Number of vacant affordable housing units in Portland reaches 10-year high, study shows
PORTLAND Ore. (KPTV) - A brand new permanent affordable housing complex opened up on Tuesday in downtown Portland—the Julia West, a 12-story building with 89 units. The developers say their goal is to help elderly homeless people get into a safe and stable living situation with on-site case managers and other...
PPS board unanimously votes to buy property for Center for Black Student Excellence
The Portland Public Schools board unanimously voted to approve the purchase of a property to establish the Center for Black Student Excellence, which will provide culturally responsive support and career pathways for Black students.
Portland’s Housing Authority Sits On 955 Empty Apartments
Home Forward, the city of Portland’s housing authority, is sitting on 956 empty affordable apartment units, according to a Nov. 7 vacancy report the agency provided to WW last month. Home Forward has 6,847 affordable units across the Portland area. That means 1 in every 7 units sits empty....
Large fentanyl ‘bricks’ found in Gresham apartment
Two men, Carlos Montoya Giron and Jocsan Soto Montoya, have been charged with conspiracy to distribute and possess 400 grams or more of a fentanyl mixture after investigators found hundreds of grams of the drug in a Gresham apartment. A third person, a 16-year-old, was also found inside the apartment and told police...
Bullets strike multiple homes in late-night Southeast Portland drive-by
PORTLAND, Ore. (KATU) — The Portland Police Bureau is investigating a drive-by shooting in Southeast Portland late Tuesday night. According to police, the shooting happened on Southeast 88th Avenue south of Holgate Boulevard. Amanda Hernandez said the shooting happened at around 11 p.m. when her family was in the...
The Mayor’s big homeless shelter fail
Judging by the unrelentingly liberal words of the Daily Dead Fishwrapper, Oregon Live, lots of folks want to pat Portland Mayor Keith Wilson on the back and tell him “attaboy”. Not me. Wilson ran on the promise of clearing drug addicted, dangerous and mentally ill homeless off the...
MetroPaint in Portland closing with sale through New Year’s Eve
PORTLAND, Ore. (KPTV) - MetroPaint is closing its doors and holding a sale through the end of the month. The location at 4825 North Basin Avenue in Portland will have storewide sales on quarts, single gallon and five gallon cans of paint through New Year’s Eve. The location opened in the 1990s and is known for...
Portland Public Schools Board approves purchase of property for long-delayed Center for Black Student...
PORTLAND, Ore. — The Portland Public Schools Board of Education voted to approve the purchase of a property for the long-awaited Center for Black Student Excellence. It's been over five years since voters approved a $60 million bond to fund the center, with a recent report suggesting it will be even longer before it...
Police arrest 19-year-old suspect in connection to street takeover, hit-and-run in NE Portland
Portland Police have arrested a 19-year-old who allegedly hurt two people within three days while driving recklessly in late November.
ICE will have to pay a fee to operate its Portland detention center under...
PORTLAND, Ore. — The Portland City Council voted 9-2 on Wednesday to start charging detention centers a fee to counteract the "unique costs" they may pose to the city. Although the new policy doesn't specifically name the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) facility in South Portland, Councilor Angelito...
