Ashley Grams

2 weeks ago | kgw.com | Ashley Grams

PORTLAND, Ore. — The deadline to have your license or state-level ID be REAL ID compliant is only a few weeks away. For years, officials have warned that after the deadline, May 7, people will not be able to enter federal facilities or travel on commercial domestic flights without it — though it turns out that second restriction won't be closely enforced at first.

3 weeks ago | kgw.com | Ashley Grams

GRESHAM, Ore. — A few dozen Gresham firefighters lined the entrance to the Gresham Fire Training Center on Monday morning to welcome Spencer Tejedas back to work. Tejedas spent 10 months recovering from severe burns. "Just really happy to be here around the people who I love, my second family," Tejedas said after hearing a chorus of welcomes from friends across the department. Last spring, Tejedas and his crew were at a house fire.

1 month ago | kgw.com | Ashley Grams |Brittany Smith

PORTLAND, Ore. — Photos of Krista Dela Rosa tell the story of a life cut short, from her earliest days as a toddler, to her walk across the graduation stage at David Douglas High School in Southeast Portland in 1988. "She was a very, very loving girl," her mother, Helen Dela Rosa, recalled. "She just got mixed up with the wrong people." Helen Dela Rosa's cherished memories stopped abruptly when her daughter turned 19 years old.

1 month ago | kgw.com | Ashley Grams

PORTLAND, Ore. — Oregonians will need to turn their clocks forward when daylight saving time returns on Sunday, March 9. Lawmakers have tried to ditch the switch for years, and this legislative session, they're giving it yet another go. Two senate bills, SB 566 and SB 1038, aim to make standard time permanent if neighbors Washington state and California do the same. Sen.

1 month ago | kgw.com | Luisa Anderson |Ashley Grams

CASCADE LOCKS, Ore. — The Hood River County Sheriff's Office announced Thursday morning it will try to recover a vehicle from the Columbia River that's believed to be connected to a Portland family who went missing in 1958. Kenneth and Barbara Jean Martin disappeared with their three children — Barbara, Virginia and Susan Margaret — nearly 70 years ago. A neighbor reported them missing on Dec. 7, 1958.