Author: Katherine Cook (KGW) HILLSBORO, Ore. — On Wednesday evening, hundreds of people gathered for a candlelight vigil at the Hillsboro Airport to remember 20-year-old Barrett Bevacqua. He was one of two people killed in a plane crash in Newberg, Tuesday night. “Barrett was ...
NEWBERG, Ore. (KGW) — A plane fell from the sky and crashed through the roof of a home in Newberg, Oregon on Tuesday evening. Two people on board were killed and a third person was injured, according to Tualatin Valley Fire and ...
Author: KGW Staff NEWBERG, Ore. (KGW) — A Newberg man was arrested on Tuesday for multiple suspected sex crimes, according to the Newberg-Dundee Police Department. John David Ali Gispert, 28, of Newberg, is being held in the Yamhill County Jail ...
Author: Alma McCarty (KGW) NEWBERG, Ore. (KGW) — In Newberg, an early election count suggests that there will be five new school board members and all of them are endorsed by the Oregon CARES PAC. Three incumbents including Board Chair ...
Author: Anthony Macuk (KGW) NEWBERG, Ore. (KGW) — The Newberg School Board has rescinded a controversial policy that banned staff from putting up political signs or displays in schools. The decision comes a few months after a judge sided with ...
Author: Christine Pitawanich (KGW) NEWBERG, Ore. (KGW) — A Yamhill County Circuit Court judge has ruled that the Newberg School District’s ban on some symbols, including Pride and Black Lives Matter flags, is unconstitutional, the ACLU of Oregon reported. The ...
Author: Anthony Macuk (KGW), KGW Staff NEWBERG, Ore. (KGW) — Two members of the Newberg School District Board of Directors announced their resignations at a board meeting Tuesday evening, both citing a series of controversial board decisions made over the ...
Author: Galen Ettlin (KGW) NEWBERG, Ore. (KGW) — Advocates are planning a protest of the Newberg School Board over its 4-3 vote to ban “political symbols” including Black Lives Matter and Pride flags earlier this month. “It’s heartbreaking, honestly,” said ...
Author: KGW Staff NEWBERG, Ore. (KGW) — A deadly fire that destroyed a 33,000-square-foot building in Newberg earlier this month was ruled as arson Thursday, according to Newberg-Dundee police. The person suspected of lighting the fire, 46-year-old Ricardo Cornejo Garcia, ...
Author: KGW Staff NEWBERG, Ore. — Voters have decided whether to recall Newberg school board vice-chair Brian Shannon and board chair Dave Brown who, as part of the board’s conservative majority, have led headline-making decisions such as a ban on political displays ...