Joey Vacca
Reporter at KOIN-TV (Portland, OR)
@KEZI9 Reporter and Weekend Morning Anchor / @Cronkite_ASU Alum 🔱 / Retired Referee and Restaurant Host / Proud So-Cal Native
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koin.com | Danny Peterson |Joey Vacca
PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — A series of drug trafficking missions conducted in the Portland area earlier this year and involving multiple law enforcement agencies yielded 46 arrests and dozens of pounds of illicit drugs seized, authorities said. The missions focused on fentanyl trafficking and were conducted in the month of February. The multi-agency effort involved law enforcement entities on the local, state and federal levels.
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koin.com | Joey Vacca
PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) – Visitors to the Grotto in Portland reacted to the news of Pope Francis’s passing, saying they were surprised to learn he died but were not entirely shocked given his recent health struggles. Pope Francis did make an appearance and offer a blessing on Easter Sunday, the holiest day in the Catholic religion. Visitors to the Grotto said they are sad to lose the Pope, but it is a special time of year in the faith to die.
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koin.com | Joey Vacca
PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) – A convicted sex criminal from Oregon is facing charges in Florida after being accused of scheming up a murder-for-hire plot, according to prosecutors. An affidavit from Sarasota County obtained by KOIN 6 News says Leland Harper schemed this plot up from jail in Florida, but it all comes back to a previous sex abuse case in Portland.
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yahoo.com | Joey Vacca
PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) – A convicted sex criminal from Oregon is facing charges in Florida after being accused of scheming up a murder-for-hire plot, according to prosecutors. An affidavit from Sarasota County obtained by KOIN 6 News says Leland Harper schemed this plot up from jail in Florida, but it all comes back to a previous sex abuse case in Portland.
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koin.com | Joey Vacca
VANCOUVER, Wash. (KOIN) – Between federal funding cuts and new tariff policies, food banks are trying to keep up and waiting to see how they will be impacted. Emily Straw, president of the Clark County Food Bank, said one of the biggest challenges they are facing is how little they know. What they do know is that a couple of their key funding sources — the local food purchasing agreement and the emergency food assistance program — are being cut.
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Oregon lawmakers are meeting with new Oregon Youth Authority leadership to review the agency’s budget, just days after learning of a scathing DAS report. See the full story on @KOINNews at 5:00 and on https://t.co/CCxdQbE6IA. https://t.co/Xyk4xFg5F8
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