Keith Altamirano, 52, was sentenced in U.S. District Court in Tacoma...
Chick-fil-A will return to Portland for the first time 2 decades
Here’s a tasty New Year’s resolution for you: Eat more chicken. Or rather, as Chick-fil-A would less eloquently put it, “eat mor chikin.” The Georgia-based fast food chain has been working to grow its Oregon footprint since earlier this year, when the company announced plans to open six new restaurants across the...
Clark County homeless persons memorial recognizes 44 people who died in 2025
Outside of the St. Paul Lutheran Church in downtown Vancouver on the longest night of the year, David Slocum stood under a pop-up tent and read the names of 42 people who had experienced extended periods of homelessness in the county and who died in 2025. The names of two longtime homeless advocates who died this...
