Portland OR

Portland’s RJ Skillets is the sort of place you hear about from a friend of a friend, and then suddenly everyone you know is lining up on Alberta Street for a taste. Locals rave about the freshly made Oaxacan‑inspired dishes, slow‑cooked meats, and big, flavor‑packed plates you’d expect at a beloved Mexican brunch...

Portland Public Schools could close five to 10 of its 74 elementary, K–8, middle, and alternative schools by the start of the 2027–28 academic year, Superintendent Dr. Kimberlee Armstrong said at a Tuesday morning press conference. In an early timeline presented to the Portland School Board, the district...

A Portland Public Schools Board member accepted a nearly six-figure severance to resign from her day job with the city of Portland, records show. Michelle DePass, who worked in city government for more than a decade, received just over $91,000 and six months of health insurance in exchange for stepping down from her...

VANCOUVER, Wash. (KATU) — Evergreen Public Schools is now saying major budget cuts are coming, as the district faces a significant drop in enrollment. District leaders say they have about 5,000 fewer students compared to 2017, which means roughly $55 million less in state funding each year. Officials also...

There was a note of hope when a builder applied last spring to construct some 150 apartments at Southeast 14th Avenue and Burnside Street. The city had previously issued a building permit for the Buckman site, but the developer abandoned that plan because of high construction, borrowing and permitting costs.

We’ve been saying this a lot lately and we’ll say it again: we’re coffee purists. By which we mean that we purely love delicious, quality coffee as it is delivered in all forms. We accept all coffee beverages with an open hand—no brews refused! A filter coffee, an espresso, an espresso macchiato, a mocha moment, an...

Portland's Waterfront Blues Festival was ranked by USA Today readers as one of the best in the United States . USA Today asked a group of industry experts to nominate their favorite festivals across eight categories before readers voted on the final rankings to determine the best in the United States. Categories for...

Atomix, the Korean fine-dining restaurant in New York that landed the top spot on the inaugural North America’s 50 Best list last year, is coming to Portland for three floors of collaborative dinners at Kann, celebrity chef Gregory Gourdet’s wood-fired Haitian restaurant. The main event — an April...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — A logger was rescued by the Oregon National Guard on Monday after being struck by a tree in the Mount Hood National Forest. Crews responded to a remote area off Forest Road 4610 around 11:15 a.m. and found that the logger had broken their leg after being pinned by the falling […]

A Beaverton man who fatally shot his wife at close range while in a surreal state of intoxication was sentenced to 20 years in prison Tuesday. Talon G. Mitchell pleaded guilty to first-degree manslaughter for shooting his wife, Mona Chopheng, as part of a deal with Washington County prosecutors. Mitchell,...