Новости за 18.02.2024

It wasn't very close, as Portland's Mira Hayward won her "Jeopardy! Champions Wildcard" semifinal game Friday night, Feb. 16 and advanced to the final.

It's been just over a year now since Tina Kotek, a Democrat, took office as Oregon's 39th governor. Before being elected governor, she was Oregon's longest serving speaker of the house. With her election in 2022, she became one of the first two openly lesbian women to be elected governor of a state, along with Maura Healey of Massachusetts. Now Gov. Kotek is tackling homelessness, the state's drug crisis and trying to bring Oregon's largest city back.

If you're looking for a summer travel destination or just a mental break from the recent record-breaking storms, there's a new ranking of the world's most amazing beaches – 12 of which are in the United States.

A man is dead after a shooting in the Hollywood neighborhood in Northeast Portland early Sunday morning, authorities say.

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) -- A Jefferson High School student named DaLeah is bringing a new dance style to Portland. "Majorette" is commonly associated with Historically Black College and University marching bands. But this 17-year-old introduced the style to Jefferson Dancers who plan to attend an HBCU. "Majorette is a style. I'm from Texas, so I [...]

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) -- There's a new archive of Portland's Black music scene. The Community Archive, created by Albina Music Trust and World Arts Foundation has gathered hundreds of audio recordings, film, photography and print materials created by dozens of Black musicians, mostly in the 60s, 70s, and 80s. Local musician Calvin Walker is one [...]

We can expect mainly dry skies across Portland once we get into our mid-afternoon hours starting around 2 or 3pm.

ATLANTA (AP) — Since Jimmy Carter entered hospice care at his home in south Georgia one year ago, the former U.S. president has celebrated his 99th birthday, enjoyed tributes to his legacy and lost his wife of 77 years. Rosalynn Carter, who died in November, about six months after the Carter family disclosed her dementia [...]

Intisar Abioto is the exhibition curator of Black Artists of Oregon, with an exhibition through March 31 at the Portland Art Museum.

Coty Raven Morris was born in Louisiana and raised in Texas. She didn't really know where Portland was when she took the job in 2021 -- and her family sent videos of the night Black Lives Matter protests in 2020.

Taylor Stewart started the Oregon Remembrance Project "to memorialize a man named Alonzo Tucker, Oregon's most widely documented African-American victim of lynching."

The 'Black Stars Homecoming Expedition' documentary takes us on the journey with them. Both the trip and the documentary are an initiative from Word Is Bond.

Barry Johnson describes his artwork as "highlighting the injustice that have taken place with Black and brown folk historically."

Debbie Hicks is very clear about what she wants and what she doesn't want.

KOIN 6 News' Ken Boddie received an award Saturday for his decades of dedication on and off the air.

About 100 kids received their vaccinations in Multnomah County Saturday at the 3rd of 4 pop-up vaccine clinics just days before unvaccinated students won't be allowed to attend school.

More than 70 friends, family, concerned citizens and members of the Sikh community gathered at the St. Paul community hall on Thursday evening, Feb. 15, to hear updates in the search for Gurjinder “Gary” Singh Grewal, owner of the popular St. Paul Market, who went missing Feb. 8 after leaving the market at approximately 10 a.m.

A former Boy Scouts of America employee has pleaded guilty to child sex abuse in Molalla, authorities announced Thursday.

The Oregon Food Bank is set to receive $70,000 from the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food and Nutrition Service, Oregon Senators Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden announced Friday.