The good news: no one died in these fires. Learn what caused these conflagrations, so you don’t make the same mistakes …

Discover the simple steps that cops and volunteers are telling shoppers both to protect their newly-purchased gifts – and their vehicles. It’s good advice, year around …

Discover why even holidays are “just another day on duty” for many Portland Police Bureau officers …

Here’s another reason vehicle drives should pull over and park if they simply must read and type text messages or operate their cell phone. It could have been worse …

UPDATED: Discover the cause of this fire! Is the firebug who torched The Dougy Center at it again? Find out what officials say, and learn about the latest fire that destroyed a local retail business …

UPDATED: You’ve seen a firestorm of media coverage about the blaze that leveled nearly half of the Marysville School – but did you know about the beautiful new 3.35-acre park Marysville School Community Park, that opened just weeks before? See exclusive photos of the playground – and the disastrous fire that followed – right here …

Find out why dozens of demonstrators lined SE Foster Road a couple of days ago …

It’s not clear why a man allegedly killed his children’s mom and his little boy; but you can learn more about this tragic situation in this story …

Find out why no one has yet been charged, after a tragic accident that witnesses say took place in a well-marked, but poorly lit, crosswalk just south of the Freddie’s parking lot …

Learn what two mistakes almost cost the lives of two house-sitters, when an early morning blaze erupted …

Police – and female clerks at motels and stores – are breathing easier, now that the man they accuse of threatening to slash workers if they didn’t hand over cash has been arrested …

It looks like the driver in this story is one of those who didn’t get the message to drive sober – or take a cab. Look at the aftermath of this tipsy drive …