Thursday afternoon saw a standoff between police and an armed suspect that lasted for hours before the shooter was taken into custody.
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Zookeepers in Japan have solved the mystery of how an ape kept in isolation managed to get pregnant, according to a report from the New Zealand Herald.
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Alaska Airlines will offer daily, year-round, nonstop service between Eugene Airport and San Diego International Airport starting June 15.
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Portland Winter Lights: Photo Gallery
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"A day has not gone by that I have not gotten a telephone call or an email asking to be apart of a neighborhood watch, and that's a good thing, because law enforcement cannot be everywhere," Judy Gordon says.
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Gallery: Take a look around the Portland International Auto Show! KATU's Tristan Fortsch takes us for a ride!
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Hillsboro Police say they took a 39-year-old man into custody Saturday morning. At 9 a.m., police responded to a call near the intersection of Northeast 20th Place and Northeast Hyde Street.
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"I feel optimistic. I feel like we’re committing to being in the same boat and rowing in the same direction. We’re gaining some momentum, but it’s going to be really important that leadership stays on task with what we’re working on," Jessie Burke said.
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Police are looking into a shooting that they say started with a fight on Saturday morning. One man was taken to a hospital and is expected to survive.
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Business owners in Old Town tell me they’ve seen noticeable improvements in the neighborhood over the last few months. Do you plan to visit that area this year?
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The attic of a Lebanon family’s home caught fire Friday night due to a failure in old electrical wiring, fire officials said. Shortly before 7 p.m., Lebanon Fire arrived at the house on East Rose Street to find smoke coming from the eves.
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A Chinese balloon that was spotted across the continental U.S. was shot down Saturday over the ocean near the Grand Strand.
Crowds gathered on Myrtle Beach-area beaches to watch the events unfold.
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Oregon State Police say the preliminary investigation revealed that a green Ford Ranger was traveling westbound on Highway 26 when in crossed the centerline and struck a white Honda CRV, hitting it nearly head-on.
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They are investigating the death of Richard Champion, whose remains were found Dec. 9 in northern Millersburg. Champion was reported missing in September.
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Police said when they confronted Compton in the parking lot, he started firing at officers, and it evolved into an exchange of fire with police.
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For the past three years, Tim and his buddies have been hitting the pavement on their skateboards and handing out food, water and other necessities to those living in tents along the path next to Interstate 205.
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A train derailment and resulting large fire prompted an evacuation order and a declaration of a state of emergency in an Ohio village near the Pennsylvania state line on Friday night, covering the area in billows of smoke lit orange by the flames below.
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() -- US has downed the Chinese balloon off the Carolina coast and an operation is underway to recover the debris.
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In honor of National Ice Cream for Breakfast Day (you heard that right), Blue Bell has released a new ice cream flavor called "I Heart Cereal."
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Exercise is so powerful that even in those with high blood pressure or heart disease, it reduced the odds of dying from COVID-19.
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A Hillsboro coffee shop owner is behind bars after being charged with 26 counts of various sex crimes.
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A man was shot and killed early Saturday morning in a parking lot off Southeast Division Street in Portland, police say.
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The free, all-ages festive; will feature over 100 works of art based around the 2023 theme of "The Light of Stars"
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Oregon will soon have a buzz-worthy new license plate on the roads that will support pollinators, including the more than 600 species of bees found across the state.
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A man accused of locking himself inside a Wallingford home for hours, destroying property inside while in an hours-long standoff with police waived his first appearance in court on Friday.
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On March 6, a dozen electric line-workers from around Oregon will be traveling to Guatemala to provide electricity to a remote village east of Guatemala City.
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For the first time since recreational marijuana was legalized in 2012, sales dipped over the entire fiscal year.
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A continuing care home in suburban Des Moines, Iowa, has been fined $10,000 after a funeral home discovered a woman sent to it in a body bag was still alive.
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A 26-year-old Everett man was sentenced to 16 months in prison Friday for taking a high-powered rifle from a police vehicle during a protest in downtown Seattle in May 2020.
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Researchers in England say they believe a tax on sugary drinks there has helped prevent thousands of cases of childhood obesity.
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A child's drawing was confiscated by staff at Hanover Horton Schools in Michigan after it was considered to be "inappropriate."
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The U.S. hit another roadblock in its relationship with China after a suspected surveillance balloon was spotted flying over sensitive military sites in Montana Thursday.
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State lawmakers are debating taking away millions of dollars of grant funding related to Oregon's drug decriminalization law -- legislation that recovery advocates are fighting.
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Brandon Norbury had been with the Gresham Fire Department since 2008.
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OR lawmakers are debating whether to take millions of dollars from the Drug Addiction & Treatment Act (Measure 110) and give it back to cities and counties.
Tonight we hear from people for and against this.
More tonight on @ 11:00 P.M.
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Yamhill County Sheriff's Office deputies are looking for a man accused of attacking his brother with a machete on Friday morning.
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Surveillance video apparently captured the moment an emergency room doctor, who was riding on a bicycle, was run over by a vehicle and then allegedly stabbed to death by that vehicle's driver in California.
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UPDATE: Man saved by Coast Guard accused of stealing boat, leaving fish at 'Goonies' house
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