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A bizarre Portland case involving an early-morning break-in, a business owner jolted awake inside his own building, a pair of bolt cutters, three gunshots, and a $10 million lawsuit has finally reached its conclusion, and it…
Nearly 14,000 birds have died in a growing botulism outbreak at Tule Lake National Wildlife Refuge, just south of the Oregon border, and the timing could hardly be worse. The Klamath Basin is heading into one…
There are bad driving days, and then there are days when your Toyota Prius ends up crossing a planter box, traveling through a disc golf course, cutting across a field, and cruising down a bike path…
Too $hort, one of the longest-running and most influential rappers to come out of the Bay Area, is headed to Eugene for a show at the WOW Hall on Friday, September 25, 2026. Tickets are on…
A Portland family is still waiting for answers nearly a month after a 78-year-old woman disappeared from her Montavilla home, and the discovery of her vehicle in rural southwest Washington has added a troubling new piece…
A trip to bring food to a family turned into a mystery that has now stretched well beyond a week, and authorities on both sides of the Columbia River are asking the public to help find…
A disagreement between a Portland mother and her children's elementary school over gender identity, parental involvement and what belongs in the classroom has grown into something much larger. It is now a federal constitutional fight. Allison…
According to KTVZ, a Central Oregon drug investigation took a disturbing turn this week when police said it led them to a kidnapping case involving methamphetamine, firearms, a man tied to a tree, and an assault…
Portland has an extinct volcano sitting right in the middle of the city, so naturally, at some point a group of grown men decided the appropriate thing to do with it was build homemade cars and…
If you've spent much time scrolling through Oregon news lately, you've probably seen some version of the same strange story. A reservoir is being lowered. A dam is spilling more water. Fish are dying. A town…
Oregonians hoping to spend Halloween night listening to ghost stories beneath the beam of Heceta Head Lighthouse will have to make other plans this year. The Heceta Head Halloween Haunt scheduled for October 31, 2026, has…
Oregon voters narrowly approved one of the most restrictive gun-control measures in the country in 2022, adding a government permit requirement for people who want to legally purchase a firearm and banning magazines capable of holding…
