The Latest Breaking News from KOIN

Oregon student remains stuck in South Korea over mental health episode that caused damage worth $170; he is out of prison but country bans his exit

A 20-year-old engineering student from Portland, Oregon, remained stuck in South Korea months after he was arrested during what his family described as a mental health crisis. Although a South Korean court acquitted him after finding that he lacked criminal responsibility, a prosecutor's appeal and an exit restriction have prevented…

The Times of India · Sep 21

Oregon town is so broke that it shut down all of its parks to save a buck

The city of Independence said it will enforce the closures and is not liable for anyone who enters the parks

The Independent UK · Aug 26

Argentine fugitive wanted for strangling his model girlfriend in Mexico in 2023 arrested in Oregon

‘For us, this is like Christmas,’ said sister of the victim Agostina Jalabert

The Independent UK · Jul 24

Mystery over Arctic fox found in Oregon starts to unfold

An Arctic fox was discovered roaming the streets of Portland, Oregon, and left the community baffled as to how it could have gotten there.

USA Today Sports Media Group · Oct 17, 2024

Award winning TV chef who helped put Oregon on the culinary map drowns in freak tubing accident

The sheriff’s office said it is still working to recover the chef’s body

The Independent UK · Jul 16, 2024

Canned food is raining down from a Portland 23-story highrise...and nobody knows who is behind it

For nearly six weeks tin cans have been thrown from a high rise, but pinning down the culprit is proving to be a very hard task

The Independent UK · May 17, 2024

Wayne Havrelly, KOIN Portland Anchor, Has Retired

His career saw him in Orlando, in Seattle, and onstage

Broadcasting & Cable · Aug 28, 2023

Jesse Calhoun identified as person of interest in suspicious deaths of four women in Portland

Police have not charged Oregon man with any crimes

The Independent UK · Jul 19, 2023

DB Cooper hijacking mystery: Amateur investigator plans to sue FBI in quest to secure DNA evidence

Eric Ulis says examining tie may give ‘us the ability to take DB Cooper’s DNA and sort of reverse engineer this and identify his family, nephews, nieces’

The Independent UK · Mar 8, 2023

Serial 'jogger rapist' to be released from Oregon prison

An Oregon man known as the “jogger rapist” is set to be released from prison in mid-December after serving nearly 36 years behind bars, almost all of his sentence

The Independent UK · Oct 8, 2022