Portland OR

Plans are underway to reopen, in one form or another, the Forest Park Drive-In restaurant in the northwest Portland hills, according to city permitting records. The original burger joint was a passion project of the late Benny Pachkofsky, a World War II veteran who grew up in North Portland. But...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — A 68-year-old Dundee man died in a collision while riding an electric bicycle on Sunday night, authorities said. The Newberg-Dundee Police Department said Paul Rusciolelli was riding home to celebrate his birthday with loved ones when he was in a crash involving a truck towing a boat on a traile

Portland's $8.5 billion budget preserves fire, parks and police positions but cuts shelter services and will lay off about 100 workers.

PORTLAND, Ore. (KATU) — Temperatures are heating up at the start of the week, with daily highs in the 90-degree range through Wednesday for much of Northwest Oregon and Southwest Washington. The soaring temps prompted KATU to issue a Storm Tracker 2 Weather Alert, with many people looking for...

PORTLAND, Ore. — Several electric delivery vans caught fire in Southwest Portland early Monday morning, proving challenging for firefighters working to contain the blaze. The fire was reported shortly before 2:30 a.m. by the Rivian Electric Vehicle Service Center along Southwest 1st Avenue, just south of the I-405 over

Portland Public Schools saw its percentage of regular attenders this academic year increase 1.4 percentage points from the previous year. A June 11 presentation to the Portland School Board’s teaching, learning and enrollment committee showed the district had increased regular attendance from 64% to 65.4%. (In Oregon,

Summer in Oregon is unbeatable (try). My “favorite things to do near Portland” post is coming up soon (I’m such a tourist!), but hanging in our backyard with friends and family is certainly one of them. We are hosting so many parties and school events this summer, which brings me 10/10 on the joy scale. Like any projec

PORTLAND, Ore. (KATU) — Police caught two young men, a 17-year-old and a 19-year-old, with roughly eight pounds of fentanyl, lots of cash in small bills, and several cell phones after the duo tried to escape officers North Portland. The incident started at about 4 p.m. when police noticed...

A 36-year-old woman is facing an attempted murder charge after an early Sunday stabbing in Portland's Old Town that left another woman injured but not believed to be life-threatening. Officers found the wounded woman on the 400 block of Northwest 6th Avenue just after 1:46 a.m. and arrested a suspect at the scene. Inve

NEWBERG, Ore. — A Newberg tattoo shop owner died Friday evening after a single-vehicle motorcycle crash on southbound Interstate 5 near the Marquam Bridge in Portland, according to the Portland Police Bureau. Jason A. Doherty, 60, was identified as the rider. Portland police said Doherty was operating a 2002...