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Yahoo
10-04-2025
- Yahoo
‘This isn't something that we prepare for': Community shaken after deaths of mom, 3 kids near Cornelius home
PORTLAND, Ore. () — The Cornelius community is in mourning after disturbing new details have emerged in found near their home on Tuesday. was found along with her 7-year-old son and two daughters, ages 2 and 5. The older two children were students at Cornelius Elementary School, the Forest Grove School District said. On Wednesday, the district announced that all after-school activities were canceled as a result of the deaths. Outdoor gear company reckons with Chinese tariffs In a statement, a spokesperson for the Forest Grove School District said their students 'are going through a lot,' with efforts underway to return them to normal school routines when possible. The district said they were first informed of the 'tragedy' after being contacted by the Washington County Sheriff's Office on Tuesday. While the community grieves, investigators are still hard at work piecing together what happened. KOIN 6 News caught up with Deputy David Huey at the Washington County Sheriff's Office just 24 hours after the bodies were found near the home where neighbors are now dropping off flowers in remembrance of the family that once lived there. While many details are not being released at this time, Deputy Huey said this case will impact everyone in the small communities of Forest Grove and Cornelius. 'It really goes further than that. You know. It impacts all of those. It impacts the school district, the teachers, the families, the friends, all of those who have an interest in knowing these individuals,' he said. 'And it's going to hit the officers too. This isn't something that we prepare for. It's something we know is possible, but there's really no way to prepare for responding to a call like this.' Deputy Huey, who visibly choked back tears on Tuesday during the initial press conference about the incident, said there are peer and counseling support for their colleagues when working on especially tough cases such as this one. Investigators are reiterating no arrests have been made and there is no threat to the public. Alysha Lacey works at the , a local nonprofit organization aimed at helping people have conversations with their loved ones about grief. She said tragedies like this can have a ripple effect on the community. 'The really powerful thing that we see happening at Dougy Center is people just connecting through their grief and really finding that support and connection and eventually, kind of those feelings of hope,' Lacey said. Deputy Huey said the impacts of this story reach far and wide. 'It's impacting a lot of individuals, even family that is outside of this country. Our Investigations Division is really taking this case seriously and spending a lot of resources to make sure that we do it right,' he said. Preschool for All has a preschool problem, audit finds The Forest Grove School District said they've been in touch with families at the school to help them navigate grief and provide resources. 'We have communicated with school families and are providing district grief and mental health care resources for students, staff, and families at the school,' the district said. Anyone with information about the family or the case is encouraged to contact the Washington County Sheriff's Office. Stay with KOIN 6 News for the latest developments in the story. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
Yahoo
10-04-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
Tariff troubles: Outdoor gear company faced with pausing shipments as costs skyrocket
PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) – American-based companies that do business overseas are tracking every tariff development closely. Among these companies is Showers Pass in Portland. The outdoor gear company relies heavily on a specific factory in mainland China. CEO Kyle Ranson said around 80% of their products are made in China and then shipped to the U.S. But since these new tariffs, they have paused those shipments. Ranson said the tariffs have made it too expensive to ship their product into the States. Two children found dead in family home attended Cornelius Elementary School 'So we're in a crazy situation where we have finished product in our factory that our consumers and customers want and need, and we don't dare move it because we don't have the cash flow to pay the tariffs,' he said. Ranson said something that is not being talked about as much is the tariffs that were already in place. When you add the latest ones on top, he said they are looking at closer to a 200% rate. 'A $100 jacket is now $300 just coming into the country,' Ranson said. '$1 million shipment, we would have to find $2 million of free cash flow just to pay the government for the privilege of bringing it into the country. It's impossible.' Making their gear in America would help them avoid the tariffs, but Ranson said they have a highly technical product and making it requires a skillset that does not exist in the U.S. Even if they wanted to change factories, Ranson said it is a process that could take years. Showers Pass does have other factories in Vietnam, Taiwan, and South Korea — all countries that have also seen new tariffs. 'Deeply emotional': Ringside Steakhouse remains closed after kitchen fire George Dolack with Showers Pass said at this rate, what you find in the store could start to change. 'We can really only invest in, you know, the surest buyer thing,' he said. 'So we're looking at a contraction of our product line over the next year so that we can ensure that we can keep those styles in stock. So that's a big challenge to making it really hard for us to grow and expand our line.' With tariffs this steep, Ranson said passing price hikes onto the customers would be unrealistic, but it does make it harder for the business to profit. 'If you're a consumer and you have $100 or $150 to spend on a jacket, and now you're told that same jacket is $450, you're just like, 'I'm not buying the jacket,'' he said. 'It is no longer affordable for our target market, for our consumer.' Ranson said with those halted shipments, business is basically stalled and they do not have many answers for what is next. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
