Multi-car crash in NE Portland sends 4 to hospital
PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — Four people were hospitalized after being involved in a multi-car crash in Northeast Portland Sunday night, police said. Officers were called to the scene of the 3-car crash on...
View ArticlePolice search for missing 64-year-old West Linn man
WEST LINN, Ore. (KOIN) — Police are asking for the public’s help locating a 64-year-old West Linn man who went missing around noon Sunday. Duane Downs reportedly walked away from his home on Spring...
View ArticleWoman linked to major retail theft case, now accused of assault
PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) – A 24-year-old woman accused of being part of a metro-wide organized retail crime ring, is now accused of using wire cutters to cause serious physical injury to one of her...
View ArticleWhere We Live: The Markham House
PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — At the gateway to Portland’s historic Laurelhurst neighborhood stands a regal, Spanish-mission style home, called the Markham House. It is currently being renovated after...
View ArticleOHSU names head of $1B cancer research center
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) – Oregon Health & Science University has found a scientist to lead its $1 billion cancer research center. The Oregonian reports that nanoengineer Sadik Esener will lead the...
View ArticleSuspects charged in downtown PDX baseball bat assault
PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) -– Two people armed with baseball bats are accused of repeatedly beating a man in downtown Portland, police said. Officers first responded to reports of an assault on February 27...
View ArticlePupillometers help police spot pot-using drivers
CLACKAMAS CO., Ore. (KOIN) — It’s been 5 months since the sale and use of recreational marijuana became legal in Oregon, and since then, local deputies say they’ve seen higher rates of impaired...
View ArticlePolice work to ID home invasion, robbery suspect
SALEM, Ore. (KOIN) — Police are working to identify a man accused of breaking into an elderly woman’s Salem home and robbing her. The suspect was armed with a handgun when he forced his way into the...
View ArticleBody found floating in Willamette River near Lake Oswego
LAKE OSWEGO, Ore. (KOIN) — A body was found in the Willamette River in Lake Oswego late Monday afternoon. Boaters found the body floating down the river and pulled the body to shore, authorities told...
View ArticleWashington County Deputy DA accused of racial profiling
WASHINGTON CO., Ore. (Portland Tribune) — A Washington County prosecutor’s internet post defending racial profiling has some local defense attorneys concerned. Deputy District Attorney Zoe Smith is...
View ArticleCommunity mourns beloved teacher, teen killed in crash
SILVERTON, Ore. (KOIN) — A local teen and teacher killed in a car crash Friday night were remembered as brave, energetic and magnetic at a candlelight vigil Monday. Douglas Bonham, 30, and Matthew...
View ArticleLast stoner bingo ‘bittersweet’ at Cannabis Cafe
PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — The World Famous Cannabis Cafe in Portland will shut down this week because of new indoor air provisions implemented in Oregon, but not before one last get together. “It is a...
View ArticlePossibly intoxicated man hit by car in NE Portland
PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — A pedestrian believed to be under the influence of intoxicants was hit by a car in Northeast Portland Monday night, police said. The 48-year-old man was hit by a driver, who was...
View ArticleGresham murder suspect brought back to Oregon
PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) – A murder suspect is back in Oregon after waiving his right to an extradition hearing. Meanwhile, a 23-year-old man has been arrested and charged with hindering prosecution in...
View ArticleBabysitter accused of smoking pot, losing child
SHERIDAN, Ore. (KOIN) — A 50-year-old woman faces charges after allegedly losing track of the 4-year-old child she was watching. Yamhill County Deputies say they were called to a house on SW 3rd St....
View ArticleIn St. Johns and SE, 2 women groped in Portland
PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — Portland Police are investigating two separate cases of stranger-to-stranger sex abuse. The first incident happened on Feb. 21 at 8:00 in the evening. A 25-year-old woman said...
View ArticleBreeding owls swoop at Tualatin Hills Nature Park
BEAVERTON, Ore. (KOIN) — Students on a school tour Wednesday morning paused next to a warning sign about the protective nature of owls, especially during breeding season. Signs about a quarter-mile...
View ArticleNaked burglar dies during Chinese restaurant break-in
VANCOUVER, Ore. (KOIN) — Vancouver Police are investigating the body of a naked man found in a Chinese restaurant. Police say they were called to the Tender Green Chinese Kitchen on Fourth Plain Blvd....
View ArticleWatch: PPS board considers more boundary changes
PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — The Portland School Board is considering more changes to proposed school boundaries. After weeks of public meetings, Superintendent Carole Smith says she has even more changes...
View ArticleCarjacking suspect tries to steal car twice
KEIZER, Ore. (KOIN) — A man was taken into custody Wednesday morning for allegedly carjacking a man at the Quality Suites in Keizer. Police were called to the hotel about 10:50 after a man was...
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