Portland OR

Members of AFSCME Local 189 who work in the City of Portland Auditor’s Office ratified a new collective bargaining agreement March 16 — after 11 months of bargaining. The contract covers 30 auditors and administrative support staff. They conduct performance audits of city services, manage the city’s Fraud Hotline,...

CLACKAMAS, Oregon — The Clackamas County Sheriff’s Office is investigating a reported shooting on Saturday night near the Clackamas Town Center transit center. The sheriff's office says the MAX Green Line platform is currently closed as deputies investigate. "At this time, no injuries have been reported, and there...

The Merchant Bank Building in downtown Portland just changed hands for $1.2 million, public records show, a price that reads like a clearance tag for a late 19th century structure sitting in the city core. The deal undercuts both the building's recent asking price and what it fetched the last time it sold in 2019.

Portland’s newest Rose Festival Court has been selected, with 15 high school students set to represent the region as ambassadors during one of the city’s signature events. These Portland teens excel in leadership and scholarship achievements, school activities, civic involvement, volunteer service and more. Chosen...

On March 20, 2026, Made in Old Town quietly pulled the plug on its ambitious plan to turn a cluster of historic Old Town buildings into a footwear and apparel manufacturing campus. The nonprofit had already snapped up multiple brick buildings with a multi-million-dollar loan from Prosper Portland, and its oversized...

PORTLAND, Ore. — A new homeless shelter in Portland’s Pearl District is at the center of a $6 million lawsuit against the city, filed by the owners of a neighboring apartment complex that is also asking for the shelter to permanently close if they continue to lose rent.

Portland’s Bull Run filtration project was supposed to come with its own independent fiscal watchdog. Instead, the oversight promise quietly disappeared while the price tag ballooned from hundreds of millions into the multibillion-dollar range. Permitting fights and schedule slips have piled hundreds of millions onto...

A small chain of Portland-area Hawaiian restaurants is closing its cafe in the suburbs. Once a bustling food cart in downtown Portland, 808 Grinds quadrupled its presence over the past decade and a half. Though the original cart is no longer operating, the brand has served authentic Hawaiian fare out of three...

To combat Portland's gloomy skies and dark winter mornings (the kind where the alarm goes off before the sun is out), coffee shops popped up throughout the city. A hot cup of coffee is not just a luxury here in winter, but a necessity. No coincidence, then, that Portland is considered the coffee capital of the U.S....

Police say they are searching for a missing 14-year-old boy who left his home overnight Thursday in Northeast Portland. Carson Koehler has not been heard from since leaving his residence, and family and friends have been unable to reach him, prompting concern for his well-being, according to the Gresham Police...