Portland OR

An Olympic-sized ice rink and a public library branch once occupied the interior of the mall at 12000 SE 82nd Avenue in Happy Valley. Both are gone. Clackamas Town Center opened on March 6, 1981, with five department-store anchors and amenities no straightforward retail center would have needed. Its 1.4...

In Oregon, comfort food isn’t just a craving; it’s an experience worth planning a trip around. Beyond Portland, diners flock to spots where mac and cheese bubbles perfectly, meatloaf melts in your mouth, and fries taste like they were made just for you. These restaurants combine nostalgia, hearty...

VANCOUVER, Wash. (KATU) — Firefighters issued a shelter-in-place advisory late Friday night for residents around Northeast 107th Avenue after a pickup truck carrying hazardous materials crashed on Padden Parkway. The crash happened at about 9 p.m. near Northeast Padden Parkway and 107th Avenue. Firefighters said a driver of a...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KATU) — A person is dead after a vehicle crashed into the Multnomah Athletic Club and caught fire early Saturday, Portland fire and police officials said. Portland Fire & Rescue crews responded around 2:49 a.m. May 2 to reports that a vehicle had crashed through the club’s front entrance. After firefighters extinguished the blaze, crews found one person dead inside the vehicle.

The Portland Department of Transportation will begin repaving seven blocks of NW 23rd Avenue from NW Northrup to Vaughn streets on May 4th, with construction taking place Monday through Thursday from 6 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.

The Oregon Historical Society has built up an endowment of nearly $19 million and has reserves to cover well more than a year and half of the levy proceeds, the editorial board writes. In this time of belt-tightening for families and government, voters should reject Measure 26-261.

VANCOUVER, Wash. — A Vancouver man received a harrowing call from his teenage daughter Thursday, saying she’d been taken and was in trouble. But it wasn’t real. AI scammers cloned her voice to try and extort him. Experts say calls like this are getting more and more...

A 4-year-old girl saved her grandmother's life after she suffered a medical emergency, officials said.

UTILITY bills will soon get more expensive for homeowners thanks to the addition of a transportation surcharge. The newly adopted fee is set to take effect in January as lawmakers scramble for a way to bolster their coffers. The new surcharge will soon hit residents of Portland, Oregon after it...

The Portland City Council passed a measure to fund road repairs, requiring homeowners to pay an additional $12 per month starting in January 2027, while multifamily Portlanders and businesses will pay lower rates based on their utility bills.