Portland OR

PORTLAND, Ore. — Portland City Council voted Wednesday to approve reforms to the Arts Tax, hiking rates for most residents while exempting those with lower income. The annual tax will increase from $35 to $50 for single filers, and to $100 for joint filers. Portland residents earning less than $20,000 individually, or

The distance between Portland and Southern Oregon stretches across forests, mountain passes, farmland, and vastly different communities, yet the financial pressure weighing on residents in both regions is beginning to sound remarkably familiar. In Oregon’s largest city and throughout its smaller southern communities, t

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — Warmer temperatures return to western Oregon and southwest Washington on Wednesday while storms build out east. Decreasing clouds and abundant sunshine will help warm Portland area temperatures into the upper 70s and low 80s Wednesday afternoon. These warming temperatures come with an increase i

PORTLAND, Ore .(KOIN) — A e-bike rider has died after a crash involving another vehicle in Northeast Portland Tuesday evening. Just after 6:30 p.m., officers responded to reports of the crash at Northeast Halsey Street and 111th Avenue. Officials said paramedics arriving at the scene took the bike rider to a hospital,

Eddie Bynum Jr., who raps professionally as Mikey Vegaz, is a very busy man. He just released a new track called Rose City Goats with Damion Lillard and Cool Nutz. In addition, just opened a new restaurant called “The EAST by Trap Kitchen in the Central Eastside. He’s also...

BAKER CITY — A Gresham man was cited and released following multiple fish and game violations. Oregon State Police report that on May 24th at approximately 9:36 p.m., OSP Fish and Wildlife personnel conducted an angler check on Brownlee Reservoir and Snake River Road. OSP stated, “Multiple angling violations...

A Portland man arrested without probable cause while riding his bike is now suing the city and two police officers for violating his civil rights. Justin Knapp, now 30, spent half a year in jail before the charges were dismissed in September 2024. A judge deemed the arresting officer’s testimony unreliable.

One passenger was killed and two more were injured in a three-vehicle collision Saturday at Coles Corner west of Leavenworth. The Washington State Patrol says a 2025 Honda CR-V driven by Yogesh Aggarwal, 42, of Beaverton, Oregon, was traveling eastbound on Highway 2 when Aggarwal attempted to turn onto Highway 207, and

HMH, a publisher and education technology company, sold the seven-story Everett Building for 77 percent less than its value in its previous sale on April 13.

PORTLAND, Ore. - Six people face federal charges for their roles in a drug trafficking operation that moved methamphetamine and cocaine between California, Portland and Central Oregon. Rafael Mora Contreras, 45, of Forest Grove; Cristina Echeverria, 42, of Forest Grove; Nathalie Claire Buchanan, 28, of Bend; Charles Ot