Portland OR

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — A car smashed through the side of a tea shop in Clackamas over the weekend. The shop, Cup of Tea off Sunnyside Road, told KOIN 6 that the store was empty at the time of the crash and no one was injured. According to the...

The failure of Walt Bowen’s Block 216 office, hotel and condo building in Portland’s West End is reverberating through the real estate industry, court records show. Ready Capital, the lender that foreclosed on Block 216, knew the 35-story tower was in financial trouble but didn’t tell shareholders in Broadmark Realty...

PORTLAND, Ore. — A fire at a city-operated outdoor shelter in North Portland left one person dead Monday evening, according to Portland Fire & Rescue. Shortly before 6 p.m., dispatch notified fire crews of a potential fire at the shelter site, with reports of a single pod on fire.

The Portland Housing Bureau and Mayor Keith Wilson last week launched a new “home sharing” program that offers Portland homeowners a $1,000 check if they rent out a spare room. To receive the city check, homeowners must rent the spare room through one of two home-sharing platforms, PadSplit...

Mayor Bud Clark rode his bike down to Union Station one August morning in 1985 to greet Portland’s new face. On the front page of the next day’s Oregonian, he stands in a boxcar alongside sculptor Raymond Kaskey, addressing an eager press corps as a giant copper face you may or may not recognize looks on.

There is something about being an 80s kid that never quite leaves you. Maybe it is the sound of a tape rewinding. Maybe it is the way a Friday night once felt like an event instead of just another evening on the couch. Back then, you did not scroll. You drove. You walked through automatic […]

An investigation into a suspicious death in Clark County has led to a Woodland man being arrested after investigators found signs of foul play in his home after a search warrant was served on

A hotel on the downtown Portland waterfront that tumbled into financial tumult has sold for $30.1 million, less than half its prior sale price. The Portland Marriott Downtown Waterfront sold last month to New York City-based Sculptor Capital Management and Los Angeles-based Tamarack Capital Partners. Representatives...

Portland is right to test home sharing as part of its housing response, (“Portland will pay onetime grants of $1,000 to homeowners who rent out rooms,” Feb. 24). Activating spare bedrooms can create housing options quickly without waiting years for financing, permitting and construction. At the same time,...

Kevin West was sentenced to 25 years in prison for the 2024 killing of his wife