Special Reports

What is stronger than a mother’s love? Mental illness

Josh Anderson in an undated photo provided February 2023 (Anderson family)

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Chemicals, cartels, China: Cheap meth cocktail

Can Portland be saved by redesign?

Naysaying to optimism: 4 Portland developers speak out

Portland imposter steals $48K, KOIN gets it back

A cyber criminal (FBI graphic)

Fentanyl is a ‘huge epidemic’ in Portland

Fentanyl pills and cash, August 2022 (DEA)

Oregon speed limits are among the slowest in U.S.

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More staff, equipment allow ODF to fight fires quicker

Oregon Department of Forestry fights fire along I-5

Deaths up, births down: The impact to OR’s economy

Local teen publishes 2nd computer science book

Aditya Sood and his new book

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

Cindy Murphy

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

Cindy Murphy

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

Christine Getman, KOIN 6’s Remarkable Woman of 2022

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

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KOIN 6 Unsolved

Adau Duop fled Sudan for Portland, then was killed

New Netflix documentary dives into D.B. Cooper mystery

This undated artist sketch shows the skyjacker known as D.B. Cooper from recollections of the passengers and crew of a Northwest Airlines jet he hijacked between Portland and Seattle on Thanksgiving eve in 1971.

Who killed Travis Juetten? Family offers reward

50 years ago: DB Cooper left Portland, jumped into …

This undated artist sketch shows the skyjacker known as D.B. Cooper from recollections of the passengers and crew of a Northwest Airlines jet he hijacked between Portland and Seattle on Thanksgiving eve in 1971.

‘Boy in a bundle’ cold case from 1963 solved

‘One person who knows’: Brian Spaulding’s unsolved …

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Wednesday's Child

The ‘blessed, happy’ life of a 1987 Wednesday’s Child

Amy Purdy, a Wednesday's Child in 1987, shared her story of "blessed, happy" life in April 2023 (KOIN)

One family, 2 Wednesday’s Child love stories

Wednesday’s Child: Stormy found a forever home

Wednesday’s Child update: 2 years with forever family

Wednesday’s Child: Xykky

Wednesday’s Child: Gabe and Carter

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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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Local

‘Easygoing’ Beaverton student lost in Pacific Ocean

Mountainside High School senior Jacob Stokes, 18, died in a swimming accident near Cannon Beach, May 14, 2023 (Family photo)

Fowl freedom: Ducklings rescued from WA storm drain

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

Photo Galleries

Photos: The coronation of King Charles III

Photos recovered from camera in river for 13 years

PHOTOS: Fla. police rescue young manatee from red …

PHOTOS: Portland’s chilly temps delaying spring

PHOTOS: Oregonians capture winter fun after snowstorm

Photos: First 2022-23 snow in Portland metro

PHOTOS: Alaska firefighters rescue moose from basement

3 teen girls wreak havoc on Fla. business: deputies

2022’s last solar eclipse takes bite out of the sun

Photos: Nakia Creek Fire evacuations, Oct 16, 2022

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