Jamie Parfitt

1 week ago | kgw.com | Luisa Anderson |Jamie Parfitt

BEAVERTON, Ore. — Nike garment workers from Indonesia traveled to Oregon this week to try to deliver a message to the company's top executives. They're demanding higher wages and improved human rights protections. Three workers and a small group of allies rallied outside the sportswear company's headquarters in Beaverton Wednesday morning.

1 week ago | kgw.com | Jamie Parfitt

VANCOUVER, Wash. — Editor's note: The video above aired Monday, before the two goats were recovered. A pair of baby goats stolen from the Orchards Feed Store over the weekend have been found safe, the store said Tuesday, having apparently been dumped outside Vancouver. In a Facebook post, the store said that someone spotted the two goats walking in the middle of Lower River Road west of Vancouver, and police brought them home.

2 weeks ago | kgw.com | Jamie Parfitt

SALEM, Ore. — A lively and sometimes tense meeting of an Oregon legislative committee on Thursday teed up what's likely to be a major showdown over how to fund the state's future costs for fighting wildfires — and whether those costs will come from next year's kicker rebate. Thursday's work session of the Climate, Energy and Environment Committee centered on Senate Bill 83, which would repeal the state's controversial wildfire risk assessment map.

2 weeks ago | kgw.com | Ashley Koch |Jamie Parfitt

PORTLAND, Ore. — By Wednesday evening, Portland City Council was many hours deep into a marathon meeting set to stretch from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. — their first official chance to debate and amend Mayor Keith Wilson's budget proposal. Wilson submitted his $8 billion budget proposal earlier this month. He wants to provide more funding for public safety, homelessness and city cleanup, while eliminating some city staff positions and slashing park maintenance.

2 weeks ago | kgw.com | Jamie Parfitt

PORTLAND, Ore. — Results started coming in at 8 p.m. Tuesday evening for school board races which could significantly reshape the Portland Public Schools board of directors for the next four years. Four of seven PPS school board seats are up for grabs in this election, with just two of those races including an incumbent candidate. PPS board elections are held in May of odd-numbered years, and winners are elected to four-year terms that begin in July.