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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.
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2 weeks ago | 
abc10.com | Luisa Anderson |Celine Stevens
CANNON BEACH, Ore. — The U.S. Coast Guard has suspended the search for a vessel that reportedly sank two miles off the coast of Cannon Beach Thursday evening. The agency announced the halt to the search in a post on social media at around 10:30 a.m. Friday, stating "no signs of distress found."
The agency originally announced the search effort in a post on social media earlier Friday morning.
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1 month ago | 
kgw.com | Luisa Anderson |Anthony Macuk
PORTLAND, Ore. — After a nearly 20-year wait and multiple delays, the REAL ID deadline is almost here. Starting Wednesday, May 7, all airports in the U.S. will require a REAL ID-compliant license or identification to fly across the country. The REAL ID deadline has been pushed back numerous times over the years, but this time, the Transportation Security Administration isn't moving the enforcement deadline.
What are the requirements? Can you still fly without a REAL ID after the deadline?
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2 months ago | 
kgw.com | Thomas Shults |Luisa Anderson
PORTLAND, Ore. — A man convicted of burning down a 113-year-old Southwest Portland apartment building in 2023 is expected to be sentenced Friday morning.
In October 2024, Garrett Repp was convicted on 55 counts including arson and reckless endangerment.
Repp was a tenant at the May Apartments, located on Southwest 14th Avenue and Taylor Street, when he started the fire in his unit on May 13, 2023.
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Mar 6, 2025 | 
kgw.com | Luisa Anderson |Ashley Grams
CASCADE LOCKS, Ore. — The Hood River County Sheriff's Office announced Thursday morning it will try to recover a vehicle from the Columbia River that's believed to be connected to a Portland family who went missing in 1958. Kenneth and Barbara Jean Martin disappeared with their three children — Barbara, Virginia and Susan Margaret — nearly 70 years ago. A neighbor reported them missing on Dec. 7, 1958.
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Mar 5, 2025 | 
kgw.com | Thomas Shults |Luisa Anderson
PORTLAND, Ore. — Two Chinese sculptures on Northwest Davis Street and Northwest 3rd Avenue in Portland's Old Town were removed Wednesday morning. It comes more than a decade after some people in the city's Chinese community first called the statues culturally offensive. The statues were installed in 2006 as part of a streetscape improvement project meant to symbolize the history and contributions of the Chinese community in Portland.
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Feb 25, 2025 | 
ktvz.com | Luisa Anderson |Alex Jensen
Tada Images/Adobe StockProvidence Oregon City is among the six hospitals where nurses went on stock. New Published February 25, 2025 2:31 pm By Luisa Anderson, Alex Jensen, KGWPORTLAND, Ore. (KGW) — Unionized nurses at eight Providence hospitals around Oregon have voted to ratify their contract, ending their historic strike on Monday. The two sides reached a tentative agreement on Friday.The deadline to vote on the contract was 4 p.m. on Monday.
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Feb 24, 2025 | 
kgw.com | Luisa Anderson |Alex Jensen
PORTLAND, Ore. — Unionized nurses at eight Providence hospitals around Oregon have voted to ratify their contract, ending their historic strike on Monday. The two sides reached a tentative agreement on Friday.The deadline to vote on the contract was 4 p.m. on Monday. Nearly 5,000 Providence nurses voted overwhelming to ratify their contract, ending the strike, Oregon Nurses Association said.
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Feb 19, 2025 | 
kgw.com | Alex Jensen |Luisa Anderson
PORTLAND, Ore. — A 29-year-old man was sentenced to 17.5 years in prison on Wednesday for firing shots inside a party bus in downtown Portland that left a man hospitalized for weeks.
In mid-December, a 12-person jury found Dwayne Driver guilty of attempted murder and assault. A Multnomah County judge sentenced Driver to the maximum possible amount, the Multnomah County District Attorney's Office said.
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Feb 13, 2025 | 
kgw.com | Anthony Macuk |Luisa Anderson |Jared Cowley |Amy-Xiaoshi DePaola
PORTLAND, Ore. — It only snowed for about four hours in Portland Thursday morning, but that was enough wreak havoc across the metro area with dozens of flights cancelled, hundreds of school districts closed and a series of transit delays, as well as a miles-long traffic jam and later a full closure on southbound Interstate 5 near Hazel Dell.
