The suspect behind a string of ballot drop box arson incidents in Vancouver and Portland in October used thermite as part of the incendiary devices that they used to start the fires, FBI officials announced Thursday.

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) increased a major recall on Lay’s potato chips sold in stores across Oregon and Washington.

The Oregon Zoo says one of its elephants could give birth any day now. On Monday, the president of the Oregon Food Bank delivered her first State of Hunger address at the state capitol. Downtown Portland has experienced a 54% increase in foot traffic since the pandemic low in 2021, according to Downtown Portland Clean and Safe.

Amtrak Cascades' passenger rail service linking Vancouver, Seattle, and Portland saw all-time record-high ridership in 2024.

If federal funding goes away, it's a "a huge hit in the amount of people we can feed," said the CEO of Meals on Wheels People, which fed 11,000 residents last year.

If everything proceeds as expected, crews will begin construction on a new Interstate Bridge over the Columbia River in 2027, marking the end of decades of debate and frustration following a failed effort to replace the aging bridge between Vancouver and Portland more than a decade ago.

District 2, covering vast Eastern Oregon and represented by Oregon's only Republican, Rep. Cliff Bentz, has the second most, with 7,887. Districts 1, 3 and 5, containing much of the Portland metro area, have a total of 15,730 employees. Washington's third district, containing Vancouver, has 10,104 federal employees.

Sunny and mild weather remains across the Pacific Northwest Tuesday as the Portland, Vancouver area prepares for weekend snow chances.

"This is a very volatile mix that can burn as hot as 4,000 degrees Fahrenheit," Doug Olson, the special agent in charge of the FBI in Oregon ... ballot boxes in Portland and Vancouver, Washington ...

The National Weather Service issued a cold weather advisory through 10 a.m. Sunday for the Portland metro area.

The afternoon service served as a call to action for the Portland community to continue King’s work of advocacy and justice.

How about snow? Cold temps and plenty of moisture means Portland/Vancouver has a slight chance of seeing snow over the weekend.