Author: Jamie Parfitt, KGW Staff VANCOUVER, Wash. (KGW) — After a short delay caused by the unexpected spring snow storm earlier this month, the City of Vancouver has now opened its second Safe Stay Community. The transitional housing site provides ...
Author: Ashley Korslien VANCOUVER, Wash. (KGW) — In April 2020, Washington Gov. Jay Inslee signed the Tiffany Hill Act into law, named after a Vancouver mother who was murdered by her estranged, abusive husband. The law allows courts to order ...
Author: Drew Mikkelsen (KGW) OLYMPIA, Wash. (KGW) — Legitimate business owners fear they will be hurt by a law targeting catalytic converter thieves. Catalytic converters are car parts containing precious metals. According to the National Insurance Crime Bureau, in 2020, ...
TACOMA, Wash. – Washington State marijuana shop owners are reportedly expressing interest in getting armed guards after a series of robberies that ended up with fatal results. KING-TV reports that on Saturday night, there was an armed robbery at a ...
Author: Anthony Macuk (KGW), KGW Staff CLARK COUNTY, Wash. (KGW) — The Clark County Sheriff’s Office (CCSO) has released footage of an incident in which corrections deputies at the county jail used what the office described as “possibly excessive” and ...
Salem, Oregon — Oregon, California and Washington are aligning their masking guidance, amid declining case rates and hospitalizations across the West. According to Oregon Gov. Kate Brown the three states will be adopting new indoor mask policies and moving from ...
Author: David Molko (KGW) BEAVERTON, Ore. (KGW) — Yuri Boyechko grew up in the western Ukrainian city of L’viv. Under the Soviet Union, his family was persecuted, he said, for their religion. Eventually, in 1997 he moved from Ukraine to ...
Author: Galen Ettlin (KGW) PORTLAND, Ore. (KGW)— Gas prices are at a 10-year high and the average prices in Oregon and Washington are some of the highest in the nation. For Maria Meyers’ family of six in Beaverton, rising gas ...
With the worst of the omicron variant in the rearview, Oregon and Washington state will soon lift their indoor mask mandates. KGW’s Christelle Koumoue reports. ...
Author: KGW Staff, Galen Ettlin VANCOUVER, Wash. (KGW) — The Vancouver Police Department will hold a procession and public memorial service this week for fallen officer Donald Sahota, who was mistakenly shot by a Clark County deputy during a struggle ...