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10 most expensive homes sold in the Portland metro area, July 8-14
A house in Vancouver that sold for $6.4 million tops the list of the most expensive residential real estate sales in Portland metro area in the past week. In total, 788 residential real estate sales were recorded in the area during the past week, with an average price of $646,040. The average price per square foot was $330.
Large wildfire breaks out on Ross Island, black smoke visible for miles
PORTLAND, Ore. (KATU) — On Saturday afternoon, Portland Fire responded to a large wildfire burning on Ross Island in the Willamette River. CHIME IN | Submit your photos and video to KATU News. The thick black smoke plume could be seen for miles around the Portland area. Crews were...
Portland FBI chief visits Bend, discusses election security
FBI Portland field office Special Agent in Charge Doug Olson was in Bend Friday to discuss the agency's efforts for election security. Portland FBI chief visits Bend, discusses election security. FBI Portland field office Special Agent in Charge Doug Olson was in Bend Friday to discuss the agency's efforts for...
An Ocean on the Inside: R.G. Shore’s Award-Winning Memoir Recounts Spiritual Healing in Prison
Portland, Oregon — In an almost all-white prison in the Pacific Northwest, R.G. Shore, a “person of color,” turns up the static and allows the white noise to drown him in sound. Other than sleep, his handheld radio and cheap headphones provide the only escape from the men around him.
#3 Battle Mountain Complex | Ukiah, OR | 1
Friday Fire Update 1 | Battle Mountain Complex | July 19, 2024. The BATTLE MOUNTAIN COMPLEX consists of two wildfires, which were caused by lightning on the evening of July 17, 2024, and are continuously burning west of Ukiah, Oregon. North Fork Owens Fire. The North Fork Owens Fire is...
Heat advisory today with isolated thunderstorms possible
Yesterday, it reached 91 degrees in Portland, and this morning it is warmer in the metro and valleys, similar at the coast, and cooler in the gorge. Today is a First Alert Weather Day. This morning, I’m seeing a few clouds on the horizon—stay tuned for some awesome sunrise pics—and by noon, things will be heating up for the metro, valleys, and gorge areas. There is a heat advisory today in these areas, with temperatures expected to reach well into the upper 90s and triple digits throughout the gorge. A Fire Weather Watch will begin overnight and last through Sunday.
This year’s Street of Dreams ditches the ‘street’ for a regional tour of luxury homes
Home shoppers and others looking for remodeling ideas and the latest design trends can explore Portland area homes showcasing work by top builders, interior designers and landscape architects during the 2024 NW Natural Street of Dreams luxury home tour on extended weekends Aug. 1-18. For the first time in 49...
Get ready for return of West Linn’s music in the park
Five weeks of live music on Thursday evenings in Tanner Creek Park kicks off July 25. Northwest country band Brewer’s Grade will perform West Linn’s first music in the park event of the summer July 25, followed by cover band Collective Nation Aug. 1. The following week Red Light Romeos, a group known for covers of 1970s rock, will take the Tanner Creek stage Aug. 8. Jennifer Batten and Full Steam will rock out in the park Aug. 15 before Ants in the Kitchen closes out the summer with the last show Aug. 22. Concerts take place 6:30-8:30 p.m. Thursday evenings. Attendees should bring a blanket or low-backed chair to sit on. Several food vendors will also be on site.
Suspected Madras drug dealer arrested at work; raid on car, home turn up meth, fake Oxycodone pills with fentanyl
MADRAS, Ore. (KTVZ) – A long-term drug trafficking investigation led to the arrest of a Madras man working at a retail store late Friday afternoon and a raid on his car and home that turned up a commercial quantity of methamphetamine and fake Oxycodone tablets containing fentanyl, officials said. After several days of surveillance, the The post Suspected Madras drug dealer arrested at work; raid on car, home turn up meth, fake Oxycodone pills with fentanyl appeared first on KTVZ.
Over a decade after her body was found at a Portland recycling center, father sentenced in 'Baby Precious' cold case
PORTLAND, Ore. — The father of an infant girl found dead at a Portland recycling center in 2013 has been sentenced in a decade-long cold case. The baby, known previously known only as "Baby Precious," was identified as Amara in 2021. According to court documents, 53-year-old Alnath Omar Oliver...
Canby baseball alumnus Joey Gartrell drafted to MLB
From a small-town boy to the big leagues. Joey Gartrell, a 2021 Canby High School graduate, was selected by the Boston Red Sox in the 15th round with the 447th selection of the MLB Draft on Tuesday, June 16. Gartrell, who just finished his junior season suiting up for the University of Portland, started four games for the Pilots before being sidelined with a season-ending arm injury. He went 2-2...
NBA Rumors: Blazers 'bad by design,' sights set on Cooper Flagg and 2025 draft
The 2024-25 NBA season is still months away, but many Trail Blazers fans are looking forward to the next offseason. Portland should have an improved team next season, mainly because their roster is healthier. Still, they will likely finish towards the bottom of the competitive Western Conference. As a result,...
Yachats council agrees to negotiate with landowner in effort to stop 20-acre clearcut south of city
YACHATS – What it would cost the city of Yachats to prevent an eyesore of a clearcut that in turn will eliminate community concerns about landslides and the subsequent application of herbicides is unclear. The city is negotiating with the landowner and the logger who owns the trees, but...
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