Oregon ranch agrees to pay $6.2 million settlement for groundwater contamination
PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — An Oregon farm will pay to settle claims that it contaminated the groundwater supply in Morrow and Umatilla counties. Echo-based Madison Ranches has agreed to pay $6.2 million to compensate local residents who rely on private wells that draw water contaminated with nitrates and nitrogen in the L
HomeGoods Claims Portland’s Biggest Retail Lease, Heads to Gresham Station
HomeGoods is coming to East Multnomah County for the first time, signing an 18,300-square-foot lease at Gresham Station that stands as the single largest retail lease inked anywhere in the Portland metro area during the second quarter of 2026. The off-price home decor chain plans to open its doors at the shopping cente
Cougar still at large after being spotted in Northeast Portland neighborhood
PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — An injured cougar is still at large after being spotted in a neighborhood in Northeast Portland, authorities said. At 5:11 p.m., the Gresham Police Department said they responded to a report via Oregon State Police about cougar sightings in the Wilkes Neighborhood. Gresham police used drones, at
Poison Waters Leads Two Dozen Drag Queens Into Skies Over Newberg, Oregon
Two dozen drag performers from across the Pacific Northwest climbed into hot air balloons before sunrise Monday, trading stages and spotlights for wicker baskets and open sky above Yamhill County's wine country. The goal: an attempt at the world record for the most drag performers airborne in hot air balloons at the sa
Springfield man gets 30 years for murder-for-hire killing
A judge sentenced a 58-year-old Springfield man to 30 years in prison on Aug. 21 for killing a Clark County, Washington, woman in a murder-for-hire plot orchestrated by the victim's husband. Darrell E. Riley pleaded guilty at the Clark County Superior Court in Washington on May 15 to a single count of first-degree murd
Sales tax in Vancouver could tick up as city looks to boost police staffing
VANCOUVER, Wash. (KATU) — Vancouver city councilors are considering a slight increase in the local sales tax rate to help pay for more police officers. It's the city's latest effort to increase staffing at the police department, which officials say is understaffed for the growing area. Council members on...
Dozens of Rite Aid pharmacies closed in Oregon last year. What’s replacing them?
Across the country, ghosts of Rite Aids past fill strip malls and shopping plazas. After filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy last year, the Philadelphia-based pharmacy and retail chain spent the better part of 2025 wiping its entire national footprint via a mounting series of closures. By October, the company went from mo
Portland’s Blumenauer Bridge damaged by car, but closes only briefly
The Blumenauer Bridge, which crosses Interstate 84 in Portland’s Central Eastside, was closed during the morning commute Monday after a car drove onto the bridge, which is designed for bikes and pedestrians only. The car damaged the bridge’s railings and fencing, the Portland Bureau of Transportation said. PBOT...
$20k worth of Golf Clubs found by Crook County Sheriffs
BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) -- The Crook County Sheriff's Office has recovered nearly $20,000 worth of stolen goods following an operation that extended to Portland. On July 20th a Brasada Ranch employee reported a large number of golf clubs, bags and other equipment missing While investigating, Sheriff's officers saw a Facebook
Man stabbed to death in SE Portland identified
Police on Monday released the name of the man who was stabbed to death in Portland’s Hazelwood neighborhood early Saturday morning. Washington Toe, 38, of Portland, died in a hospital after police had found him in a parking lot shortly after 2 a.m. on Saturday in the 10200 block of Southeast Pine Street.
