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PORTLAND, Ore. — This story comes from the Portland Business Journal, a KGW News partner. The full story is here. Prosper Portland will consider taking back on Made in Old Town's two buildings after the group defaulted on a $7 million loan earlier this year. A May 13 meeting...

Last August, Rachael Allen threw a 70th birthday party for Allen’s Crosley Lanes, a 42-lane bowling center in Vancouver that her family has owned for nearly four decades. The celebration was bittersweet for her, however, because it took place the day before what would have been her husband Don’s 68th birthday. Don Alle

VANCOUVER, Wash. (KPTV) - A shelter-in-place alert has been lifted for people in a Vancouver neighborhood following the report of a gas leak. Just before 11 a.m., the Clark Regional Emergency Services Agency (CRESA) said there had been a hazardous material release due to a gas leak near 2610 Kauffman Avenue.

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) – A local doctor is facing five years in prison after pleading guilty to a deadly hit and run. Kenneth Kolarsky was driving in Woodburn in late December 2024 when he hit Nicolas Hernandez-Mendoza, 44, at a crosswalk on Pacific Highway north of Williams Avenue. Hernandez-Mendoza...

Just a couple weeks ago, we wrote that ICE had detained Khao Niew Lao food cart owner “Nong” Thavatsay Phimmoungkhoun, known by many as a fixture of the PSU community. And this week, another ICE detention has hit another Portland family and the local food community hard. Torta...

When Portland mother Corshelle Jenkins walked into an Oregon courtroom in 2025 insisting she had been wrongly accused of theft, the response she reportedly received exposed a growing fracture inside Oregon’s justice system. According to statewide and national reporting, Jenkins was informed the state did not have an at

Every spring, something extraordinary happens in Southeast Portland. Quiet woodland paths suddenly burst into color. Massive blooms spill over shaded trails in brilliant shades of pink, purple, crimson, orange, and white. Waterfalls tumble beneath flowering branches while ducks glide across a peaceful lake surrounded b

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Portland could lose more than 950 homeless shelter beds under Mayor Keith Wilson’s proposed budget. The proposal reflects the lagging support for Wilson’s new emergency shelter system from other local governments. It also represents a swift reversal of the plan Wilson hitched his mayoral campaign to. The closures could

A war of words has erupted between the Oregonian's sports columnist and a city councilor over whether Portland should pony up millions in public money to rehab the Moda Center. Why it matters: Depending on who you believe, the City Council is either about to sign a blank check of...