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Justin Link is the first inmate convicted as a violent juvenile offender to get a chance to try and convince the parole board he should get his life sentence reduced under former Gov. Kate Brown’s commutation order. → Read More
Special Olympics athletes showed their figure skating talents on the ice on Saturday in Vancouver. → Read More
Mayor Ted Wheeler, as well as multiple local developers, are looking at several options to help Downtown Portland recover from empty storefronts and high vacancy rates in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, protests, crime, and drug use. → Read More
Washington County is facing a budget crisis that will affect the services that taxpayers receive. → Read More
Of the nine people from Oregon and southwest Washington charged with crimes in the Jan. 6, 2021 insurrection, seven of the cases are still in process while two have plead guilty. → Read More
There are 32,472 convicted sex offenders in Oregon. About 100 more sex offenders are added every month. → Read More
Whitney Williams, the one-time “Big Brother” contestant from Portland, is in default on a lawsuit against her after she did not respond to the suit, court records obtained by KOIN 6 News show. → Read More
As the Level 3 “Go Now” evacuation orders were put in place for residents near the Nakia Creek Fire near Larch Mountain, some reverse-911 calls were being flagged as “spam” or coming from a city north of Seattle. → Read More
Mike Garvey, who may have been PPB’s first openly gay male officer, passed away on Monday at the age of 68 of prostate cancer. → Read More
More than a dozen local people are accused of stealing and selling catalytic converters in Washington County. One after another, members of a suspected theft ring appeared before a judge Thursday, accused of stealing thousands of dollars worth of the car parts filled with precious metals. → Read More
Christine Drazan said if a bill came to her desk to expand abortion access she would veto it. But she does not plan to proactively push laws to limit abortion rights in Oregon in the Democrat-controlled legislature. → Read More
A ninth person with ties to Oregon and Southwest Washington has been arrested and accused in the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol. → Read More
PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) – As a lead victim’s advocate for the Multnomah County District Attorney’s Office quit over the office’s severe understaffing, KOIN 6 News investigated how this touches on the larger ideological battle raging in Oregon over how tough on crime the state should be. Under Governor Kate Brown and the legislature, they have […] → Read More
An Oregon City faith healer who already spent 6 years in prison for the death of an infant pleaded guilty Tuesday to criminally mistreating another son. → Read More
It’s been 50 years since Warren Forrest began killing women. He’s only been brought to justice for one murder, though he is suspected of killing 7. Now, the 72-year-old is trying to convince the Clark County Parole Board to set him free at the same time he is awaiting trial for the murder of a teenager in 1974. → Read More
The mother of local Olympic gymnast Jordan Chiles was released from prison four months early. → Read More
Cascadia Behavioral Healthcare now has 8 billboards around the city advertising a “new effective addiction treatment for meth, opioids, alcohol.” What is unusual here is the use of the words “meth” and “treatment” together. → Read More
A KOIN 6 News story in October 2020 showed Oregon abortions plummeted that year. The record number of abortions in Oregon was 8231, but in 2020 the record fell to 6991. → Read More
An exclusive series of KOIN 6 News investigations into Washington County’s top elected official has resulted in the release of an internal investigation into whether she mistreated employees. → Read More
KOIN 6 News has obtained a copy of an investigation into the behavior of Washington County’s top elected official. → Read More