Portland Metro News

The proposed Columbia River Crossing bridge faces its last - and perhaps most serious - challenge Thursday afternoon when the Metro Council takes up the controversial project.

Anderson Krygier hired by District of Columbia Public Library to design signs for old and new buildings POSTED: 04:00 AM PDT Friday, July 18, 2008 BY SAM BENNETT When her work is finished, Elizabeth Anderson's ...

Inmate Jeffrey Christopher Lane, 29, escaped from state custody this morning. A prisoner serving a sentence for burglary escaped from a van today in Northeast Portland as he was being transported to the ...

When it comes to physician-assisted dying, Teresa Grove wears her politics on her refrigerator door - and on her chest.

A forest fire near Mount Adams has grown six-fold in size overnight, said officials at the Northwest Interagency Coordination Center.

Code 911 YAHOO! SK Police/Fire By Brynn Grimley Bgrimley@Kitsapsun.com Originally published 03:55 p.m., July 13, 2008 Updated 03:55 p.m., July 13, 2008 Gordon Janssen A 66-year-old South Kitsap man reported ...

A forest fire burning south of Mount Adams is creating a smoke plume visible from Yakima to Portland.

An alert neighbor is being credited with preventing a fire from gutting a two-story house north of Orchards Saturday.

Vancouver police are investigating whether somebody maliciously untied an 86-foot sailboat from its moorings after the boat sustained $100,000 damage to its mast.

Portland writer Tim Harnet will sign copies of his novel, Trompe L'oeil from 6 to 8 p.m. Tuesday at Adventures Underground in the Uptown Shopping Center in Richland.

The Federal Reserve is the central bank of the United States and is charged with setting the nation's monetary policy.

At least three cats died, but no humans were reported hurt Wednesday afternoon in a fire at Royal Ridge Condos, 5005 N.E. St.

Adams, who represented Portland for three years on the Columbia River Crossing Task Force, laid down some strong conditions during the start of the Portland City Council's deliberations on whether to support a ...

The case of several police officers who fired their guns at a motorist - as he allegedly drove toward them in a Ford Bronco - is as baffling as ever.

PORTLAND, Ore. - Welcome to Railtown USA, where light rail and streetcar lines crisscross the metro area.

Three years ago, a police dog bit a 5-year-old Oregon girl in the face and ripped her cheek apart.

A man was shot by police early Saturday morning just outside Vancouver city limits, near the 19800 block of Northeast 58th Street.

Vancouver Fire Department Capt. Dave Sturbelle, center, uses a thermal-imaging camera Thursday to make sure a fire at a Sifton-area home is extinguished.

Stephen and Lindsey Harper, witnesses to Saturday night's blaze, stop by The Park at Fox Pointe Apartments on Sunday to survey the damage.

More than six months after a messy shakeup, the Washington State Migrant Council has chosen named a new chief executive.