Portland OR

A retail theft mission conducted by Tigard police resulted in nine arrests last week. Officers carried out the assignment on February 5, collaborating with loss prevention specialists at a Tigard Fred Meyer. The nine people were arrested for a variety of offenses. The arrests included 13 warrants. “By doing this...

Four days a week, you can visit Lloyd Center mall and witness Portland’s most romantic display on ice. Tuesday through Friday, just before noon, Jerry and Tally Leonard arrive at the rink. Jerry, 75, walks up to the skate counter, where the manager hands him an old Sony boombox...

Walking through the doors of this Tigard favorite feels a little like stepping onto a colorful telenovela set, just without the slow motion gasps and dramatic plot twists. The room buzzes with conversation, plates clatter past stacked high with tacos, and the scent of fresh tortillas and sweet bread wraps around you...

PORTLAND, Oregon — Visitors from Canada hoping to showcase their gear at this weekend's Pacific Northwest Sportsmen’s Show are left without their goods — and their ride home — after a late-night theft. According to Jeff Leung of the Westcoast Fishing Tackle Team, while the group...

I’ve wandered through my fair share of supposedly haunted spots in Oregon, but one moss-covered ruin in Forest Park genuinely caught me off guard. Tucked along the Lower Macleay Trail, this crumbling stone structure looks like something pulled from a dark fairytale. It isn’t a real castle, and no...

PORTLAND, Ore. — Roger Tofte, visionary creator of the Enchanted Forest theme park in Oregon, has died at the age of 96, the park announced Friday. He passed away peacefully with family by his side. In a social media post, Enchanted Forest said that Tofte leaves behind his loving...

One of the Floyd County Sheriff’s Office’s 10 Most Wanted is now in custody. The Floyd County Sheriff’s Office Warrant Division recently identified an address related to Reginald Watkins, also known as Autumn Sky, in Portland, Oregon, and swiftly shared it with the United States Marshals Service. The US Marshals were...

Detectives with Vancouver's Digital Exploitation Crimes Unit hit a Camas apartment with a search warrant on Saturday and arrested a Vancouver man who was booked into the Clark County Jail on multiple felony counts tied to images of minors. Authorities say the case started with a tip that steered detectives to the...

There are some places that fade quietly into history. And then there are places that refuse to die because too many people still remember exactly how they sounded. I was born in 1981, which means I just missed the full force of Organ Grinder Restaurant. By the time I was old enough to form real […]

Portland Public Schools bet big on a new, centralized way to raise money. So far, the math is ugly. The district’s shift to a single, districtwide fundraising model has lined up with a steep drop in private donations, leaving principals and parent volunteers scrambling to plug gaps. The Fund for Portland Public...