Portland Clinics Turn Cold Shoulder To New Medicare Patients
A new secret‑shopper study says Portland’s primary care clinics are far less likely than those in other major U.S. cities to take on new Medicare patients. Researchers found that only about one in three Portland clinics were willing to add a Medicare patient, and even when clinics said yes, the median wait to see a...
Flooding closes multiple roads in western Washington County
After a day of heavy rain, western Washington County is experiencing multiple road closures due to flooding as of Thursday, March 12, according to the county’s road closure and traffic advisory site. In Gaston, both Bates Road between Old Highway 47 and Patton Valley Road and Gaston Road between...
Vancouver, WA Homeless Camps Spark Concern After Viral Video
A video has shown a part of Vancouver, Washington that no one wants to see, no matter what walk of life you travel.
Heavy rain triggers landslide, power outages and flood warnings across Portland area
PORTLAND Ore. (KPTV) - Heavy rain across the Portland metro area caused a series of incidents Thursday, including a mudslide, a downed power line and flooding concerns near Johnson Creek. SW Portland landslide. The Indian Hills Apartment Complex in Southwest Portland’s Markham neighborhood was evacuated as a...
McMenamins reveals a new hotel in big bet on downtown Portland
McMenamins is ready to talk about its new downtown Portland hotel. The eclectic Northwest hospitality chain said Thursday it will repurpose the former Taft Home low-income residences into a new hotel. Taft Home had closed in 2021 after state officials ordered its operators to undertake a set of fixes, according to...
Teenagers ran fentanyl ring out of suburban Portland home, federal agents allege
Federal agents investigating a suspected fentanyl distribution network in Portland were surprised when they tracked down the alleged local leaders: two teenagers working out of a Tualatin home. Armed with a search warrant, Drug Enforcement Administration agents raided the home in mid-October 2024. The federal agents...
GPS-Cutting Vancouver Fugitive Nabbed In Clackamas County
Todd R. Hubbard, the Vancouver fugitive who slipped his GPS ankle monitor and skipped a court date, is back in custody after being arrested Wednesday in Clackamas County, according to authorities. The Clackamas County Sheriff’s Office and the U.S. Marshals Service Pacific Northwest Violent Offender Task Force teamed...
A prized Portland park gets a new name
A Southwest Portland park that once bore the name of a U.S. military officer who massacred Indigenous people will be renamed ‘Scht Wiwnu Park (pronounced Ish-chit Way-el-noo), Portland officials announced this week. They also released a recording of the name pronounced by Native speaker Dallas Winishut, a teacher of...
Landslide prompts evacuation of Southwest Portland building
Portland Fire and Rescue is responding to a landslide in southwest Portland. The fire department said a portion of the landslide is blocking the driveway entrance to a building. One building is being evacuated preventatively, the fire department said. Emergency response maps suggest it is an apartment building on...
At least 1 dead, more than 87,000 without power as atmospheric river blasts Northwest
A powerful atmospheric river is intensifying across the Northwest and is expected to bring more heavy rain and potentially flash flooding, as well as feet of mountain snow to Washington, Oregon, Idaho and Montana.
