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PORTLAND Ore. (KPTV) - The Portland City Council will consider a measure this week designed to block secret negotiations with data center developers, amid growing regional concern over the industry’s massive consumption of electricity and water. Under a resolution scheduled for a vote Wednesday, the council urges the c

SALEM, Ore. (KPTV) — State forestry officials are warning the public about an invasive wood-boring insect that threatens fruit trees and timber across Oregon. The velvet longhorned beetle, scientifically known as Trichoferus campestris, is native to Asia and Russia. It was first spotted in eastern Oregon’s Umatilla Cou

PORTLAND Ore. (KPTV) - An industrial semi-truck rolled over Monday on the Marine Drive ramp to northbound Interstate 5, scattering scrap metal across the lanes and leaking fuel, according to Portland Fire & Rescue. Fire crews responded to the crash, where the driver was able to get out of the...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) – Even as thousands of Portland-area drivers are bracing for the first Monday morning commute since I-5’s temporary closure began, residents say they’re already seeing the effects on local streets. The Oregon Department of Transportation (ODOT) completely closed SB I-5 between I-405 and I-84 on Fr

BEAVERTON, Ore. (KATU) — A crash had Scholls Ferry Road closed late Sunday night, and Beaverton Police officers are investigating what led up to the crash. Beaverton Police officers were called out to the crash scene at Scholls Ferry Road near Southwest Loon Drive before 11 p.m. Sunday. There...

A Portland man is set to be sentenced on Monday after pleading no contest to manslaughter and abuse of a corpse in the killing of his fiancée, Jeannie Enyeart.

Central Precinct officers and other first responders were called to S.E. Nehalem Street near 16th Avenue in Sellwood, at 7 a.m. on Saturday, August 1, for a reported stabbing. According to Portland Police spokesperson Sgt. Kevin Allen, there they found a man “with some slash wounds, at least one puncture wound, and som

Did you know a local legend said a huge creature ate a building whole? This...

The best fish fries in Oregon are not at fancy restaurants with white tablecloths. They are hidden in converted fishing boats, tiny taverns and unassuming carryout windows where locals line up and chefs know exactly what they are doing. One legendary spot serves its fish from an actual retired boat,...

A trial is set to begin Monday for Christopher Woods, who was accused of robbing and stabbing a 77-year-old man in a Portland grocery store restroom on New Year's Day.