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  • 2 weeks ago | kptv.com | Bonnie Silkman

    PORTLAND Ore. (KPTV) - A grassroots nonprofit rooted in kindness is making waves across Oregon. Wildly Kind focuses on building community through compassion - and for the first time, students are adding their voices to the movement. For more details about Wildly Kind, you can find their website here and follow along on Instagram here.

  • 2 weeks ago | kptv.com | Bonnie Silkman

    BEAVERTON, Ore. (KPTV) - Students at a Beaverton middle school are designing prosthetics that could help a paralyzed dog named Ember. The project is all part of a hands-on and heartwarming STEM challenge at Valley Catholic Middle School. For their STEM final exam, 7th grade students built a working prototype of a prosthetic device out of recycled materials to help 16-week-old Ember, who fracture her spine in an accident, leaving her back legs paralyzed.

  • 1 month ago | kptv.com | Bonnie Silkman

    TIGARD, Ore. (KPTV) - An Oregon firefighter was forced to hang up his helmet, not by choice but by a devastating diagnosis. His struggle is revealing a hidden link between firefighting and cancer. Answering the call as a firefighter came as a natural fit for Mike Roulette. “I love it, and I love all the things about it. Something I always wanted to do,” he said. “It is more of a calling than a job. It’s more of a family.”For years, Mike’s job was saving lives. But now, he’s fighting for his.

  • 1 month ago | kptv.com | Bonnie Silkman

    CANNON BEACH Ore. (KPTV) - Firefighting in Cannon Beach is far from ordinary as crews tackle rescues by land, sea, and even off the sides of steep cliffs. FOX 12′s Bonnie Silkman joined the department as firefighters trained for high-stakes emergencies along one of Oregon’s most unforgiving stretches of coastline.

  • Feb 28, 2025 | fox5vegas.com | Bonnie Silkman

    (InvestigateTV) — Nearly half of the state of Oregon is covered with trees. However, there’s one forest unlike any other. This forest is 3,000 feet above sea level and is found in one of the coldest lakes in the Cascade Mountains. Anyone visiting this ancient sunken ground will need goggles and a drysuit to explore it. Reporter Bonnie Silkman takes us to new depths, and it shows us how the underwater world inspires its visitors. Copyright 2025 Gray Media Group, Inc. All rights reserved.

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Bonnie Silkman KPTV
Bonnie Silkman KPTV @BonnieSilkman
22 Apr 25

RT @jamcamman: Tune into @fox12oregon as @BonnieSilkman previews the groundbreaking at the news @portlandthornhq sports 🏀 ⚽️complex https:/…

Bonnie Silkman KPTV
Bonnie Silkman KPTV @BonnieSilkman
28 Feb 25

First time outside for little Tula ☀️🐘

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Oregon Zoo @OregonZoo

Sunny with a chance of Tula! https://t.co/A0HqquzKmq

Bonnie Silkman KPTV
Bonnie Silkman KPTV @BonnieSilkman
28 Nov 24

Happy Thanksgiving! Shout out to all the turkeys out there working today. We’re talking turkey on the phone with the experts in the Butterball Turkey Talk-Line! @butterball 🦃 #thanksgiving #portland #news #turkeytalk #butterball @fox12oregon https://t.co/mNp8zbnTyc