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Man had strokes at 28 and 33, lives to warn others

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Will we need annual COVID-19 booster vaccines?

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

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OHA issues warning for water toxins ahead of hot temps

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Know the signs of heat-related illness

FDA blood donor policy now includes gay, bisexual men

Could a skin patch treat peanut allergies?

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OR to drop COVID vax for healthcare workers, educators

World Lupus Day raises awareness for autoimmune disease

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Girl Scout trains high schoolers on Narcan use

HeLa High School junior Katie Thornton has done Narcan demonstrations for 7 schools in the Evergreen School District in Clark County, May 2023 (KOIN)

CDC study finds poor mental health increase in teens

FILE - A person uses a smartphone in Chicago, Sept. 16, 2017. Most Democrats and Republicans agree that the federal government should better regulate the biggest technology companies, particularly social media platforms. But there is very little consensus on how it should be done. (AP Photo, File)

Is climate change making allergy season worse?

1st measles case reported in Maine since 2019

Portland mental health non-profit expands housing

Portland, OR homeless: Mental health nonprofit opens new apartment complex

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

‘Sad system’: OR group tackles campaign finance reform

OPINION: Democrats look to expand voter registration

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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

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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

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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’

Daisy, left, and Moose are missing in Sandy, Oregon (Kim Hendricks)

Magic Wheelchair gives splashy ride to 6-year-old

Evan Hermanson got a "Lightning McQueen" wheelchair from Magic Wheelchair, October 13, 2022 (KOIN)

‘Pardon Thy French’ spreads joy with plushies

Kids hold a plushie of Bethanee Hamilton, a 3-legged French bulldog. Proceeds go to Joy Rx, part of the Children's Cancer Association, October 2022 (KOIN)

Retired teacher grapples with rent prices in Portland

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Frieda Cohen, 102, shares secrets to long life

Frieda Cohen, 102, in her Portland home, July 25, 2022 (KOIN)

Less and More serves Portland nostalgia with coffee

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National

Border crossings are off from last week’s highs

Venezuelan migrants rest inside their tents on the bank of the Rio Grande in Matamoros, Mexico, Sunday, May 14, 2023. As the U.S. ended its pandemic-era immigration restrictions, migrants are adapting to new asylum rules and legal pathways meant to discourage illegal crossings. (AP Photo/Fernando Llano)

Campgrounds at California’s Yosemite National Park …

FILE - In this April 7, 2018, file photo, the raging Bridalveil Fall plummets into Yosemite Valley, while closed to the public due to a flooding Merced River, in Yosemite National Park, Calif. Three popular campgrounds at California's Yosemite National Park will be temporarily closed starting Monday, May 15, 2023, due to a forecast of flooding as warming temperatures melt the Sierra Nevada's massive snowpack. Park officials said Sunday that Lower and North Pines Campgrounds and Housekeeping Camp will be shut over fears that waterways could overspill their banks. (Eric Paul Zamora/The Fresno Bee via AP, File)

‘Guardians Vol. 3’, ‘Super Mario Bros.’ top box office

Left to right; actors Vin Diesel, Pom Klementieff, director James Gunn, Chris Pratt, Zoe Saldana, Karen Gillan pose for photographers upon arrival at the gala event for the film Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 at Disneyland Paris Saturday, April 22, 2023, in Chessy Marne La Vallee, east of Paris. (AP Photo/Thomas Padilla)

NYC converts hotels to shelters as pressure mounts …

FILE - The Empire State Building glows blue during dusk, Monday, Nov. 14, 2022, in New York. Around Manhattan and elsewhere in the city, hotels that served tourists just a few years ago have become de facto emergency shelters. The latest is the historic Roosevelt Hotel in midtown Manhattan, which shuttered three years ago, is reopening later this week as a welcome center and shelter for asylum seekers. (AP Photo/Julia Nikhinson, File)

Boy uses slingshot to save sister from kidnapper

MLB pitcher suffers skull fracture after hit to head

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International

Turkey’s Erdogan says he could still win, would accept …

Thailand’s opposition wins big election victory, …

Ukraine’s Zelenskyy makes surprise visit to Paris …

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Herders in Kenya kill 10 lions, including Loonkiito, …

Family with disabled children among hundreds of Gaza’s …

Serbia: Guns, grenades and rocket launchers among …

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Election at UN migration agency pits its European …

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