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4 days ago | 
kgw.com | Celine Stevens
PORTLAND, Ore. — The Lents International Farmers Market opened for its 20th season Sunday, welcoming a steady crowd of shoppers eager to support local vendors despite concerns over rising prices. Attendees had their pick of fresh produce, meats, drinks, hot foods and other goods as they explored the seasonal market.
But for many vendors, this year brings new financial challenges. Tariffs introduced by the Trump administration have pushed up the cost for some goods.
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5 days ago | 
kgw.com | Celine Stevens
VANCOUVER, Wash. — Many gathered Saturday morning at Frenchman’s Bar Regional Park for Vancouver’s inaugural “Move with MADD” event, hosted by Mothers Against Drunk Driving. Law enforcement, Mayor Anne McEnerny-Ogle, Target Zero and other community members walked and biked to raise awareness about impaired driving — and to honor the lives tragically lost because of it.
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1 week ago | 
kgw.com | Celine Stevens
HILLSBORO, Ore. — Students at Century High School walked out of class Thursday afternoon in protest of the Hillsboro School District’s decision to stop offering theater-related elective classes for the 2025–2026 school year at Century High School. "I don’t want our pride and our joy to just get covered with a layer of dust while our theater sits in the dark,” said Elyse, who is a junior at the high school in tech theater.
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2 weeks ago | 
kgw.com | Celine Stevens
DESCHUTES COUNTY, Oregon — The Police Policy Committee of the Board on Public Safety Standards and Training recommended a lifetime ineligibility period for Deschutes County Sheriff Kent van der Kamp on Thursday, citing findings that he violated moral fitness standards. This could lead to him losing his certification if the board approves the recommendation in July.
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2 weeks ago | 
kgw.com | Celine Stevens
PORTLAND, Ore. — For National Safe Boating Week, the U.S. Coast Guard District 13 provided vital information about how to stay safe on the water as temperatures start to heat up and more people try to get on the water. According to the U.S. Coast Guard, 4 out of 5 recreational boating fatalities are due to people not wearing a life jacket. The agency said wearing a life jacket increases your survivability significantly.
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2 weeks ago | 
krem.com | Celine Stevens
WASHINGTON, USA — Despite the clouds covering the mountain Sunday, visitors walked through exhibits at the Science and Learning Center at Coldwater, which reopened for the season on Saturday, May 17. Some like Darren Venhuis came to appreciate the sight with his children. "It's very important to actually know what's going on in the environment around you, especially considering this is…we're in the pacific rim of fire here...there's 5 active volcanoes here in Washington state," said Venhuis.
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2 weeks ago | 
kgw.com | Celine Stevens
WASHINGTON, USA — Despite the clouds covering the mountain Sunday, visitors walked through exhibits at the Science and Learning Center at Coldwater, which reopened for the season on Saturday, May 17. Some like Darren Venhuis came to appreciate the sight with his children. "It's very important to actually know what's going on in the environment around you, especially considering this is…we're in the pacific rim of fire here...there's 5 active volcanoes here in Washington state," said Venhuis.
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2 weeks ago | 
kgw.com | Celine Stevens
OREGON, USA — With Oregon’s special election just days away, county officials are encouraging voters to drop off or mail in their ballots as soon as possible. As typically seen in special elections, voter turnout remains low in some counties, including Multnomah and Clackamas, ahead of the Tuesday, May 20 election.
As of this weekend, Multnomah County reported a turnout of 12.1%, while Clackamas County reported just 11.4%.
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2 weeks ago | 
abc10.com | Luisa Anderson |Celine Stevens
CANNON BEACH, Ore. — The U.S. Coast Guard has suspended the search for a vessel that reportedly sank two miles off the coast of Cannon Beach Thursday evening. The agency announced the halt to the search in a post on social media at around 10:30 a.m. Friday, stating "no signs of distress found."
The agency originally announced the search effort in a post on social media earlier Friday morning.
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3 weeks ago | 
kgw.com | Celine Stevens
PORTLAND, Ore. — Clark County officials agreed to a $3.5 million settlement with the family of Jenoah Donald, an unarmed Black man with autism who was fatally shot by a sheriff’s deputy during a 2021 traffic stop in the Hazel Dell neighborhood in Washington. The settlement comes just weeks before a federal civil rights trial was set to begin in Seattle.
Despite the resolution, Donald’s family said their pain remains. “I still miss him.
