What does our city need? And how can BikePortland help?
When I started documenting Portland’s bike scene in April 2005, my main goal was to provide a window into an amazing community. I was new to town and was deeply inspired and excited by what I saw on the streets — and I figured other people would be too. I wanted everyone on the Internet to get a taste for the creative and vibrant culture...
Vancouver Club King Eyes Pearl Riverfront Relic For Late-Night Revival
A long-quiet corner of Portland's Pearl District might be gearing up for last call instead of last rites. A Vancouver business owner is eyeing the old Mounted Patrol building at the Centennial Mills complex for a restaurant and nightclub, a fresh twist in a redevelopment saga that has dragged on for years along the Willamette River.
The Case of the Missing Homeless Medicaid Co.
Oregon — Versa Force LLC, the Washington company that enticed homeless people to move into a Portland house, free of charge, and required Oregon residents to fraudulently enroll in Washington’s Medicaid program for nightly Zoom counseling sessions with a nurse practitioner in Texas, is not where it says it is. It’s not in the Vancouver strip mall its website claims is its place of business...
1 arrested, 1 seriously hurt after shooting in Old Town
PORTLAND Ore. (KPTV) - A man has been charged with attempted murder after Portland Police say he shot a person in Old Town early Sunday morning. PPB says the shooting happened just after midnight on Sunday, April 26, near NW 6th Ave and NW Flanders St. The suspect, identified by...
Portland park vandalized, bronze statues stolen
Bronze animal statues were stolen from a North Portland park, and other parts of the playground were vandalized.
On-site child care center for OHSU families slated to shut down this summer
PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — A Portland child care facility for families of health care workers is set to close this summer. KinderCare Learning Companies’ Healthy Starts Learning Center at Oregon Health and Science University will shutter in June, OHSU confirmed to KOIN 6 on Monday. KinderCare spokesperson Colleen Moran said the company has failed to find a “sustainable path forward” after 16 years of operating...
Portland Public Schools presenting $50 million in budget cuts, including staff reductions
PORTLAND, Ore. (KATU) — The Portland Public Schools superintendent will present her recommended budget for the upcoming fiscal year. The proposal includes reducing hundreds of staff positions to close a $50 million budget shortfall. The PPS Special Board meeting starts at 6 p.m. at the district's headquarters on North...
Men who targeted ATMs in Oregon and Washington in multi-state robbery ring get prison
A man who conspired to rob ATM machines in Washington is heading to prison.
‘It’s the whole city’: River Pig Saloon owner addresses security concerns
Not long after a woman was stabbed while visiting Portland's River Pig Saloon with her friends, three other people were injured after a shooting occurred outside the bar early Monday.
Portland police bust 11 in Jantzen Beach retail theft crackdown
A Portland police crackdown on retail theft Thursday led to 11 arrests, $1,000 in recovered stolen merchandise and a firearms arrest at Jantzen Beach Center, police said. Kenneth Jackson, 47, was charged with being a felon in possession of a firearm, a news release said. He was also wanted for rape and other crimes, police said. Police arrested others on outstanding warrants and suspicion...
