Portland OR

Here are some of the stories we’re looking at in our AM-edition of ARC PDX. The Centennial Mills water tower is now gone after fire devastated the building weeks ago. Crews detonated the structure yesterday, sending it into the building below, but the danger isn't over in the pearl district.

By the time long-distance hiker Derek Hu reached Washington’s Stevens Pass on the Pacific Crest Trail, the engineer from Taiwan had crossed 2,467 miles of mountains, snowfields, forests, and deserts, starting at the border with Mexico. Smoke from the rapidly growing Little Giant Fire, just northeast of Stevens Pass,...

PORTLAND Ore. (KPTV) - A man is dead and another is hurt after being hit by a freight train in North Portland on Monday night. Portland Police responded to reports of two men who were hit by a BNSF train just before 9 p.m. at N Willamette Blvd near the St. John’s Water Tower.

CLARK COUNTY, Wash. (KOIN) — Two recent Battle Ground High School graduates — both standout athletes with promising futures ahead of them — are now at the center of a tragedy that left one dead and the other facing a felony manslaughter charge after a summer party took a deadly turn. New court documents reveal […]

Amtrak has extended its suspension of service between Seattle and Portland to August 19.

If education is indeed the great vehicle of social and economic mobility, then higher education is no longer delivering the promise of the “American dream.” In fact, this “dream” has become a fiscal nightmare. Colleges and universities saw 9,000 job cuts and buyouts in 2025, and several college closures, mergers, and l

A planned explosion rocked Northwest Portland on Monday as contractors began demolishing the burned-out Centennial Mills building in the Pearl District. The massive explosion could be heard across much of the city two weeks after fire tore through the century-old abandoned flour mill. The blast brought the water tower

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — A propane tank leak briefly prompted a shelter-in-place alert for residents in Hillsboro on Sunday night before firefighters quickly got the situation under control, authorities said. At about 8:30 p.m., the Hillsboro Fire and Rescue said they responded to a report of a strong gas odor near the

The city of Troutdale is seeking input on a proposed pedestrian bridge that will get folks across Southwest 257th Avenue more safely. The roadway is a busy five-lane freight route with heavy truck traffic, which often makes the intersection at the Historic Columbia River Highway uncomfortable and challenging for people

Oregon Health & Science University’s former health system chief executive is suing the university for $15.5 million, alleging OHSU fired him after he raised concerns about patient safety, discrimination and the use of public money. Tarek Salaway, who was ousted from his $1.4 million-a-year job in April after less...