Portland OR

Plans for a high-speed rail line that connects Seattle to Portland and Vancouver, B.C., are slowly moving forward — although it will likely be decades before anyone can board one of the trains. Why it matters: The Cascadia region is expected to gain at least 3 million residents by...

Williams is executive director of Family Forward Oregon. She lives in Portland. We know what happens when child care collapses – because we’ve lived it. In 2020, businesses across Portland were scrambling. Not just because of supply chain disruptions or shutdowns caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, but because of a...

A Clackamas County grand jury has delivered a verdict on the May 16, 2025, shooting involving an Oregon City police officer, ruling the officer's use of deadly force as justified. In a situation that escalated tragically, Officer Sydney Oden faced an armed man, Scott Alan Farmer, who opened fire before turning the...

PORTLAND Ore. (KPTV) - Friday was the end of an odd three-day period of cooler temperatures and random aggressive drizzle. Portland even picked up 0.01″ of measurable rain in the morning! Afternoon highs were in the low 70s for most with some partial clearing in the evening. High pressure...

Warmer weather is moving into the Portland area for the next several days. Saturday is starting off mostly cloudy but will clear to sunny later in the day, according to the National Weather Service. The high will be about 78 degrees. Sunday will bring more sunny skies and a high...

A heavy police presence swarmed the area near Chapman Elementary School in Northwest Portland Sunday night after shooting suspects ditched a car and ran off into the neighborhood.

The Willamette Week article “Kotek Says Preschool for All Tax Imperiling Oregon Tax Base” [wweek.com, June 18] presents a flawed narrative about the Preschool for All program and its funding. Governor Kotek’s claims of declining high-income tax filers are contradicted by independent data: the number of households in...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KATU) — As temperatures are expected to soar into the 90s this weekend, the Community for Positive Aging, in collaboration with Multnomah County and other organizations, is taking proactive steps to support vulnerable populations. On Saturday, June 28, 2025, they distributed cooling kits as part of a...

A man was shot in the jaw in a Northeast Portland Plaid Pantry parking lot early Saturday, one in a series of shootings in the city in a short time span.

Portland City Council’s 12-0 vote last week reversing an earlier decision to reject Portland Children’s Levy grant recommendations may have felt mortifying to the seven councilors who swallowed their pride and changed their vote. But their willingness to put the public good over personal pride is what should...