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A fan at the Portland Pickles game was invited to take an at-bat during their game Saturday, and he delivered with an unreal two-run homer.

Betsy Ross is perhaps the best-known flagmaker in US history. But one of the 138 people who submitted designs for a new Vancouver city flag may soon have something in common with that Founding Seamstress.

The operator of Portland’s MAX light rail announced in late July that it would reduce service by 18 percent — the largest cut in the system’s history — due to a lack of state funding. TriMet officials said that since 2019, the agency has “faced staggering...

As reported at the time in THE BEE, in January the nonprofit Oaks Park Association – operators of the historic Oaks Amusement Park, which opened in 1905 – applied for a zoning change permit from the City of Portland Permitting and Development office, in order to build a new “drop tower” ride. It is part of their...

An arrest was made four years after a body was found dead of a gunshot wound in East Multnomah County. U.S. Marshals Service Fugitive Task Force arrested Isaac S. Harden Sr., 53, Wednesday, July 30, in connection to the June 2021 homicide of O’Lance Upton. Harden is being held at the Multnomah County Detention Center...

MORROW COUNTY Ore. (KPTV) - Authorities in Gilliam County said they rescued a 1-year-old from the back of a car that had reportedly been stolen from Portland Friday. According to the Gilliam County Sheriff’s Office, around 1:15 p.m. Friday, Frontier Regional 911 got a call about a vehicle on Interstate 84 East that...

Nestled in forests around the world, a gentle army of giant wooden trolls want to show humans how to live better without destroying the planet. Southwest Portlanders welcomed one such troll, Ole Bolle, two years ago at Nordic Northwest, just down the way from Washington Square mall. The Danish recycle...

CLACKAMAS COUNTY Ore. (KPTV) - Tactical police units arrested a 33-year-old man on Thursday who is suspected of robbing a Denny’s restaurant near Happy Valley earlier in the week, according to the Clackamas County Sheriff’s Office. On July 28, just after 1:30 a.m., deputies responded to a Denny’s...

KING CITY, Ore. (KATU) — In the Portland metro area, a retirement community in Washington County is seeking to attract younger residents to boost revenue. King City, located near Tigard, is known for its peaceful environment, cherished by many of its older residents. "It's just the first time in...

A Hermiston man is charged with several felonies after police say he robbed two different pot dispensaries in Portland. According to court documents, police were first called to Electric Lettuce July 30 around 4 p.m. on Northeast Dekum Street near Oneonta Street. Employees told police that a man entered the...