Author: Kale Williams (KGW) PORTLAND, Ore. (KGW) — Multnomah County has filed a lawsuit seeking billions in damages from 17 of the largest fossil fuel companies over the 2021 heat dome. The lawsuit, filed Thursday in Multnomah County Circuit Court, alleges that ...
MULTNOMAH COUNTY, Ore. – A verdict has been reached in a class action lawsuit against Pacific Power over the devastating 2020 Labor Day weekend wildfires. A Multnomah County jury ruled that Pacific Power was negligent in the 2020 wildfires. That includes the ...
Author: Blair Best PORTLAND, Ore. (KGW) – A graduating class of Grant High School students surprised their kindergarten teacher all while dressed in their caps and gowns. Many of them hadn’t seen her in 13 years but turned out she remembered them ...
Author: Blair Best (KGW) PORTLAND, Ore. (KGW) — It was nearing week three of Myrna Gardiner’s time at the Bybee Lakes Hope Center in North Portland. She sat on the chair of her walker in the parking lot to get ...
Author: Blair Best (KGW) PORTLAND, Ore. (KGW) — Diamond Howard lit a cigarette while walking her husky in Old Town Monday morning. She’s been homeless in Portland on-and-off for 15 years. She’s currently on four housing waitlists and yearns for ...
Author: Kyle Iboshi (KGW) PORTLAND, Ore. — A Multnomah County Circuit Court judge on Wednesday sentenced former Portland attorney Lori Deveny to 14 years in prison for stealing millions of dollars from her clients. The state sentence comes on top ...
Author: Mike Benner PORTLAND, Ore. (KGW) — It’s been a little more than a week since Nicole Morrisey O’Donnell took over as Multnomah County Sheriff, and she says she’s been focused on acclimating to her new role, including attending nearly ...
Author: Jamie Parfitt, Ashley Koch, Evan Watson (KGW) PORTLAND, Ore. (KGW) — With freezing rain and sleet in the forecast this week during a time typically busy with holiday travel, keeping the roads clear is a major concern. The KGW ...
Author: Bryant Clerkley (KGW) PORTLAND, Ore. (KGW) — Multnomah County officials have declared a state of emergency ahead of an ice storm that’s set to hit the Portland metro area later this week. Cold weather shelters are also set to ...
Author: Jamie Parfitt (KGW) PORTLAND, Ore. (KGW) — A Multnomah County grand jury concluded Monday that a Portland police officer who shot and killed a man during a confrontation in July acted lawfully and will not face criminal charges, according to ...