Get ready: Portland’s citywide e-bike rebate program launches April 6th
It’s finally here. Three years after we first reported on it and just months after what program officials deemed a successful pilot, the Portland Rides, PCEF E-Bike Rebate Program is set for its full launch two weeks from today. The program website went live today with information about how...
Evergreen school board authorizes superintendent to make $14M in budget cuts
The Evergreen Public School Board is proposing over $14 million in budget cuts due to enrollment decline, inflation, and inadequate state funding, which could result in staff and program reductions.
Adventist Health sues Mall 205 over sewage spills
Leaders of Adventist Health are suing the owners of Mall 205 over repeated flows of sewage they say have fouled the air at their Portland hospital, deterring patients and sending employees home sick. The lawsuit accuses the owner of Mall 205, Rhino Investments Marketplace 205, on multiple occasions of allowing...
Portland police seize firearms during street takeovers across multiple neighborhoods
Portland Police Bureau seized firearms and ammunition after reports of multiple planned street takeovers in the city early Monday. Illegal street takeovers were reportedly planned in the areas of Northeast 15th Avenue and Airport Way, and at Northeast 13th Avenue and Multnomah Street, according to police. While...
It Took More Than Five Years to Rename Southwest Portland’s Custer Park to ‘Scht...
Two weeks ago, Portland Parks & Recreation announced the new name it had come up with for the 6.3-acre Southwest Portland park previously known as Custer Park. ‘Scht Wiwnu, pronounced “ish-chit way-el-noo,” means “path of the huckleberry” in Ichishkin Sńwit, a language spoken by Native tribes in the Columbia River...
Missing Oregon BeavertonTeen May Be in Danger
BEAVERTON, OR – The Oregon Department of Human Services is asking for the public’s help in locating a missing 15-year-old who disappeared earlier this month and may be in danger. Brandy Allison Bird, who also goes by Brandy Bird and Sky Flores, was reported missing March 13 from...
Firing handgun, standoff, leads to arrest
At approximately 2:24 a.m. March 21 Newport Police Department officers and Lincoln County Sheriffs Office deputies responded to 1000 SE Bay Boulevard to the report of an intoxicated male firing a handgun inside of his room. The male, later identified as 44-year-old Johnson Rin, of Portland, had allegedly made threats...
Hotel evacuated as crews battle two-alarm fire on Hayden Island
PORTLAND, Ore. (KPTV) - A hotel on Hayden Island was evacuated Tuesday afternoon as crews battled a two-alarm fire. Portland Fire & Rescue (PF&R) crews responded to the Holiday Inn at 909 North Hayden Island Drive on the report of a fire. Portland Fire says the call came in around...
PPB arrests 5 suspects, including ‘broker’, linked to copper theft operation
PORTLAND Ore. (KPTV) - Portland Police say they have arrested five suspects linked to a major copper wire theft operation, including a “broker” who helped recycle the stolen metal for profit. Police say the investigation began in May 2025 due to a sharp increase in communication lines being...
Police seek suspects after Oregon City store robbed of carts full of merchandise
OREGON CITY Ore. (KPTV) - Police are asking for the public’s help in identifying three suspects they say stole nearly $2,000 worth of merchandise from the Coastal Farm & Ranch store in Oregon City. According to the Oregon City Police Department, the theft occurred on the night of Monday,...

















