PORTLAND, Ore. ( KOIN ) — Jacob Dean Smart, the Astoria man captured in Port of Kalama on Feb. 27 following an alleged multi-day crime spree that spanned five different counties across Oregon, Washington and Idaho, was arraigned in Cowlitz County Superior Court on Tuesday. Cowlitz County Prosecuting Attorney Ryan Jurvakainen told KOIN 6 News that Smart could be charged […]
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The City of St. Helens is working to reignite industry in the properties vacated when Cascades Tissue Group ceased operations last year. At a recent St. Helens City Council meeting on Feb. 21, Ron Houghtelling and Craig Allen discussed the possibility of “restarting” and “restructuring” the paper mill. Former employees of the Cascades mill attended
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With the expiration date for Columbia County’s jail levy looming in the distance, voters will decide on passing a new, higher tax to fund its operations. The new levy will be on Columbia County ballots this May, and will ask voters to raise property taxes 29 cents per $1,000 assessed property value — to 87
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LONGVIEW Wash. (KPTV) – A 16-year-old boy is being charged as an adult after a stabbing in Longview, the Longview Police Department announced Friday. Johnson Mailos of Longview is facing charges of first-degree attempted murder after another 16-year-old was stabbed during a fight near Elks Memorial Park at Lake Sacajawea. On Feb. 21 shortly after
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The passage of the bill all but ends a key liberal policy Private security guard in Portland Michael Bock joined Americas Newsroom to discuss how the drug crisis has ravaged the citys communities. Oregon lawmakers have voted to recriminalize certain drugs after a surge in overdose deaths resulted in the governor declaring a state of emergency
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Lawyers who sunk Elon Musk’s big pay package are now asking for nearly $6 billion worth of Tesla stock. Musk doesn’t seem happy. Lawyers for a Tesla shareholder successfully argued in a Delaware court that Elon Musk doesn’t deserve a $55-billion compensation package for his work at the EV company. Instead, some of that compensation package should go to
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The case has been dismissed against a teen migrant from Guatemala almost a year after he was arrested following the death of a Florida police officer, according to Jose Baez, the teen’s lawyer. Virgilio Aguilar Mendez, a 19-year-old migrant, was arrested in May 2023 after Sgt. Michael Kunovich, an officer with the St. Johns County Sheriff’s
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The City of St. Helens named St. Helens Associate Planner and Community Development Project Manager Jenny Dimsho employee of the year. “I’m incredibly honored to have been selected,” Dimsho said. “To the management staff who nominated me and to the reviewers who selected me, it is incredibly rewarding to be appreciated for the work I
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When the largest wildfire in Texas history made its way to the town of Pampas earlier in the week, 15-year-old Nathan Slater told ABC News that he immediately knew where he had to be. Just minutes after his mother, Christie, picked him up from school Monday after classes were postponed due to the fires, he told
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Gov. Ron DeSantis reacts to news: ‘Florida is where DEI goes to die’ The Kings Firm founder Jillian Anderson discusses a survey that found 70% of Americans don’t know the basics of government on ‘Fox News @ Night.’ The University of Florida is firing all employees in Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) positions and administrative
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