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Washington Bracing for Bitter Cold in Latest Winter Outlook
We haven't fiished with Summer yet, and predictions are already in for Winter. Winter isn't my favorite season, which is why this Minnesota gal moved to the West coast. Personally, Fall is my favorite, followed by Spring, Summer, and THEN, Winter. As a young child, when the first snow fell, we prayed there would be enough for sledding. Of course, in Minnesota, sometimes snow arrived as early as Halloween. What a joy that was!
TriMet rolls out 24 new electric buses, tripling the number in their fleet
PORTLAND Ore. (KPTV) - In a major step toward TriMet’s ambitious goal to convert completely to a greener bus fleet by 2040, starting this week they are rolling out their newest electric buses. Most people FOX 12 spoke with who live in the Portland metro had high praise for...
Turning wet, showery end to the work week
PORTLAND Ore. (KPTV) - It’s been a cooler, cloudier day as showers get closer and closer. We’re already seeing showers and scattered thunderstorms through the Cascades, and some showers along the Coast Range. Metro area temperatures topped out in the low 70s. Things will turn wet for us...
Why Did A Bunch Of Illinois KFC’s Suddenly Close This Week?
There's a chicken-fried mystery in Illinois. According to WHBF/WMBD, multiple Kentucky Fried Chicken locations in Illinois suddenly closed their doors this week. This led to mass surprise layoffs. KFC has 150 locations in Illinois. On Monday, 4 of them closed and recently, over a dozen locations have closed. This includes...
Exclusive: Paid Leave prohibits processing of claims while on calls with claimants
Portland, Ore — An email obtained exclusively by KATU sheds light on an internal Paid Leave Oregon policy prohibiting staff from processing claims when the claimant is on the phone. The email was obtained through a records request. "Starting immediately, when you take a phone call from the claimant...
When kids age out of the foster system, Safety Net Inland Northwest is there to help
Aging out of the foster care system can be incredibly traumatic. Kids turn 18, and all of a sudden, they're completely on their own. No home. No job. No money. No support network. "There's no backup for these kids. There's no family that they can rely on or anybody they...
This Portland-area shop is about to give away free ice cream for year
If you love ice cream but not the onerous financial burden of paying for ice cream, this one could be for you. A new Baskin-Robbins – yes, they are still opening new Baskin-Robbins locations – is opening in Vancouver on Saturday, and the first 31 people in the door will win free ice cream scoops for a year.
Drive-by shooting rattles Vancouver’s Fruit Valley
Vancouver police are investigating a drive-by shooting that left 55 shell casings and struck multiple vehicles late Tuesday night just a few blocks from Fruit Valley Elementary School. In a statement, police said callers reported gunshots around 11:20 p.m. in the area around Fruit Valley Road and West 31st Street,...
One dead, two hospitalized after seven-car pileup on Camas Slough Bridge
CAMAS, Wash. (KATU) — One person is dead after a seven-car pileup crash on Camas Slough Bridge on Thursday. WSDOT says an oversized load-carry manufactured home got stuck on the bridge, and the crash happened after someone stuck in the backup tried to make a U-turn, causing the pile-up.
PBOT begins construction on project to improve safety on 82nd Avenue
After months of planning, Portland transportation and other officials officially launched a maintenance project that could transform one of the city’s most dangerous corridors into a safe area for drivers and pedestrians by 2027. Construction on PBOT’s Building a Better 82nd program began on the morning of Thursday, Aug. 22, with state Rep. Khanh Pham, City Commissioner Mingus Mapps and other community partners joining PBOT on-site to officially commemorate the start of the project. ...
Multnomah County homeless services office reports sharp increase in people re-housed
PORTLAND, Ore. — Multnomah County's Joint Office of Homeless Services (JOHS) saw sharp increases both in the number of homeless people successfully re-housed and the number of people who entered shelter over the past year, according to a new report from the office. The office, which is co-funded by...
OSPI candidates weigh in on school choice
(The Center Square) – A few days after The Seattle Times editorial board came out against school choice, or vouchers, that give families access to education funding, people – including the two candidates for superintendent of public instruction – are weighing in. Live Finne, director of the Center for Education at the Washington Policy Center, was sharply critical of The Seattle Times piece and its contention that "private or religious schools could pick the top tier students and athletes and leave the others in public...
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