Alaska Airlines has grounded all of its Boeing MAX 9 planes, after the fuselage of a flight out of Portland blew out shortly after takeoff on Friday night. That flight — initially bound for Ontario — was able to make an emergency landing back at PDX, with no injuries reported to any of the 171 […]
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Flight makes emergency landing in Portland after window blows out following takeoff
An Alaska Airlines flight bound for Ontario had to make an emergency landing in Portland on Friday night, after a window burst open during the flight. The flight had initially taken off out of Portland International Airport. Not long after that, a large section along the side blew out, depressurizing the cabin. According to Alaska, […]
Vigil honors man shot, killed by Portland Police at Mall 205
PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) – Just one week after an officer-involved shooting at SE Portland’s Mall 205, a family held a vigil to remember the man who was on the other end of gunfire. In surveillance footage from Dec. 27, Tyrone Lee Johnson II can be seen running away from officers shortly after he allegedly robbed […]
Portland firefighters use TriMet bus to transport patient amid ambulance shortage
PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — The crisis of slow ambulance response times in Multnomah County resulted in an unusual TriMet bus rescue involving the fire department. On Sunday, a medical emergency unfolded on public transport. Things may have taken a traditional route to address the issue if it weren’t for a shortage of nearly 60 paramedics […]
Portland police to increase street patrols downtown for New Year’s Eve
PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — Portland police will be increasing patrols in select parts of the city during New Year’s Eve Sunday night. PPB Traffic Division officers will be focusing particular efforts on the Entertainment District in the Old Town neighborhood, looking for impaired drivers, speeding, dangerous lane changes, running red lights, and other related behaviors. […]
Neighbors report ‘high anxiety’ due to camper in front of their NE Portland homes
PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) – Community members in a Northeast Portland neighborhood say they are dealing with an unwanted camper van in front of their homes. According to neighbors like Ann Donaca, the camper sitting in front of her home near the intersection of Shaver and 47th Avenue has disrupted her family’s life over the past […]
Memorial for lives lost on Portland streets takes somber tone after record-breaking year
PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — Every year, people experiencing homelessness die on Portland streets. A night of remembrance that is held for them annually took an especially somber tone Thursday night in the wake of a new report recording the highest number of homeless deaths since the statistics were first tracked over a decade ago. At […]
Portland woman missing for 3 months as family begs for answers
PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — A mom is begging for answers as she searches for her daughter who went missing in Portland more than three months ago. Her family is worried she may be endangered and they’re asking anyone with information to come forward. “A missing child, no matter what age, is a nightmare,” Jenny Rund […]