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PORTLAND Ore. (KPTV) - A family is in mourning after a cemetery accidentally sold them a burial plot that belonged to someone else. A memorial site for Tyber Harrison was dug up Monday at Skyline Memorial Gardens, following a legal battle involving the cemetery, Harrison’s family, and a prominent Oregon family who...

PORTLAND, OR – While overall crime is up slight from November, there is positive data regarding shootings in Portland. The city is seeing a sustained drop in gun violence, with new data from the Portland Police Bureau showing shooting incidents have continued to decline through 2025 and are now at their lowest level...

Oscar Ruiz-Santiago, 32, was arrested and charged with second-degree murder, unlawful use of a weapon, felon in possession of a weapon, and a parole violation after police found a dead man with a gunshot wound in the driver's seat of a car on Saturday.

A funeral home in Portland, Oregon double booked a grave site, resulting in the exhumation of a young man's grave, causing his mother to suffer emotional distress, though the court ruled in favor of the first purchaser.

SALEM, Ore. — A joint operation led by the U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives. (ATF), with assistance from the Salem Police Department’s Strategic Investigations Unit and Violent. Crimes Unit, along with other law enforcement partners, has resulted in the arrest of three suspected. gang members...

Oregon loves a good ghost story, and few places deliver like McMenamins Kennedy School in Portland. This former elementary school turned hotel is charming by day, then unsettlingly lively after dark in the most curious ways. If you enjoy history with a side of goosebumps, you are in the right hallway. Step softly,...

PORTLAND, Ore. — A Washington family’s holiday was ruined after discovering that thieves had stolen all their Christmas presents. Simon Nguyen told KATU that his family was in town to celebrate the holiday at the Residence Inn by Marriott in Downtown Portland. But when they woke up on Christmas morning, he said he...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KATU) — Shooting incidents in Portland have been consistently declining since 2022, according to the Portland Police Bureau's (PPB) crime dashboard. In fact, in 2025, Portland has seen its lowest number of shooting incidents since 2019, before the COVID-19 pandemic. PPB has reported 525 shooting...

Chick-fil-A has announced plans to open its first Portland location in nearly two decades at the site of a former strip club in the Mall 205 neighborhood in early 2026.

Country Herald is Local News, Independent Pulse. Covering breaking local news, sports, lifestyle and events. Oregon — Headlights glow dimly through fog this morning as cold air settles into the Willamette Valley. Frost coats windshields, and damp pavement feels slick underfoot. Temperatures hovered near 31 degrees...