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For more than 50 years, the Portland-based non-profit Transition Projects has been present on our local streets to help those experiencing homelessness transition successfully into housing.

Periods of prolonged extreme heat are getting more common in Portland as climate change continues to warm the planet, according to a new analysis. Why it matters: Streaks of hot days — as much of the U.S. has experienced this summer — are particularly hazardous to human health.

PORTLAND, Ore. (KATU) — Portland General Electric is asking state regulators for a roughly 2% rate hike starting next year. It says it would help it avoid even larger hikes further in the future. Late last month, PGE started the process of changing rates for electricity by filing the...

A home in Gresham was damaged by an early morning fire on Tuesday. A look back at Apple co-founder Steve Jobs’ time at Reed College. In this segment, we look back at Apple co-founder Steve Jobs and his brief time in Oregon. Two men sought after salmon theft at...

Pressed shoulder-to-shoulder in the Moda Center stands, attendees felt a familiar energy Saturday: cheers, applause, arms lifted high, just like at any sold-out concert in Portland’s largest arena. But this show didn’t promote a star-studded musician or new album. The headliner was Jesus Christ. PDX Crusade, a...

I guess you could say Portland and Seattle are doing a “bang up” job of making their downtowns safe…lots of bangs if you’re foolish enough to go there. This past weekend, two people shot in Portland’s Old Town-Chinatown, a man and a woman. They’ll survive, we’re told. In Seattle a few days earlier, a man in a...

T.J. Maxx isn't the only discount retailer opening new stores this month. Marshalls, a sister store of T.J. Maxx, has already opened one new store this month and has plans to open five more, according to its website. Both Marshalls and T.J. Maxx are owned by TJX Companies, which also owns brands such as HomeGoods,...

A 35-year-old man accused of starting several fires in Portland last month told police he set the fires to “close a portal and protect people,” according to court documents. Aubrey Edwards faces more than a dozen felony counts of arson and three misdemeanor counts of reckless burning. Police...

Two people who hit and killed in separate crashes in Portland Sunday night. Both victims were walking and were hit by car users. According to the Portland Police Bureau, the collisions happened less than one and-a-half hours of each other. Those are just two of the serious crashes in the past three days involving car...

Portland Mayor Keith Wilson’s plan to end unsheltered homelessness includes funding day centers in each of the city’s four voting districts as a companion to the 12 to 15 overnight-only shelters he’d also like to open. The idea is to offer people staying in nighttime shelters a chance to spend the day in a safe space...