A new video obtained by KOIN 6 shows the moment police escorted off-duty Alaska Airlines pilot Joseph Emerson off a plane Sunday night after landing at PDX.

Oregon weather ‘preparation stuff is common sense’

Oregon weather 'preparation stuff is common sense'

Benton County Sheriff Jef Van Arsdall and Shirley Blake with Benton County Sheriff’s Office Search & Rescue speak about the rescue of a missing 77-year-old mushroom forager on Thanksgiving Day.

A man accused of dealing fentanyl-laced pills that caused the fatal overdose of a 15-year-old girl in September has been arrested, the Portland Police Bureau announced Friday.

The National Weather Service has issued a flood watch through Tuesday afternoon for the majority of Northwest Oregon – namely the Oregon Coast, Willamette Valley, and Cascade Foothills.

As Portland nears record-breaking traffic deaths, transportation commissioner Mingus Mapps says mitigating loss of life is his agency’s “job one.”

Local artist raising money for families in need

When the snow blows in, the excitement begins. Friday marked the first major snow storm of the year, with over a foot at Mount Hood Meadows since Thursday.

3 things: What the Ducks need to do to beat the Huskies

As Portland nears record-breaking traffic deaths, transportation commissioner Mingus Mapps says mitigating loss of life is his agency’s “job one.”

When it comes to political pioneers in Oregon, Avel Gordly is one of the top names on the list. A Portland native, Gordly became the first African-American woman elected to the Oregon state Senate in 1996, serving until 2009. Before that, she spent five years in the Oregon House of Representatives. Now, there's another institution that bears her name, based in her childhood family home in North Portland. The Gordly-Burch Center for Black Leadership and Civic Engagement will work to get more African-Americans involved in politics in Oregon, including training people to run for office, or to be active on civic organizations including boards and commissions. Sen. Gordly stopped by Eye on Northwest Politics to discuss why Black political representation is important in Oregon, her proudest accomplishments while in the Senate and what she hopes the Gordly-Burch Center will accomplish once it is up and running.

Lakeitha Elliott is executive director of the Gordly-Burch Center for Black Leadership and Civic Engagement. She's been a policy advisor for now Multnomah County chair Jessica Vega Pederson, a former party chair for Multnomah County Democrats, worked as community engagement director at the Oregon legislature and recently worked on the campaign of state representative Janelle Bynum, who's now running for congress. Elliott stopped by Eye on Northwest Politics to discuss her vision for the Gordly-Burch Center, the classes they'll teach and what is still needed to get it up and running. Additionally, she tells of her own involvement in political campaigns and where her interest in politics and civic engagement originated.