A 41-foot male gray whale washed ashore near Gearhart and was too decomposed for a necropsy, joining dozens of early-season strandings along the Pacific Northwest.

A two-building industrial campus in East Pierce County sold for $37.2 million to a Lincoln-affiliated LLC, underscoring continued investor demand for modern logistics space.

A Multnomah County judge sentenced Richard Epton to 10 years after a jury convicted him of running over and killing Victoria Jacob‑Springer in Northeast Portland in 2024.

The Oregon Synod transferred the shuttered Bethany Lutheran site in Northeast Portland to NAYA, which plans elder housing on the property.

Highs near 95°F with a Heat Advisory through 11 p.m. tonight. Cooling centers and extended library hours are available across the county.

Portland police arrested a suspect after multiple downtown trash receptacles were reportedly set ablaze; officials have not released further details.

A Highway 20 shop was destroyed and a nearby brush fire was contained Monday as crews battled flames during an early heat wave in Bend.

A 36-year-old woman was arrested after an early-morning stabbing in Portland’s Old Town; police say the victim’s injuries are not believed to be life-threatening and the investigation is ongoing.

Several electric delivery vans burned outside a Rivian service center in Southwest Portland early Monday. Fire crews contained the blaze and no one was hurt.

A 14-year-old was shot and hospitalized early Monday in Vancouver; two teens were arrested and police say a handgun was recovered at the scene.

Portland police say they seized a significant amount of fentanyl and arrested two people during a narcotics operation, according to the bureau’s press release. Investigators say the probe is ongoing.

Portland Fire & Rescue reported heavy smoke and requested a second‑alarm for a possible residential fire in Southwest Portland. Crews are on scene and details remain limited.

A 48-year-old Beaverton man has been booked on a second-degree murder charge after a Saturday-night shooting in Gaston that left a 42-year-old man dead.