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Kenneth Voyles says he was homeless, hungry and cold when he decided to break into a Portland countertop fabrication business in the pre-dawn hours of a winter day to find something to eat and possibly make off with some loot. He figured no one was there. But he was in...

A new Oregon transplant pulls into a WinCo parking lot in Hillsboro, and the building looks like a warehouse nobody bothered to dress up. That turns out to be the least surprising part of their trip. WinCo Foods runs on habits that longtime Oregonians intuitively know. Everyone else has to...

Patrol deputies in Washington recently discovered a very unusual stolen Ford F-350. In the bed of the truck, they found an ATM that had also been stolen, and everything was covered in an “oily substance.” ... Read more

PORTLAND, Ore. (KATU) — A man struck by a car last week in Southeast Portland has died, the Portland Police Bureau said Thursday. The crash happened shortly before 12:30 a.m. on Thursday, Aug. 6, at Southeast Division and 101st Avenue. Asare L. Kofi, 47, was taken to the hospital....

PORTLAND, Ore. (KATU) — Complaints against Portland police increased in 2025, including a significant jump in complaints coming from within the police bureau itself, according to a new report from the city’s Independent Police Review (IPR). The IPR receives and investigates allegations of misconduct involving Portland

A Beaverton stabbing early Tuesday morning has left a 30-year-old man in critical condition as police continue to search for the suspect, authorities said. Around 5:15 a.m., Beaverton police responded to reports of a stabbing at 107th Avenue and SW Beaverton-Hillsdale Highway. Officers determined that the man was stabb

PORTLAND, Ore. — Beaverton police are searching for the suspect, or suspects, accused of assaulting a man early in the morning last Tuesday. Police officers found the man around 6:30 a.m. on Aug. 4 lying on the sidewalk near Southwest Lombard Avenue and Southwest Canyon Road. He had sustained significant injuries to hi

Hillsboro firefighters pulled a construction worker with serious injuries out of a trench Wednesday, authorities said. Around 2:20 p.m., fire crews were called to a construction site near Northwest Jackson School Road and Northeast Evergreen Road where a worker had fallen about 15 feet into a trench and was injured, ac

A young Oregon boy who climbed an overpass while experiencing a mental health crisis was safely rescued after more than an hour of “delicate and dangerous” negotiation, officials said. The Portland Police Bureau (PPB) said officers responded at around 10 a.m. on Tuesday, Aug. 11, to a report of a juvenile boy “in crisi

A man visiting Silver Falls State Park close to Portland, Oregon, fell 177 feet to his death off a waterfall while trying to pose for a photo.