Civic Affairs

Hi-tech metal detectors? PPS to discuss school safety

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Did Portland’s affordable housing law backfire?

Portland, OR housing bond projects offer 242 affordable units

Affordable Waterleaf Apts open on Portland waterfront

Mark Funk and his wife are among the first tenants at the new Waterleaf Apartments in downtown Portland, May 1, 2023 (KOIN)

‘Woke agenda’: PPB staff comments on LGBTQ training

A screen shot from a PPB training video for LGBTQ policy issues, April 2023 (KOIN)

Oregon unemployment rate falls in March

2 years later, Robert Delgado family still mourns

Robert Delgado in an undated photo provided by his family, April 18, 2021

Hunzeker resigns from PPB, on leave by Clark County

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‘Affordable housing industrial complex is garbage’

La Hacienda Apartments in Southeast Portland, February 20, 2023 (KOIN)

Neighbors ‘want to make sure’ sanctioned sites work

Gavin Bramley lives very close to a proposed sanctioned campsite in Southeast Portland, April 3, 2023 (KOIN)

Portland commissioners in midst of 90-day action …

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Replacing light poles in parks could take 6 months

PPB recruitments bouncing back after record low

A new Portland Police Bureau officer receives his badge (PPB, file)

41% of fires in Portland from homeless camps

Fire burns homeless camp near Broadway Bridge, spread to nearby brush on Thursday, March 23, 2023

ClackCo. chair reverses vote to turn hotel into shelter

Clackamas Co. leaders set to vote on 'historic' transitional housing facility

Washington DC

AI presents political peril for 2024 with threat …

FILE - A booth is ready for a voter, Feb. 24, 2020, at City Hall in Cambridge, Mass., on the first morning of early voting in the state. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola, File)

DeSantis in Iowa warns of GOP ‘culture of losing’ …

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis speaks during a fundraising picnic for U.S. Rep. Randy Feenstra, R-Iowa, Saturday, May 13, 2023, in Sioux Center, Iowa. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)

Biden’s reelection pitch that he can govern well …

FILE - President Joe Biden speaks on the debt limit during an event at SUNY Westchester Community College, Wednesday, May 10, 2023, in Valhalla, N.Y. (AP Photo/John Minchillo, File)

Biden to graduates of historically Black Howard University: …

‘He wanted to live the American Dream’: Honduran …

Norma Espinoza holds a portrait of her son Angel Maradiaga, at her home in Olanchito, Honduras, Saturday, May 13, 2023. Maradiaga, 17, who was detained at a facility in Safety Harbor, Florida, died Wednesday. Epinoza is demanding answers from American officials, saying her son had no known illnesses and had not shown any signs of being sick before his death. (AP Photo/Delmer Martinez)

Governor says California’s budget deficit has grown …

California Gov. Gavin Newsom announces the May budget revision on Friday, May 12, 2023 in Sacramento, Calif. Newsom said Friday the state's budget deficit has grown to nearly $32 billion. That's about $10 billion more than predicted in January, when the governor offered his first budget proposal. (Hector Amezcua/The Sacramento Bee via AP)

Oregon GOP walkout threatens bills on abortion, trans …

An attendee holds a sign behind their head during a rally calling for an end to the Senate Republican walkout at the Oregon State Capitol in Salem, Ore., Thursday, May 11, 2023. (AP Photo/Amanda Loman)

Kari Lake election challenge shouldn’t proceed, Arizona …

FILE - Kari Lake, Arizona Republican gubernatorial candidate, speaks to supporters at the Republican watch party in Scottsdale, Ariz., Tuesday, Nov. 8, 2022. On Friday, May 12, 2023, lawyers for Arizona election officials and Democratic Gov. Katie Hobbs asked a judge in Phoenix to dismiss the only surviving legal claim in Lake's challenge of her loss to Hobbs in the governor's race. Lake is challenging the application of signature-verification procedures on early ballots in Maricopa County, while attorneys for election officials say Lake's allegation that the election was rigged was based on unsubstantiated speculation. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin, File)

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Education

MultCo candidate talks homeless, housing, prosperity

Multnomah County commissioner candidate Ana Del Rocio, May 12, 2023 (KOIN)

NFL player to host Portland fundraiser for literacy

Portland, OR Big Yard Foundation hosting fundraiser for literacy

Derrick Peterson drops from Portland school board …

PPS board member, students debate police presence

Hi-tech metal detectors? PPS to discuss school safety

Oak Creek Elementary false bomb threat evacuates …

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Oregon

Crews battle vegetation fire near Hwy 6 in Banks

Fire crews dousing a vegetation fire near Timber Road and Highway 6 in Banks, May 14, 2023 (Donna Linz/Banks Fire)

MultCo candidate talks homeless, housing, prosperity

Multnomah County commissioner candidate Ana Del Rocio, May 12, 2023 (KOIN)

Woman dead after April 25 crash in NE Portland

1 dead, 2 injured in Cully neighborhood shooting

81-year-old woman dies after NE Portland fatal crash

3 injured in NE Portland bar shooting

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Washington

Fowl freedom: Ducklings rescued from WA storm drain

Pesto product recalled from Trader Joe’s in 14 states

OR, WA Coast Guard: Always have a life jacket

Human remains in Camas identified as missing man

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WA reports 10x more flu deaths during 2022-23 season

Bottles of influenza vaccine. Bottles with a syringe on black table and stainless steel background.

El Niño likely to return this coming winter

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Special Reports

Riverkeeper calls out state over waterfront cabins

A makeshift cabin on the banks of the Willamette River in Portland, April 2023 (KOIN)

JAMO shares ‘stories important to keep telling’

Shigehachi Matsubu was a barber and his wife Mary Matsubu ran the laundry in the same building as the Merchant Hotel -- the heart of Nihonmachi -- in Portland, 1927 (Courtesy: JAMO)

Did Portland’s affordable housing law backfire?

Portland, OR housing bond projects offer 242 affordable units

When COVID order lifts, will jail return to full …

Marijuana moguls own Portland squatter house

An abandoned house at SE 139th and East Burnside has been taken over by squatters in Portland, April 2023 (KOIN)

No rules: Illegal cabins with million-dollar views

A cabin on a strip of beach along the Willamette River north of the Fremont Bridge, April 2023 (KOIN)

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Human Interest

More than missing dogs, it’s ‘all we have left’

Magic Wheelchair gives splashy ride to 6-year-old

‘Pardon Thy French’ spreads joy with plushies

Retired teacher grapples with rent prices in Portland

Frieda Cohen, 102, shares secrets to long life

Less and More serves Portland nostalgia with coffee

Christine Getman, KOIN 6’s Remarkable Woman of 2022

From yo-yos to veterans, Alice Custodio finds ways …

Christine Getman: ‘Disability pride’ becomes ‘Magic’

Oncology marathon: Heidi Daniel’s remarkable work

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