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RFK and Ethel Kennedy visit Portland | KGW Vault

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Portland's short-lived former WNBA team, the Fire | KGW Vault

In the early 2000s, the Portland Fire gave the city its first WNBA team. Despite a lot of excitement locally, the team only lasted three seasons.
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Remembering D-Day and KGW veteran Jack Capell | KGW Vault

Today marks the 80th anniversary of D-Day, the allied invasion of Normandy during World War II. We look at two great Oregonians who were there that day.
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44th anniversary of the Mount St. Helens eruption | KGW Vault

Boyd Levet was reporting for KGW on the day of the eruption. He recalls being on the mountain as "the bulge" grew prior to the May 18 blast.
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Police descend on Portland State University students protesting Vietnam War | KGW Vault

In May 1970, PSU students were gathered in the Park Blocks when riot police pushed in, leading to a violent clash. The event redoubled protest efforts.
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The overcoat in which former Portland Mayor Bud Clark exposed himself to art | Digging for Old

Bud Clark perhaps best personifies Portland's "weird" pedigree. Now his famous coat will play a key role in remembering that legacy.
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A dogged tradition at Timberline Lodge | KGW Vault

After a fire at the Timberline Lodge this week, we're looking back at some reporting from the 1980s on the lodge's perennial mascot.
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Coretta Scott King talks about the fight for civil rights in Portland | KGW Vault

In 1961, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and his wife, Coretta Scott King, were in Portland. They delivered speeches and talks about their cause.
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44 years since the 'Miracle on Ice' | KGW Vault

On Feb. 22, 1980, the underdog U.S. Olympic hockey team beat the reigning Soviet Union team in an upset at Lake Placid. It's sill an iconic moment in sports history.
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Covering the wreck of the New Carissa on the Oregon Coast | KGW Vault

In February 1999, a bulk freighter called the New Carissa ran aground near Coos Bay, eventually spilling fuel. Cleanup was an ordeal that took years.
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When the US Navy used napalm to torch a cargo ship beached off the Oregon Coast | KGW Vault

We here in Oregon have a proud history of finding things washed up on the beach and trying (mostly failing) to blow them up. Such was the case with the New Carissa.
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Before the beaver, Oregon tried out its own Groundhog Day | KGW Vault

These days, Stumptown Fil does weather prognosticating for the Oregon Zoo. But back in '79, it was a groundhog named Chuck who provided that valuable service.