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The U.S. Army says it's the responsibility of the person attempting to go on the ice to stay safe and a safety expert shows you how to get out if you do. Full Story »

Forest Grove police officers have arrested a second suspect they say stole from the family home ravaged by a Nov. 27 double-murder-suicide in Forest Grove. Full Story »

Free time: Get out and enjoy the weather with horse-drawn carriage rides, pet photos with Santa, holiday light displays, free hot cider at local tree farms and a chance to shred the evidence of years past. It's all happening this weekend in Oregon and Southwest Washington. Full Story »

Prostitution has long been a problem on 82nd Avenue but local leaders say that is now changing, and they're giving credit to an innovative effort. Full Story »

Democratic Rep. Brian Baird of Washington state says he will not seek re-election next year. Full Story »

A morning fire at a Southwest Portland condo has left one renter homeless, a dog dead, one person in the hospital, three neighbors reporting respiratory distress and Scholls Ferry Road closed for hours as firefighters mopped up. Full Story »

Demand for electricity could peak again on PacifiCorp's system early Thursday when temperatures are expected to dip to the single digits. The utility, however, backed off a request that people turn off holiday lights after taking criticism for spreading bad cheer. Full Story »

The Vancouver Fire Department responded to a two-alarm fire at Marcell's Coffee Shop and Restaurant Wednesday afternoon. The shop is located at 3100 W. Columbia. According to reports, no one was injured in the fire. Full Story »

Two men are on their way back to Clark County. There, prosecutors are drafting up their case for the Dec. 1 shooting death that sent a car propelling into a Vancouver front yard and left this man with a bullet wound to the head. Full Story »

Did you know that in 1930 the Columbia River actually froze over? These photos come from the archives of our news partner, The Columbian . The river, under what is now the I-5 bridge, was frozen so solid that year that you could drive on it and even land a plane. Full Story »

A man found dead at a mobile home park in the 6400 block of Northeast Killingsworth has been identified as 41-year-old Robert Andrew Strichart. Police have labeled his death suspicious. An autopsy was performed on Wednesday but the cause of death was undetermined, pending toxicology reports. Full Story »

The Washington County School District sent out an alert late Wednesday morning stating a pipe containing coolant had burst, leaking coolant onto food that was being prepared for school lunches. Full Story »

The safe originally belonged to Marysville's first mayor, but now it sits in a museum, with curious onlookers wondering what, if anything, is inside. Full Story »

Officers from as far away as New York, Chicago and Boston along with over 1,000 Canadian Mounties arrived at the memorial service for Sgt. Mark Renninger and Officers Ronald Owens, Tina Griswold, and Greg Richards. Full Story »

On Tuesday, the attorney general's office released documents in which the woman - whose identity wasn't released - said Minnis had harassed her for more than a year while he was director of the agency that trains and certifies police officers. Full Story »

Police say they've noticed a recent uptick in the number of pot busts involving growers who have received state permission to cultivate a small amount of marijuana for medical use but whose true intention is to grow much more than the law allows. Full Story »

With temperatures falling into the 20s and the teens, frozen pipes are bursting in buildings from Salem to Vancouver. Full Story »

A man was found dead outside a mobile home park in Northeast Portland Tuesday and police are calling his death suspicious. Full Story »

Police said a technically savvy thief has been at work at the 7-Eleven on East Fourth Plain Boulevard and 57th by stealing people’s credit card numbers with a device called a skimmer. Full Story »

It has been a two-year saga for the Halvorson family. When Vernonia flooded in 2007 the Halvorsons’ home was ground zero, and the National Guard had to rescue the family. Now they wait for a contractor to finish a repair project so they can turn the heat back on. Full Story »

Lincoln High School's head boys' basketball coach, who was found guilty of drunken driving, was sentenced to 36 months probation and five days in jail on Tuesday. Full Story »

Abortion opponents failed to inject tougher restrictions into sweeping Senate health care legislation Tuesday, and Democratic leaders labored to make sure fallout from the controversy wouldn't hinder the drive to pass President Barack Obama's top domestic priority. Full Story »

The Wenatchee World reports William J. McMaster also was charged with sexual misconduct and patronizing a prostitute. He was sentenced Dec. 1 in county district court to a day in jail with credit for time served. Full Story »

More than 200 neglected dogs will arrive at the Oregon Humane Society in the next couple of days to spare them from the arctic chill and other dangerous conditions. Full Story »

An Oregon City man says drivers trying to get into a gated community behind his property are being led astray by GPS devices from one popular brand in particular: Garmin. Full Story »