Jeff Gianola

2 months ago | koin.com | Jeff Gianola |Tim Steele

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — For decades, the national view of the City of Detroit was of a dying city, a city that went bankrupt, a city that lost about two-thirds of its population over the past half-century. While all of that is true, today’s truth is that Detroit is making a real comeback, a vibrant city that embraced what needed to be done to get to a spot where things are clean, bright and looking up. Maurice Cox led the comeback in Detroit as the planning director.

2 months ago | yahoo.com | Jeff Gianola

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — For decades, the national view of the City of Detroit was of a dying city, a city that went bankrupt, a city that lost about two-thirds of its population over the past half-century. While all of that is true, today’s truth is that Detroit is making a real comeback, a vibrant city that embraced what needed to be done to get to a spot where things are clean, bright and looking up. Maurice Cox led the comeback in Detroit as the planning director.

Mar 6, 2025 | newsnationnow.com | Jenna Deml |Jeff Gianola

The Martin Family of Northeast Portland disappeared December 7, 1958PORTLAND, Ore. ( KOIN) - A new lead in a decades-old cold case of a missing Portland family has prompted an underwater search of the Columbia River Thursday morning. Investigators with the Hood River County Sheriff's Office say they received information from a local diver who claimed to have found the station wagon belonging to the Martin family, who vanished in 1958.

Mar 6, 2025 | yahoo.com | Jeff Gianola

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — A new lead in a decades-old cold case of a missing Portland family has prompted an underwater search of the Columbia River Thursday morning. Investigators with the Hood River County Sheriff’s Office say they received information from a local diver who claimed to have found the station wagon belonging to the Martin family, who vanished in 1958. After matching a partial plate, officials now say they are 99% sure this is the Martin’s car.

Mar 6, 2025 | koin.com | Jeff Gianola

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — In December 1958, the typical holiday season in Portland was full of caroling neighbors, school holiday pageants and the hustle and bustle of gift buying. On December 7, it became something else entirely. Ken Martin and his wife Barbara told family members and their Northeast Portland neighbors the family was going to spend Sunday afternoon in the Columbia River Gorge collecting Christmas greenery.