Portland OR

The original MAX rail cars are retiring — just short of their 40th birthday — and TriMet is throwing them a Portland goodbye party on Saturday. Known as MAX Type 1s, the boxy rail cars debuted in September 1986, when TriMet opened its first light-rail line, a 15-mile project from Gresham to downtown Portland that cost $214 million.

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — A brazen porch pirate in Happy Valley is accused of stealing youth softball jerseys, leaving the coaches out nearly $400. The Turner family says the alleged thief, caught on Ring security video, was bold enough to take the package from their front porch in broad daylight. In the video sent to […]

People gathered to remember a missing Longview woman less than a week after her remains were found.

A Southeast Portland metal finishing company has agreed to stop using a chemical solvent after the Oregon Department of Environmental Quality determined it exceeded Cleaner Air Oregon health risk levels and posed a potential health risk to the nearby community. Electro-Chem Metal Finishing, located in Portland’s Brooklyn neighborhood, has used...

A large callout of law enforcement officers – in this case officers from the Multnomah County Sheriff’s Office Transit Police division – swarmed the intersection of S.E. 30th Avenue and Schiller Street on Monday, March 9th, at 5:21 p.m. The Transit Police officers were examining a Dodge...

PORTLAND, Ore. — Officials with the state of Oregon are looking to limit access to Sauvie Island this summer, citing concerns about safety. But some businesses on the island are pushing back on the proposal, saying it's a threat to their survival. Less than 30 minutes outside of Portland,...

A 20-year-old man was hospitalized with injuries, according to the Vancouver Police Department.

Almost two weeks after abruptly discharging nearly 50 patients from a women’s inpatient substance use treatment center in Northeast Portland, Volunteers of America Oregon (VOA) announced it will permanently close the site and lay off all staff, effectively immediately. Staff were laid off Thursday, April 16. VOA Oregon did...

The Portland City Council on Wednesday evening voted to approve an ordinance that will allocate $55.9 million to the Portland Housing Bureau‘s budget for the 2025-2026 fiscal year. Unbudgeted bureau funds total more than $106 million. Appropriations will be made to three Portland Housing Bureau funds: $40.4 million to...

After nine years of service, one of the Tigard Police Department’s beloved K-9s died April 7. Rico celebrated his 10th birthday this year and was set to retire from police work in July. He came to the Tigard Police Department in April 2017 as a 15-month-old puppy. He had...