Crash closes I5 North at Terwilliger curves in SW Portland
PORTLAND Ore. (KPTV) - A crash has all closed Interstate 5 North and one Southbound lane at the Terwilliger curves in southwest Portland on Friday afternoon, according to ODOT. Shortly before 4 p.m., the Oregon Department of Transportation reported that all lanes of I-5 North were closed, along with one...
Federal project in Portland to impact Heron Lakes Golf Club
A major federal project in North Portland has moved into design, and its impacts on the ground are coming into focus — including a potential downsizing of Heron Lakes Golf Club. The construction of new levees on the Columbia Slough will replace railroad trestles and other decades-old makeshift solutions...
TriMet board approves cost-cutting plan that eliminates 2 bus lines, shortens MAX Green Line
PORTLAND, Ore. — TriMet's board of directors voted on Wednesday to approve a painful package of service cuts aimed at resolving the agency's $300 million budget gap. The cuts will take effect Aug. 23 and include eliminating two low-ridership bus lines, altering several other routes and shortening the MAX Green Line to only run between Gateway Transit Center and Clackamas Town Center.
Pedestrian killed in Portland’s Wilkes neighborhood hit-and-run identified
PORTLAND, Ore. (KATU) — Police on Friday identified the pedestrian struck and killed in a hit-and-run crash last week in the Wilkes neighborhood as 63-year-old David W. Meador. The crash happened on Thursday, April 16, at around 11:10 p.m. on Northeast Siskiyou Court near 148th Avenue. Meador died at...
Three guns, drugs seized from car near Gresham elementary school
Deputies seized three guns and multiple drugs near an elementary school in northeast Gresham early Thursday morning, after finding four people under the age of 21 in a car with open containers of alcohol, drugs, and paraphernalia.
FEMA awards nearly $21M for flood mitigation in WA, OR
The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) announced nearly $21 million for long-term flood mitigation work in Washington and Oregon — part of $250 million the agency is distributing nationwide for more than 100 flood-mitigation projects. “These awards are distributed through FEMA’s Flood Mitigation Assistance, which empowers states to take...
Car Fire on I-405 Turned Friday Morning Commute Into a Parking Lot
This morning, Northbound I-405 in Bellevue turned into a five-mile backup with two fire trucks, and a wall of smoke, because of a car in flames.
Top Portland official says he should have disclosed housing funds to council sooner
Deputy City Administrator Donnie Oliveira told the Portland City Council Thursday that he should have informed councilors sooner about the existence of unbudgeted housing funds that he learned of last summer. “There was probably a communication necessary to say, ‘Hey we found something, some discrepancy, we don’t have enough detail...
Portland Cider Co. To Close Its Clackamas Pub
Portland’s largest craft cider producer is set to close the doors to its pub this weekend. On Sunday, April 26, 2026, Portland Cider Co. will serve its last pint and meal at its onsite Pub that’s connected to its production space in Clackamas, Oregon. Portland Cider Co., which recently celebrated its 13th anniversary this month, will continue to produce its cider but will no...
Pomeranian plucked from rocks near Eagle Creek, reunited with owners
ESTACADA, Ore. (KATU) — Clackamas firefighters came to the rescue of a Pomeranian trapped on a rock along the bank of Eagle Creek. A neighbor reported the pup in distress around 3 p.m. Thursday, and the water rescue team snapped into action, deploying a raft to bring the dog back to shore.
