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This video from Vancouver, WA is hard to watch. Entire sidewalks filled with tents—what do you think can be done?

A federal jury on Monday found that Hugo Gomez-Soto sold fentanyl to a Southwest Portland man in late December 2023 that caused his sudden death. The 12-member jury deliberated for about 90 minutes before returning the verdict after a six-day trial before U.S. District Judge Amy Baggio. Gomez-Soto, 51, of...

PORTLAND, Ore. — A much-anticipated report on Multnomah County's Preschool for All program is advising county leaders of what they should do in the near-term to keep it on firm financial footing. PFA offers free preschool to 3- and 4-year-olds in Multnomah County regardless of a family's economic status....

PORTLAND, Ore. (KATU) — Police have arrested a 20-year-old man in connection to a carjacking in North Portland. Police say it happened on Friday near North Portsmouth Avenue. Police say they saw Damaree Baxter driving recklessly and at some point, going faster than 115 mph. Baxter eventually got out...

Educators in the Oregon City School District turned out in force at Monday’s school board meeting — demanding better pay and safer classroom.

In early March, a Bridgetown Bites tipster told me that there was going to be a new restaurant in the space that was recently home to Phaya Thai Express—and that it was going to be a “Thai fine dining” concept. Then late last month I learned the new restaurant’s name: Hua Hin. I reached out to the owner, Ize Piyanut (Sampaotong), to learn...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KPTV) - Centennial Middle School has been identified as a measles exposure site, according to the Oregon Health Authority. The OHA said people may have been exposed if they were at the middle school, located at 17650 Southeast Brooklyn Street, on these dates and times:. Between 9:20 a.m....

PORTLAND, Ore. (KATU) — Portland’s new city administrator, Raymond Lee, recently finished his third full month on the job. He leads the city’s day-to-day operations as the top unelected leader in Portland. He sat down for a wide-ranging discussion with KATU earlier this month, where he said...

K9 Griff, a six-year-old German Shepherd/Belgian Malinois mix, and his partner, Corporal Sam Terry, located and apprehended wanted suspect Rafael Ortiz after he fled from authorities and hid in blackberry bushes.

On Jan. 1, a new law went into effect in Oregon that was supposed to make it easier for authorities to force someone with acute mental illness into treatment against their will. It remains to be seen whether this is actually having any effect; lawmakers are set in a few...