KATU Investigators There's nothing to stop sex offender clinics moving near you (Video)

By Anna Canzano KATU Investigator and KATU.com Staff Published: Jan 14, 2013 at 11:39 PM PDT Last Updated: Jan 14, 2013 at 11:39 PM PDT

While the sex offender treatment program that outraged parents in the Sellwood neighborhood is now gone, the problem isn’t going away.

KATU Investigators Cowlitz tribe leaders respond to accusations

By Dan Tilkin and Kelly Hatmaker, KATU News Published: Jan 10, 2013 at 12:30 PM PDT Last Updated: Jan 14, 2013 at 12:50 PM PDT

A week after KATU News aired a report about ongoing disputes within the Cowlitz Indian Tribe, which is right now working to build a mega-casino on Portland’s doorstep, the tribal chairman is now answering accusations that some of the tribe’s top administrators shouldn’t even be members.

KATU Investigators Questions about heritage of tribal leaders behind mega-casino (Video)

By Dan Tilkin, KATU On Your Side Investigator Published: Jan 3, 2013 at 3:51 PM PDT Last Updated: Jan 3, 2013 at 11:25 PM PDT

Is the Cowlitz Indian Tribe trying to build its multi-million dollar mega-casino in Clark County on land that was never its traditional territory? As a judge considers that question right now in federal court, KATU News has learned some tribal members are challenging their own leaders’ right to run the project.

KATU Investigators Local charter bus company gets shut down for violations (Video)

By Dan Tilkin KATU News and KATU.com Staff Published: Dec 31, 2012 at 10:14 PM PDT Last Updated: Dec 31, 2012 at 10:14 PM PDT

Whether it's putting kids on a charter bus booked for a school field trip or adults bound for a resort, casino or sightseeing, a lot of faith is put in the stranger at the wheel and the strangers who own the company.

KATU Investigators Soldier's suicide leaves family with unanswered questions (Video)

By Anna Canzano KATU News and KATU.com Staff Published: Dec 20, 2012 at 8:05 PM PDT Last Updated: Dec 20, 2012 at 8:05 PM PDT

It's the knock on the door that every military family dreads and it happened a year ago for the family of a Longview soldier. But that was only the beginning of their pain.

KATU Investigators Entrepreneurs looking to cash in on Washington's new pot law (Video)

By Thom Jensen KATU News Published: Dec 7, 2012 at 12:06 AM PDT Last Updated: Dec 7, 2012 at 10:57 AM PDT

The historic haze lingers as people celebrate a landmark marijuana law in Washington. State leaders are now struggling to hammer out regulations, and entrepreneurs are looking for ways to cash in.

KATU Investigators Woman says she might lose her home because of bank error (Video)

By Thom Jensen KATU News and KATU.com Staff Published: Nov 27, 2012 at 10:25 PM PDT Last Updated: Nov 27, 2012 at 10:25 PM PDT

A widowed homeowner says a bank error has sent her into the fight for her life after the bank began foreclosing on her home even though she has a perfect payment record.

KATU Investigators Pastor says he'll consider moving sex offender service away from school (Video)

By Thom Jensen KATU News and KATU.com Staff Published: Nov 20, 2012 at 8:04 PM PDT Last Updated: Nov 20, 2012 at 11:33 PM PDT

James Gleason, lead pastor at Sonrise Church, said he'd consider moving the service after parents of children at the school complained and KATU aired a story about the controversy last week.

KATU Investigators Parents battle church over sex offender meetings near school (Video)

By Thom Jensen KATU News Published: Nov 15, 2012 at 7:47 PM PDT Last Updated: Nov 15, 2012 at 7:50 PM PDT

They say they've run into roadblocks trying to get this sex offender meeting to move. They say they've been trying for at least three years to convince Sonrise Church, where these registered offenders meet, to move the meeting far away from any schools.

KATU Investigators This time it's personal: Protecting my step-father from veterans scam (Video)

By Thom Jensen KATU News Published: Nov 8, 2012 at 6:01 PM PDT Last Updated: Nov 9, 2012 at 12:37 AM PDT

It was supposed to be a routine follow-up to an investigation of a veterans charity scam – but this story has turned personal for KATU On Your Side Investigator Thom Jensen when he realized a member of his own family was at risk.

KATU Investigators Online loan sharks find tribal lands are an easy way to skirt the law (Video)

By Thom Jensen KATU News Published: Nov 1, 2012 at 11:58 AM PDT Last Updated: Nov 2, 2012 at 6:22 PM PDT

Online loan sharks are exploiting a gaping loophole to get their hands on your money - and local lawmakers are fighting back hard.

KATU Investigators Police: Waitress tacked on tips at Tualatin restaurant (Video)

By Dan Tilkin KATU News Published: Nov 1, 2012 at 3:44 PM PDT Last Updated: Nov 1, 2012 at 6:43 PM PDT

The “On Your Side” Investigators expose a local restaurant where the service wasn’t just bad – police say it was criminal.

KATU Investigators Woman accused of giving life support training without proper credentials (Video)

By Dan Tilkin, KATU On Your Side Investigator Published: Oct 29, 2012 at 11:00 PM PDT Last Updated: Oct 29, 2012 at 11:32 PM PDT

An Oregon hospital has to get more than two dozen employees re-trained in advanced cardiac life support after finding out the person who trained the employees lost her certification more than a year ago.

KATU Investigators Keeping kids safe: Do you know who is working at haunted houses? (Video)

By Anna Canzano, On Your Side Investigator Published: Oct 25, 2012 at 12:57 PM PDT Last Updated: Oct 27, 2012 at 8:11 PM PDT

The best haunted houses are supposed to be scary, but as a parent you shouldn’t have to worry about your child’s safety. Consider the case of Joshua Stueckle, a registered sex offender who was arrested for having sex with a teenage girl who police said he met while working at a haunted house.

KATU Investigators After losing her son, mother finds strength fighting child abuse (Photo Gallery) (Video)

By Thom Jensen KATU News Published: Oct 11, 2012 at 11:00 PM PDT Last Updated: Oct 12, 2012 at 12:09 PM PDT

When Angie Foster came home one night in June 2011 and saw police and firefighters at her house, she had no idea they were there because her husband had been abusing her young twins. One of the boys died from his injuries.