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Music

Kendrick Lamar uses Arkansas couple's eBay listing as cover art

Local News

Vernonia man wins elk calling world title after going pro

Tony Gilbertson of Vernonia took home the top prize in the elk calling competition, making it his first professional title.
Weird

Portland cat wins national Wackiest Cat Name contest

In the spirit of "keeping Portland weird," a cat in the Rose City won a national 2024 Wacky Pet Name contest.
History

32 years ago: When Mt. Trashmore 'blew up' in an April Fools' Day prank

April 1, 1992: a day that will live in infamy. Or at least it was for anyone who lived and worked near Mount Trashmore at the time.
Local News

Teen angler reels in the luckiest of catches

In the vast inland ocean that is Lake of the Woods, 14-year-old Connor Halsa somehow hooked a wallet full of money lost by an Iowa farmer a year earlier.
Local News

Plato, a robot serving dinner to diners at an Estacada business, is not replacing any humans

An Estacada restaurant owner wants to set the record straight about her new helper named "Plato."
Local News

Rare, smelly corpse flower blooms at WSU Vancouver

The corpse flower, named Titan VanCoug, will soon bloom for the third time. The first bloom came in 2019 after laying dormant for 17 years.
Local News

Corpse flower is expected to bloom soon at WSU Vancouver

The corpse flower, named Titan VanCoug, will soon bloom for the third time. The first one came in 2019 after laying dormant for 17 years.
Sunrise

Oscar Mayer Wienermobile stops by KGW

The Oscar Mayer Wienermobile is making its way across the Pacific Northwest and stopped by KGW. Drew Carney had the chance to look inside and talk with the crew.
Blazers

Portlanders react to Blazers' new 'hipster' Bigfoot mascot

'Douglas Fur' will be joining current mascot, Blaze the Trail Cat, to help cheer on the Blazers going forward.
Local News

Free Baby? On Dec. 1, 1949, Fred Meyer had a strange giveaway for a store opening

On December 1, 1949 Fred Meyer promoted the grand opening of a new shopping center in Portland’s Hollywood District with a contest to give away a baby.
Life

Free baby? 73 years ago Fred Meyer had a strange giveaway for a store opening

On December 1, 1949 Fred Meyer had one of their most wacky promotions. “FREE BABY,” was published in an advertisement in The Oregon Journal newspaper.