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Multnomah County health officials issued a mandatory wood burning ban Tuesday due to unhealthy air quality conditions.

PORTLAND Ore. (KPTV) - For Portland firefighter Venedo Alcazar, the timing couldn’t have lined up better. In December 2024, FOX 12 shared Alcazar’s story: a longtime firefighter living with stage five chronic kidney disease, searching for a transplant. At the time, his kidney function had dropped to just 15%.

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) – Weeks after a man was hit by a car in the Woodlawn neighborhood, Portland police announced Tuesday that he died of his injuries. The crash on Dec. 3 in the area of NE Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard and Bryant Street took place around 6:30 p.m. Police said the driver had been traveling...

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A Portland man faces multiple felony charges for allegedly shooting his girlfriend at a Beaverton hotel earlier this month. Robert Halvorsen Walsh, 44, was indicted by a Washington County grand jury Tuesday, Jan. 13, on charges of attempted murder, first-degree assault, second-degree assault and unlawful use of a...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KATU) — Portland Police have arrested a woman on attempted murder and unlawful use of a weapon charges following a SERT operation Tuesday night. PPB spokesman Mike Benner says Katelyn Spacal was arrested in connection to a November stabbing in downtown Portland. According to PPB, a male...

The lawsuit alleged the dad urged the 12-year-old girls to drink smoothies that had been made with Temazepam.

An electric bike store in Northeast Portland has closed without notice, and customers say they’ve been left in a lurch. Pedego Electric Bikes on Northeast Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd is empty as of this morning. The shop’s phone leads to a voicemail box that’s full and no longer receiving messages, the listing on...

Portland and Vancouver police arrested a 12-year-old boy and a 15-year-old boy Wednesday in connection with the death of Santi Ram Rai, a convenience store clerk killed in Southeast Portland on Dec. 9. Police arrested the 12-year-old on suspicion of first degree murder and the 15-year-old on suspicion of murder...

A car smashed into a hair salon in Northeast Portland Tuesday, leaving employees dazed and the owner concerned for her financial future. Dramatic video captured by a bystander shows an SUV-type vehicle careening down Northeast Glisan Street in broad daylight, leaving the road and smashing into what looks like a brick...