Jamie Parfitt
Writer and Reporter at KGW-TV (Portland, OR)
Articles
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1 week ago |
kgw.com | Daisy Caballero |Jamie Parfitt
SALEM, Ore. — Parents, children and advocates gathered at the Oregon State Capitol in Salem for a "snack-in" on Wednesday to push for a bill that would extend food benefits to all young children in the state, regardless of immigration status.
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1 week ago |
kgw.com | Jared Cowley |Blair Best |Jamie Parfitt
PORTLAND, Ore. — Portland Mayor Keith Wilson unveiled his proposed 2025-26 budget on Monday, which provides more funding for public safety, homelessness, city cleanup and climate change, while eliminating select staff positions, including a 12% cut to his own office, and $9.5 million in other citywide reductions to help account for a $93 million budget shortfall. That budget shortfall was the culmination of several factors, according to City Administrator Mike Jordan.
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1 week ago |
kgw.com | Jamie Parfitt
VANCOUVER, Wash. — The Clark County Sheriff's Office released more details Thursday about the apparent suicide death of a local law enforcement official following a reported burglary in Vancouver last week, revealing that the case has spawned a sex crimes investigation. Deputies responded just before 9:45 p.m. on Wednesday, April 23, to a reported burglary at a home on Northeast 79th Street in Vancouver, the sheriff's office said in its initial statement.
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1 week ago |
kgw.com | Jamie Parfitt
PORTLAND, Ore. — The Metro Council voted unanimously to send $15 million to the city of Portland by way of Multnomah County in support of Mayor Keith Wilson's plan to combat unsheltered homelessness, getting Wilson about halfway toward the finish line under the framework he's proposed.
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2 weeks ago |
kgw.com | Jamie Parfitt
PORTLAND, Ore. — The family of a man killed in a downtown Portland crash in February 2024 has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the driver responsible, a friend he was out drinking with that night, and a nearby bar where they bought drinks. 23-year-old Wael Zahran of Tigard was mortally injured early on the morning on February 10, 2024, while he was riding in the backseat of a Toyota Camry.
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