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Communities Teen chases down a bear: 'It's a (bleeping) bear, you guys!' (Video)

By KATU.com Staff Published: Jun 14, 2013 at 9:42 PM PDT Last Updated: Jun 15, 2013 at 5:39 PM PDT

The video is sideways and shaky but it is 1 minute and 13 seconds of a bear running down a residential street with a teenage girl in hot pursuit – swearing – a lot.

Communities Vancouver man guilty of aggravated murder in 2011 stabbing (Video)

By Laura McVicker, KATU.com Staff and Mary Loos, KATU News Published: Jun 13, 2013 at 2:25 PM PDT Last Updated: Jun 13, 2013 at 4:56 PM PDT

Jurors on Thursday afternoon convicted a Vancouver man of first-degree aggravated murder in the gruesome stabbing of his girlfriend in May 2011.

Communities Trial of Vancouver man accused of stabbing girlfriend 70 times goes to jury

By Mary Loos, KATU News and KATU.com Staff Published: Jun 12, 2013 at 5:26 PM PDT Last Updated: Jun 12, 2013 at 5:38 PM PDT

The case of a Vancouver man who allegedly stabbed his girlfriend more than 70 times and then dumped her body in a ditch in May 2011 went to a jury on Wednesday afternoon.

Communities Watch free flicks and listen to free tunes all summer long

By Shannon L. Cheesman, Multimedia Journalist / Travel & Outdoors Published: Jun 13, 2013 at 6:00 AM PDT Last Updated: Jun 13, 2013 at 6:34 AM PDT

Is your summertime budget tight? Not to worry - there will be plenty of entertainment in the coming months at your local parks.

Communities Vancouver police sued over fatal shooting of Iraq War veteran

By Associated Press Published: Jun 12, 2013 at 6:12 AM PDT Last Updated: Jun 12, 2013 at 6:12 AM PDT

Vancouver, Wash., police are being sued by the parents of an Iraq War veteran killed during a September 2010 encounter with police.

Communities Search continues for naked woman lost in W. Wash. forest

By Associated Press Published: Jun 11, 2013 at 7:10 AM PDT Last Updated: Jun 11, 2013 at 7:10 AM PDT

The search continues Tuesday for a Vancouver woman who hasn't been seen since Sunday when she left on a spiritual quest in a southwest Washington forest wearing no clothes.

Communities Ambulance response time not delayed by construction, official says (Video)

By Joe English and Bob Heye, KATU News Published: Jun 11, 2013 at 12:12 AM PDT Last Updated: Jun 11, 2013 at 4:56 PM PDT

The Wormer family has made the difficult decision to take their 13-month-old girl, Delylah, off life support on Tuesday. She is currently at Randall Children's Hospital.

Communities Naked woman wearing only a fanny pack disappears from camp (Photo Gallery)

By KATU.com Staff Published: Jun 10, 2013 at 6:59 AM PDT Last Updated: Jun 10, 2013 at 9:43 PM PDT

A 19-year-old woman who went on a "spiritual quest" wearing only a fanny pack is now missing and a search and rescue effort is underway to find her.

Communities 'The things that are said to these kids are mean' (Video)

By Anna Canzano KATU News and KATU.com Staff Published: Jun 7, 2013 at 6:49 PM PDT Last Updated: Jun 7, 2013 at 6:51 PM PDT

If you thought being 13 was hard when you were growing up, consider what teenagers face these days. They have around-the-clock connectivity to classmates - a 24-hour potential for friction to flourish.

Communities Police, local bike shop 'sticking' it to thieves (Video)

By Lincoln Graves KATU News and KATU.com Staff Published: Jun 3, 2013 at 9:06 PM PDT Last Updated: Jun 3, 2013 at 9:08 PM PDT

Bike registration is nothing new, but Vancouver police noticed many bike owners weren't doing it and weren't recording the bike's serial number.

Communities Trial: Aggravated murder suspect blames blood-soaked clothes on dead dog (Video)

By Anna Canzano, KATU News and Laura McVicker, KATU.com Staff Published: May 23, 2013 at 6:12 PM PDT Last Updated: May 23, 2013 at 6:21 PM PDT

A Vancouver man is on trial for aggravated murder of his girlfriend, who was found repeatedly stabbed and her body thrown down an embankment in May 2011.

Communities Cop accused of rape has history of run-ins with law, but kept job (Video)

By Dan Tilkin KATU News and KATU.com Staff Published: May 23, 2013 at 6:10 PM PDT Last Updated: May 23, 2013 at 6:10 PM PDT

Officer Chris Warren was fired once but the city of Beaverton gave him his job back. The reason he's kept his job is he has never been convicted of anything.