PacificSource cuts 134 more jobs, including in Bend
More layoffs are coming to PacificSource Health Plans by the end of the year. PacificSource is laying off 134 workers, according to a Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification uploaded Oct. 21. The 134 non-union workers will be permanently laid off from locations in Springfield, Salem, Portland and Bend, effective Dec....
A new Aspen Institute study finds Portland kids play youth sports mainly for friendship...
You watch your kid jog onto the field for warmups and wonder, for just a second, whether you’re doing enough. […]
Motorcyclist dies after striking car in Vancouver neighborhood crash
PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — A motorcyclist died in the hospital after crashing into a car driving in the middle of a neighborhood intersection near East 37th Street and P Street Tuesday morning, Vancouver police say. Officers responded to the crash around 10:45 a.m. on Tuesday. According to their ongoing...
Suspicious death investigation initiated at Happy Valley residence
A welfare check for a missing person reported to the Happy Valley Police Department on Tuesday turned into a suspicious death investigation with the Clackamas County Sheriff's Office after officers checked their residence.
Driver reports car struck by gunfire after passing another vehicle in St. Johns
Portland police are investigating after a man says a bullet went through his car in St. Johns. According to police, this happened just before 4p.m. on Monday when a man, who told KATU he only wanted by to be identified by his last name, Gundersen, said he was leaving work driving eastbound on North Ivanhoe when he passed a car that he believes shot at him.
Portland Public Schools: 100 jobs cut regardless of school closure decision
PORTLAND, Ore. (KATU) — Portland Public Schools held a board meeting Tuesday night, discussing the proposed closure of up to 14 schools and saying that more than 100 full time positions will be cut, no matter which option they choose. The district gave an in-depth look at the options...
Driver crashes into Vancouver beauty school, injuring two
VANCOUVER, Wash. (KPTV) - A driver crashed their car into a beauty school over the weekend while about 50 students were inside, according to the Vancouver Police Department. On Saturday afternoon, officers responded to a crash at Elite School of Beauty at 2613 Northeast 114th Avenue. Police said an 87-year-old driver accidentally hit the accelerator and crashed through the wall of the building.
PPB quietly removes press release critical of Councilor Green as state declines to investigate
PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — The Oregon Secretary of State Elections Division will not investigate complaints made against Portland Police Chief Bob Day for statements he made about Councilor Mitch Green. A spokesperson for the Oregon Secretary of State told KOIN 6 News in an email Oct. 6 that its election division had received six complaints […]
Portland students, parents stage sit-outs over school closure plan
PORTLAND, Ore. (KPTV) - Some students and parents in Oregon’s largest school district staged a sit-out Tuesday morning, protesting a Portland Public Schools plan that would close several schools and scale back others. The protest took place at Sunnyside Environmental School in southeast Portland. “I don’t want to say...
‘Pretty gruesome’: Local business owners speak out after more human remains found in Downtown...
PORTLAND, Ore (KOIN) — Portland Police are investigating a second set of human remains found inside a homeless camp. These remains were discovered on Monday, only a week after remains were found at another homeless camp along the Portland waterfront. Portland Police confirmed that the remains were found in a camp that was in the […]
