Jonathan Bach

1 day ago | oregonlive.com | Jonathan Bach

A bill in the Oregon Senate aims to make new apartment projects on the margin viable in exchange for affordable units. Senate Bill 684 would establish a fund, seeded with state dollars, for apartment developers to tap low-interest loans. The loan fund was inspired by a similar program in Montgomery County, Maryland. Championed by Sen. Khanh Pham, D-Portland, the bill has garnered bipartisan support, advancing out of two committees so far and now before the Joint Committee on Ways and Means.

4 days ago | oregonlive.com | Jonathan Bach

Deputies recovered a body Saturday from the Willamette River near Cathedral Park, the ninth local waterway discovery since April. Dispatchers received a 911 call at 2:30 p.m. Saturday about a body found on the Cathedral Park riverbank, according to a spokesperson for the sheriff’s office. River patrol deputies arrived around 3 p.m. to take the body to the medical examiner’s office, which will identify the person and their cause of death, said Chris Liedle, the spokesperson.

4 days ago | oregonlive.com | Jonathan Bach

A shooting tied to a domestic dispute at a Kelso home left four injured Friday, the Cowlitz County Sheriff’s Office said. All four are expected to live, deputies said. Dispatchers got a call around 3:30 p.m. Friday about a shooting at a house on the 1800 block of West Side Highway in Kelso. Responding deputies discovered three people had been shot.

4 days ago | oregonlive.com | Jonathan Bach

A bus driver for the Lincoln County School District was arrested on Friday for allegedly luring a minor, police said. Josiah Lafrenz, 21, was arrested on charges of luring a minor and second-degree online sex corruption of a child after the Lincoln City Police Department investigated a report of inappropriate communications between Lafrenz and a student from the Taft 7-12 middle and high school in Lincoln City, the police department said. Police said they notified the school district.

4 days ago | oregonlive.com | Jonathan Bach

If any of your Mother’s Day weekend plans included outdoor activities, you might want to get them in today. Saturday should see cloud cover over Portland, with temperatures near 70 degrees and a light morning breeze. Saturday night is also mostly cloudy, but with lows around 50 degrees and westward wind of around 6 mph. On Sunday, the National Weather Service forecasts rain (there’s a 70% chance) after 11 a.m. Less than a tenth of an inch of rain is expected during the day.