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Subscribe to OPB’s First Look to receive Northwest news in your inbox six days a week. Today, members of at least 30 labor unions are expected to gather at the Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility in Portland for a large protest called “Labor Against ICE,” just one day after hundreds of students across the...

Country Herald is Local News, Independent Pulse. Covering breaking local news, sports, lifestyle and events. Portland, Oregon – Oregon moves into the Feb 5–9 stretch under a dominant above-normal temperature pattern, bringing milder-than-average conditions and limited chances for rain or snow across much of the...

PORTLAND, Ore. — Gresham-based sweets company iCandy is set to open its second location Saturday inside Troutdale’s former Soda Bar Cafe. Co-owner Sydney Joyner said the Troutdale shop, located at 289 E. Historic Columbia River Highway, preserves many of the soda bar’s original features, including the mirrored back...

In a world where thirty bucks barely covers dinner and a movie, Portland’s treasure trove of bargains stands as a monument to the art of the deal. The Portland Flea Market isn’t just shopping—it’s an adventure that transforms ordinary Saturdays into extraordinary treasure hunts where your wallet actually stands a...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — A driver went to the hospital after a truck crashed through an apartment in Vancouver on Friday afternoon, authorities said. The Vancouver Fire Department said they responded at around 4:30 p.m. at the apartment complex off of Southeast 139th Avenue. When firefighters arrived, they found the...

Wayne Sutton’s earliest memory of a chainsaw was when he was 5 or 6-years-old. Sutton had accompanied his father into the woods on a timber-cutting job when his father asked him to hold the handles of a chainsaw as he carved up a felled tree. “The vibration felt like...

PORTLAND, Oregon — The Multnomah County Auto Theft Task Force has arrested a man accused of being a prolific trailer thief, with investigators saying some of the alleged crimes were committed while he was wearing a GPS monitoring device from earlier cases. Authorities arrested 35-year-old Nickolas Edwards in...

Big changes are coming to N.E. Halsey Street as the Multnomah County Board of Commissioners has put its stamp of approval on a master plan aiming to revamp the three-mile stretch into a safer, more community-driven space. In a meeting yesterday, the board gave a unanimous green light to the Main Streets on Halsey...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — We got an adorable pile of fur gearing up for their new life with a family. A litter of eight puppies, all about nine weeks old, recently arrived to the Humane Society For Southwest Washington (HSSW). The little furballs are gearing up for adoption and...

SANDY, Oregon — An extensive poaching investigation involving multiple agencies in Oregon recently resulted in a "major seizure" of guns, drugs, meat, and mounted trophy-style deer heads, reports the Oregon State Police. In a social media post, police say that a poaching investigation was opened after a sergeant...