Portland/ Community & Society
Published on February 18, 2020
Top Portland news: Forest Grove couple quarantined in Japan; PPB expands online reporting; morePhoto: Zachary Keimig/Unsplash

Here's what you need to know about what's happening in Portland.

'This is unacceptable': Forest Grove couple still trapped in Japan as one of them fights coronavirus

KGW spoke with Rebecca Frasure over Skype from her hospital room, where she has been isolated and separated from her husband for over a week.

Read the full story on KGW.

Portland police expands online reporting system

The expansion allows officers to focus on higher priority calls, aids in bureau efficiency and will result in more low-level crimes being reported, police say.

Read the full story on KGW.

Oregon wrestles with building facilities in tsunami zones

Experts say the big one is coming to the Pacific Northwest: a massive earthquake that will cause buildings and bridges to collapse and unleash a tsunami that will devastate the coast. But, doubling down on its decision last year to allow the construction of critical facilities in tsunami inundation zones, the Oregon Legislature appears headed to approve building standards for those facilities, like police and fire stations.

Read the full story on MySanAntonio.

Portland man dies after snowboarding fall at Mt. Hood Meadows

The Hood River County Sheriff's Office identified the man as 45-year-old Ryan Zeitner.

Read the full story on KGW.


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