Portland OR

12/12 4:56 p.m. An accident was reported near the 5500 block of Suncreek Drive. No one was injured. 12/14 12:23 a.m. An accident was reported near Laurel Street and Pacific Highway. An injury was reported, as well as possible entrapment. THEFT. 12/13 8:07 a.m. Theft of an undisclosed nature was...

PORTLAND, Ore. — A man was indicted on 43 counts of burglary, theft and other charges for stealing bicycles and other things around the Portland metro area – the latest person caught by Multnomah County's newly-launched Burglary Task Force. The Multnomah County District Attorney’s Office announced the indictment...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KATU) — Portland Police say a man involved in a shooting on November 1, 2025, has died. Officials say that 56-year-old Kevin Cooper died Friday, December 12, of complications from injuries suffered in the shooting. On November 1, 2025, at 12:30 a.m., officers from east precinct responded...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KATU) — High winds are expected to sweep across Oregon from south moving north through the day on Christmas Eve, brining with them the likelihood of downed trees and power outages. With Christmas Eve being a peak travel day, state officials are asking motorists to anticipate the...

A woman was arrested for stealing Christmas packages from six homes in Gresham, Oregon, after a police officer noticed her carrying several packages and Ring Camera footage showed her stealing from porches.

Portland’s city council staffers have unionized, one year after a major overhaul to the city’s system of government. Workers say they hope the union drive will lead to stronger workplace protections for staff stretched thin under the new system. “We want to set the new government up for...

The Columbian, Vancouver, Wash. Dec. 19 — A Vancouver tax preparer was sentenced Friday to 18 months in federal prison for filing thousands of fraudulent tax returns that caused millions of dollars in losses to the U.S. Treasury. Keith Altamirano, 52, was sentenced in U.S. District Court in Tacoma...

Here’s a tasty New Year’s resolution for you: Eat more chicken. Or rather, as Chick-fil-A would less eloquently put it, “eat mor chikin.” The Georgia-based fast food chain has been working to grow its Oregon footprint since earlier this year, when the company announced plans to open six new restaurants across the...

A man died Monday night after being hit by a car in Aloha, officials said.

Outside of the St. Paul Lutheran Church in downtown Vancouver on the longest night of the year, David Slocum stood under a pop-up tent and read the names of 42 people who had experienced extended periods of homelessness in the county and who died in 2025. The names of two longtime homeless advocates who died this...