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View MoreSurviving family member asks for compassion after Forest Grove mass killing
Alexis Kimsey, who lost her grandmother, mother and sibling in the Washington County quintuple homicide, publicly asked for compassion toward suspect Benjamin Parker's family as investigators detailed the premeditated killings at a Tuesday press conference in Hillsboro.
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View MorePhone ping, Flock cameras tracked Forest Grove killing suspect
Washington County detectives used a cellphone ping and Enumclaw's Flock license-plate cameras to track quintuple homicide suspect Benjamin C. Parker to a Washington state city 190 miles away, where he was found dead from a suspected suicide. The sheriff's office has now identified all five victims, including three generations of one family.
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View MoreSuspect in quintuple homicide near Forest Grove found dead in Washington
The suspect in the Aug. 22 quintuple homicide near Forest Grove, 36-year-old Benjamin Charles Parker, was found dead in Enumclaw, Washington, in an apparent suicide, the Washington County Sheriff's Office announced Sunday. Hillsboro police assisted in the investigation through the county's Major Crimes Team.
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View MoreBeaverton nurse murder trial delayed to 2027 in Hillsboro court
The Washington County murder trial of Bryce Schubert, accused of kidnapping and killing Beaverton nurse Melissa Jubane in 2024, has been postponed for at least the third time to Sept. 7, 2027, after his new high-profile defense attorneys cited a scheduling conflict in another county.
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View MoreOregon measles cases hit 35-year high; HSD families face Sept. 8 vaccine deadline
Oregon's measles case count has hit a 35-year high with the virus detected in Washington County wastewater, and Hillsboro School District families have less than four weeks to meet the state's two-dose MMR requirement before the Sept. 8 first day of school.
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View MoreAurora man convicted in Christmas Eve gold heist at Hillsboro museum
A Washington County jury found Vincent Charles Roberts II guilty on four counts for using a sledgehammer to steal more than $50,000 in gold from the Rice Northwest Museum of Rocks & Minerals on Christmas Eve 2023; sentencing is set for Aug. 26.
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View MoreFather pleads for help finding missing Hillsboro teen
Hillsboro Police and the Washington County Sheriff's Office are searching for 16-year-old Keyana Allison, missing since Aug. 7 from Hampshire Downs Apartments, after she left a birthday card expressing depression and self-harm thoughts; her father is asking residents to check security footage and call with tips.
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View MoreWildfire smoke forecast to return to Hillsboro Thursday evening
A second round of wildfire smoke is forecast to reach Hillsboro by Thursday evening, Aug. 13, bringing moderate-to-unhealthy air quality before clearing Friday afternoon — less severe and shorter than the early August event that pushed local AQI to 163.
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View MoreHillsboro landfill fire, 25-acre brush blaze contained
The garbage fire at WM Hillsboro Landfill and the 25-acre brush fire it sparked on Aug. 8 were both contained Saturday evening with no homes damaged; the cause remains under investigation.
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View MoreLandfill fire sparks 25-acre brush blaze, injures Hillsboro firefighter
A garbage fire at the WM Hillsboro Landfill on SE Minter Bridge Road sent embers into a neighboring field Saturday afternoon, igniting a 25-acre brush fire that forced two home evacuations and injured one Hillsboro firefighter. A fire investigator is working to determine the cause.
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View MoreTree-killing beetle likely detected at Hillsboro's Jackson Bottom Wetlands
The emerald ash borer has likely reached Hillsboro's Jackson Bottom Wetlands Preserve, with official confirmation pending from the Oregon Department of Forestry, as the invasive beetle spreads to multiple new Washington County sites including Beaverton and the Banks-Vernonia State Trail.
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View MoreHillsboro cooling centers open as heat, smoke leave 22,500 homes without AC
With heat and wildfire smoke creating dangerous conditions in Hillsboro, Washington County officials point to cooling centers, free transit rides and long-term AC assistance programs for the more than 22,500 county homes without air conditioning.
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