Portland OR

12/30 6:19 a.m. A wallet and dashcam were reported stolen from a car that was broken into near the 19100 block of Willamette Drive. 12/30 10:28 a.m. A man was seen nodding off in a vehicle near Deana Drive and Bennington Court. 12/30 7:31 p.m. The violation of a restraining...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KATU) — Police released the name of a man who died last Friday when he crashed with an e-scooter while riding a mini-motorcycle in Southeast Portland. The crash was reported shortly before 5 p.m. along Southeast 122nd Avenue near the Tibbetts Street intersection. Crash investigators say Stephen...

GRESHAM Ore. (KPTV) - Two suspects in the shooting death of a 13-year-old boy appeared in court on Tuesday, where new details regarding the circumstances behind the incident were revealed. At Tuesday’s bail hearing, the state asked the judge to order Xavier Hirsch and Anthony Hunter Jr. to be kept...

City officials on Monday announced the opening of the latest overnight-only shelter in what has been a year long effort by Portland Mayor Keith Wilson to add 1,500 beds to the city’s system. The new 140-bed shelter is called SE Grand Recovery and is operated by Transition Projects, one...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — Residents of Portland’s temporary alternative shelters face a big decision in the coming weeks. Around 80 to 90 people could be asked to leave the city’s temporary alternative shelters in February if they do not engage with supportive resources, according to a memo Portland Mayor Keith Wilson...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — Snow levels are on the move as colder temperatures push snow elevations to some of the lowest levels seen so far this winter. Snow is not expected across the Portland/Vancouver area this week, but knowing your elevation during the winter months is a must. Oregon and Washington’s microclimates...

A rush of bond-funded affordable housing construction in the past decade has aimed to house low-income and homeless Portlanders. But compressing rents between regulated and market apartments, paired with administrative stumbles and rising evictions, has left a significant share of those publicly subsidized units...

When Portland police officials announced last month that former Chief Chuck Lovell was leaving the city for another law enforcement job, they declined to name the public entity. On Monday, the Port of Portland confirmed that 52-year-old Lovell became a captain with the agency on Dec. 30. Lovell, who became...

Subscribe to OPB’s First Look to receive Northwest news in your inbox six days a week. Four Oregonians died in a helicopter crash in Arizona late last week. We start today’s newsletter with new details about the people killed and what caused the crash. Also this morning, heavy...

A man was shot in North Portland Monday night, and no suspect has been found, officials said.