Metro and volunteers will honor veterans over Memorial Day weekend at some of its pioneer cemeteries. Staff and volunteers, including students from Central Catholic High School, as well as members of the Sons of the Union Veterans, will be on hand at the Grand Army of the Republic Cemetery, SW Boones Ferry Road & SW Palatine Hill Road; Lone Fir Pioneer Cemetery at SE 26th and SE Stark St.; Multnomah Park Cemetery located at SE 82nd and SE Holgate, Portland.

Recovering from incidents in which Metro sold graves that belonged to the living and disturbed graves occupied by the dead, the regional government's cemeteries program is in the midst of an overhaul of policies in the sensitive domain of cemetery management.

The Oregon House General Government and Consumer Protection Committee voted unanimously Friday to send the bill to the full house for a vote – after making some changes to the timelines in the bill.

Other legislation supported by Metro includes bills that allow for background checks of zoo employees and a memorial for the late Steve Apotheker.

A statement from the district attorney's office said there was no evidence of criminal intent on the part of the employee. An administrative investigation is ongoing by the Oregon Mortuary and Cemetery Board.

Online tickets have sold out, but tickets remain available at the gate for the popular Halloween event.

KGW's Grant McOmie joined the Friends of Lone Fir Cemetery and Metro to showcase this culture and habitat-rich oasis in the heart of Portland.

The spirits at Lone Fir Pioneer Cemetery are loose, but you can catch them during a series of tours this Halloween.

Bit by bit, local officials have been piecing together a mystery at Lone Fir Cemetery. Now, their challenge is to piece together resources for a proper memorial.

Metro's Lone Fir Pioneer Cemetery was named National Geographic's No. 9 must-see cemetery in the world for its historic past, eerie tributes and forested canopy.

The cemetery joins the ranks of graveyards in France, Argentina and Romania in the list of most legendary and scary.