Portland OR

Portland cocktail lovers have spent the week mulling over a confounding mystery. Expatriate, the renowned Northeast Portland cocktail bar that was named The Oregonian/OregonLive’s Best New Bar in 2014 and ranked No. 32 on the 2016 list of Portland’s Best Restaurants appears to be closed for good. The...

Portland’s persistent job losses, stagnant population and anemic housing construction have collectively tipped the city into a recession, economist Mike Wilkerson said Thursday, warning that conditions are deteriorating rather than improving. “The conditions here are unlike what we see in any other metro” area,...

A painstaking transformation is afoot along 82nd Avenue, one of Portland’s busiest and often dangerous roads. Treelined traffic medians to deter speeding now dot the four-lane thoroughfare that runs through some of the most racially diverse and low-income parts of the city. There are repaved sections of the road, new...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — A Portland man was sentenced to life in prison after he fatally stabbed another person in Old Town in 2024. Jesse James Herold, 35, pleaded guilty to second degree murder for the death of Deante Dean Watts. As part of the agreement, the 14 other cases against him were dismissed. “Mr. […]

Health care giant Optum is closing a family medicine clinic in Northeast Portland, only a few years after buying out the long-standing local primary care operation. A letter sent to patients Feb. 5 and reviewed by WW cited “several unavoidable factors” for the decision to close Family Medical Group Northeast. Reached...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KPTV) - One person was hurt in a shooting in northeast Portland early Friday morning. Officers were called to Northeast Prescott Street near Northeast 82nd Avenue on reports of a shooting just before 2:30 a.m., according to police. When officers arrived at the scene, they found a person...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — Cooler and wet weather returns to the Pacific Northwest on Friday and lasts through the weekend. Temperatures are expected to sit slightly lower than the average of 51 degrees, with highs in the upper 40s along the valley. Rain is expected to become more widespread later in the day and will...

For much of its nearly two year existence, Miguel Alvarado-Lopez has been a fixture behind the scenes at Moonshot Tavern on NE 28th Ave. “He started off as a dishwasher, and then we realized we didn’t really need a dishwasher and he ended up quitting once he got his hours cut,” Josh Love, a partner and bartender at...

BEAVERTON, Ore. (KPTV) - Four people were arrested in connection with an armed robbery and shooting that happened in Beaverton last month. On Saturday, Jan. 31, at about 4:11 a.m., deputies with the Washington County Sheriff’s Office responded to a shooting at the Cedar Crest Apartments at 4610 Southwest Mueller...

Portland harbors a secondhand sanctuary where treasure hunters, vintage aficionados, and the perpetually curious gather to celebrate the art of the find. Portland Flea transforms ordinary weekends into extraordinary adventures in discovery, where yesterday’s discards become tomorrow’s conversation pieces. Ever...