Portland OR

PORTLAND Ore. (KPTV) - In response to the recent interruption in SNAP benefits, Burgerville is offering support to families in need this week, from Nov. 3 through Nov. 9. The Pacific Northwest burger chain will offer a free kids cheeseburger basket to children from families currently receiving SNAP benefits. On...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KPTV) - A 33-year-old man convicted of filming himself driving recklessly in North Portland is back in Multnomah County Jail. Oscar Burell Jr. was arrested on Monday and is set to appear before a judge Tuesday after being accused of violating the terms of his probation. The arrest comes less than two...

Portland residents are voting on Measure 26-260, a 5-year levy to help maintain parks and pay for repairs, with results expected to be announced Tuesday night.

HAPPY VALLEY Ore. (KPTV) - The Oregon Department of Human Services (ODHS) is seeking the public’s help in finding a 16-year-old who went missing from Happy Valley on Halloween. ODHS says Payton White, who is in foster care, is believed to be in danger. She is described as being...

Todd Snider, the ‘90s singer-songwriter born in Portland and raised in Beaverton, “sustained severe injuries” as a result of a “violent assault” and has canceled his “High, Lonesome and Then Some” tour, including his planned Nov. 11 stop at Revolution Hall. Snider was...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KPTV) - A 51-year-old man has been arrested for starting a fire at Portland city councilor’s home in the Mill Park neighborhood last month, according to police. Vashon M. Locust is facing charges of reckless burning and two counts of second-degree criminal mischief. Police say Locust was...

“Like a lot of small businesses, we’ve been struggling to make ends meet as operating costs continue to rise,” Lollipop Shoppe said.

PORTLAND, Ore. — Portland police are seeking three men suspected in a liquor store theft that turned violent, leaving the 73-year-old store owner in critical condition with a traumatic brain injury. The incident occurred around 6:30 p.m. on Oct. 31 at Powell Liquor Store, 5120 Southeast Powell Blvd., according...

The top official charged with guiding the city of Portland’s response to its housing crunch is on paid administrative leave. Helmi Hisserich was hired in February 2024 to much fanfare as the bureau’s first permanent leader in more than a year after the prior director, Shannon Callahan, resigned in 2022.

Detectives and East Metro SWAT arrested a 27-year-old man Tuesday in relation to a mid-October shooting in Gresham, authorities said.