A little boy is on the mend at Randall Children’s Hospital after he is injured in a car crash on Highway 26 in Clackamas County, not too far from his family’s home in Sandy. (Source)
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Suspects in custody after officer-involved shooting, high-speed chase
A police-involved shooting that began in Scappoose ended in a police chase on I-5 near Kalama. (Source)
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Woodland fire grows to 40 acres, helicopters deployed
Crews battled a rapidly growing 40-acre fire in Woodland Sunday. (Source)
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‘Nothing short of heroic’: Teen pulls woman from burning car
The crash happened at a Chevron service station at 7200 S.W. Beaverton Hillsdale Highway. (Source)
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City of Sandy bans medical marijuana shops, angering would-be pot shop owner
It’s an admitted stall tactic that’s making a would-be pot shop owner irate. (Source)
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Federal and state firefighting coordinators hear dire forecast
Dry, hot conditions likely to last until October. Sen. Ron Wyden hopes to set up federal emergency wildfire fund. (Source)
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Shooting in Lloyd Center’s parking garage, no injuries reported
No one was injured in the shooting that was reported just before 8:30 p.m. (Source)
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Local contractor businesses booming after "Big One" publicity
This week’s article in the New Yorker Magazine put the Northwest’s vulnerability to a massive earthquake center stage. Now some local businesses that help make homes safer are getting slammed with phone calls. (Source)
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Plane crash survivor: ‘there was trees and then there was fire’
She hiked through rugged terrain — and at one point, even fell off a cliff. She ate nothing, drank water only when desperate, and breathed into her shirt to stay warm. And after 48 hours of instinct, tenacity, and following what she’d learned on TV survival shows, 16-year old Amber Veatch walked out of the […]
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Man, 78, rescued in SE Portland fire recovering, family homeless
An elderly man is recovering in the hospital after two firefighters saved him from an apartment fire on Monday in Southeast Portland. (Source)
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