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Southwest Washington saw a population “boom” in 2022 as a wave of Portlanders moved to Clark County, data collected by the Oregon Office of Economic Analysis shows.

A pod of transient orcas was seen hunting near the South Jetty at the mouth of the Columbia River in recent days.

Firefighters are working to evacuate an apartment building near the intersection of Ellsworth Road and 10th Street after a car crashed into the building and ruptured a natural gas line.

Beloved Hollywood actor Paul Giamatti was spotted perusing the Purple Room at Powell’s Books on Thursday.

A line of people a mile long backed up at the Powell’s City of Books warehouse in Northwest Portland Saturday morning.

Multnomah County Animal Services announced that it is holding a summer adoption sale as its kennels are at capacity.

A rural fire district that serves the Detroit and Idanha areas broke ground on a new fire station on June 15 after the Santiam Fire destroyed 70% of the lakeside community and its firehouse in the summer of 2020.

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — Multnomah County is in the design phase of its plans to rebuild the Burnside Bridge and officials are asking the public to vote for their favorite options before the project moves forward. The county has narrowed its options to two potential bridge styles and six different design variations. In a new survey released on July 1, Multnomah County asks the public to consider a cable-stay tower or tied-arch design to replace the Burnside Bridge’s current Strauss-type double-le…

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — A baby camel in Oregon City is grunting what we’re all thinking: It’s too dang hot outside. Oregon City resident Kim Dilworth sent KOIN 6 video of her 2-month-old camel “Magdalene” parked in front of an outdoor air conditioner during Portland’s ongoing heat wave. “Our baby camel Magdalene needs outdoor air conditioning to keep cool and record-breaking temperatures,” Dilworth said. “She’s very young, but understands how important it is to keep cool, even for a camel.” Port…

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — In the coming week, workers will install power and data cables for Oregon State University’s new testing facility, which will allow researchers to develop new ways to harness the power of ocean waves and transfer that energy into the local electrical grid. The PacWave South testing site being built off the coast of Newport is the first pre-permitted, utility-scale, grid-connected wave energy test site in the U.S., Oregon State University announced on July 11. OSU Professo…