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  • 1 day ago | kgw.com | Katherine Cook

    PORTLAND, Oregon — Piles of shattered glass sparkled along Northeast 106th Avenue and Northeast Halsey Street, the remnants of a night Traci King would rather forget. "I don't know, it's kind of a little bit blurry. This could have went so different," King said. At around 6:30 p.m. on Monday, King was driving east on Northeast Halsey Street when she said a car came out of nowhere and crossed in front of her. King hit the car, smashing her front end in the process.

  • 2 days ago | kgw.com | Katherine Cook

    VANCOUVER, Wash. — Dozens of people gathered in downtown Vancouver on Wednesday to protest the arrest of an asylum seeker in Portland. ICE agents detained the woman, who is from Mexico, after she left a hearing in a federal courtroom. The woman's lawyer said she is seeking asylum and safety in the U.S. after men in a Mexican cartel raped and threatened to kill her because she's transgender.

  • 3 days ago | kgw.com | Katherine Cook

    PORTLAND, Oregon — The Portland Rose Festival's Fleet Week kicked off on Tuesday, as the first two of eight military ships docked along the Willamette River at Tom McCall Waterfront Park. As the USS Jack H. Lucas and the USS Mustin arrived, few were more excited than Rose Leigh Williams. "Proud grandma of Petty Officer First Class Alexander Ross!," Williams said as she peered through the chain link fence around waterfront park.

  • 1 week ago | kgw.com | Katherine Cook

    PORTLAND, Oregon — When you browse senior center events calendars, you're sure to see plenty of bingo and chair aerobics. But at the Community for Positive Aging (formerly the Hollywood Senior Center), something stands out in the Tuesday morning slot: Hollywood Ukulele Group. Karen Sinizer founded it in 2013. "I'm still learning because I'm not that great at this point!" admitted Sinizer, who was inspired to pick up the ukulele after hearing a friend play it.

  • 1 week ago | kgw.com | Katherine Cook

    PORTLAND, Ore. — Classmates, family and community members gathered at Roosevelt High School to remember 18-year-old Michael "Mico" O'Brien Wednesday night. They held a candlelight vigil in the infield just before sunset while a staff member read messages written by students. "It will never be the same without you but you will keep us strong. Stay beautiful," read one message. "Mico, you are so full of joy and laughter," read another.

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