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A 17-year-old driver was seriously injured Saturday night after crashing head-on into a concrete retaining wall near Fourth Plain Boulevard and St. Francis Lane in Vancouver, forcing firefighters to remove a door from the vehicle to pull the teen free. The collision left the vehicle with significant damage, and the dri

With the help of a confidential informant, law enforcement authorities with the Portland Police Bureau and Federal Bureau of Investigation arrested a suspected fentanyl dealer on Aug. 21 near a bike trail in downtown Portland.

Nearly a year after the brutal assault of a TriMet passenger, a second assailant has pleaded guilty in the attack. Audric Yesiki, 34, of Portland, was sentenced Tuesday to 7-and-a-half years in prison for his part in beating up the man in 2025. Court records allege that brothers Greffy Tom...

A bobcat wandered onto a deck in the Carver area near Oregon City, then returned minutes later to lounge and survey the yard.

Editor’s note: By the end of the year, Portland and Multnomah County will have 1,100 fewer shelter beds due to budget cuts necessitating the closure of 11 facilities. Read more about how the Portland-area got here just six years after approving a seminal new tax to improve homeless services.

Oregon State Parks closed bathrooms at six coastal locations due to vandalism damage.

Commuters who travel the Rose Quarter stretch of southbound Interstate 5 are in for significant traffic delays when officials close the busy thoroughfare 24/7 for up to five weeks. The closure, part of the long-delayed renovation of the Rose Quarter, is set to begin Sept. 11 and will focus on...

A multi-vehicle crash on Highway 26 near Elsie, Oregon, caused heavy traffic backups toward the Oregon Coast early Tuesday morning.

BATTLE GROUND, WA – A brush fire in Clark County sparked evacuations Monday. The Hidden Meadows Fire broke out around 11am near S-R 503, burning 12 acres in the first few hours. Initially, around 250 people were under Level 3-Go Now evacuations. Crews made significant progress and evacuation orders were lowered at arou

PORTLAND, Ore. (KATU) — Some residents on the east side of the Portland metro area are waking up to small pieces of ash on their cars and property. The Austin Fire burning in east Clackamas County produced a decent-sized smoke plume around 3 a.m. Tuesday. The plume was picked...