Ashley Koch

6 days ago | kgw.com | Ashley Koch

WALDPORT, Ore. — The mayor of Waldport has been temporarily reinstated while the legal case plays out against the decision to vote her out of office. Heide Lambert was removed from office in April after she was accused of ordering city staff to send complaint letters against city manager Dann Cutter directly to her.

1 week ago | kgw.com | Ashley Koch |Amy-Xiaoshi DePaola

PORTLAND, Ore. — Portland City Council held its first work session Wednesday afternoon to address Mayor Keith Wilson’s budget proposal bridging a $93 million budget gap. While Wilson's budget doesn't rely on new taxes, he is proposing to raise fees for parking, rideshares, short-term rentals, permitting and golf, as well as an 8% hike to water bills and a 5% increase to sewer and stormwater bills.

1 week ago | kgw.com | John Adams |Ashley Koch

PORTLAND, Ore. — A family in Northeast Portland is breathing a sigh of relief after police raided a neighboring home earlier this week, removing 13 squatters and arresting nine of them. The raid took place on April 29 at a residence on Northeast 102nd Street in the Parkrose Heights neighborhood. According to the Portland Police Bureau, officers found drugs, stolen property, an illegal firearm and ammunition inside the home.

3 weeks ago | kgw.com | Ashley Koch

Many community members voiced strong opinions over the battle between the La Center School District and Washington state during Tuesday's school board meeting. More than two years ago, Superintendent Peter Rosenkrantz instituted a policy that teachers are not allowed to ask students their pronouns and that the school administration has to report transitioning and gender-questioning students to their parents.

3 weeks ago | kgw.com | Ashley Koch |Ashley Grams |Amy-Xiaoshi DePaola

CORVALLIS, Ore. — The ACLU of Oregon is suing the federal government on behalf of an Oregon State University student, one of at least 600 international students who've had their visas suddenly revoked by the Trump administration. Filed Wednesday, the ACLU of Oregon, Innovation Law Lab and NELSON | SMITH LLP asks the U.S. District Court of Oregon to reinstate Aaron Ortega Gonzalez's F-1 student status after the Ph.D. student from Mexico had his visa unexpectedly canceled on April 4.